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Christianity. Christianity in Africa arrived in Africa in the 1st century AD and in the 21st century, the majority of Africans are Christians. [1] Several African Christians influenced the early development of Christianity and shaped its doctrines, including Tertullian, Perpetua, Felicity, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Cyprian ...
- Religion in Africa
Religion in Africa (2020 estimate) [1] Christianity (49.3%)...
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- Religion in Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christianity in Africa first arrived in Egypt in approximately 50 AD. By the end of the 2nd century it had reached the region around Carthage. In the 4th century, the Aksumite empire in modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea became one of the first regions in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion.
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Nov 13, 2019 · 00:00. Africa is one of the most dynamic centres of Christianity in the world. Africa has a significant share of the world’s 2.2 billion Christians. It has about 30% of the world’s evangelicals, 20% of the world’s Pentecostals and charismatics, and about 15% of the world’s Roman Catholics. In addition, Africa has significant Orthodox ...
- Africa Study Bible
Sep 21, 2017 · There has been a notable growth in the population of Christians residing in Africa while on the other hand observance of traditional African religions has been on a decline. In 1900, nine million Christians lived in Africa compared to the 380 million in 2000. The recent growth of the religion in Africa is mainly attributed to African Evangelism.
Quick Reference. Apart from Egypt and the Mediterranean coast (Roman ‘Africa’, on which see the next entry), Christianity had by the 4th cent. penetrated to Nubia (where it died out in the 16th cent.) and Ethiopia, but it did not spread further south until the era of Portuguese expansion in the late 15th cent.
