That They All May be One?
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Congolese pastor Jean Bokeleale’s church union movement divided US Protestant missionaries. Bokeleale’s goal of uniting all Congolese Protestant churches was sanctioned by Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko, and Bokeleale relied on cultural nationalist arguments to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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Social sciences and missions
Year: 2016, Volume: 29, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 66-92 |
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Bokeleale
union d’ églises
République démocratique du Congo
Disciples of Christ
Baptistes conservateurs
Église du Christ au Congo
B Bokeleale church union Democratic Republic of Congo Disciples of Christ Conservative Baptists Eglise du Christ au Congo |
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| Summary: | In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Congolese pastor Jean Bokeleale’s church union movement divided US Protestant missionaries. Bokeleale’s goal of uniting all Congolese Protestant churches was sanctioned by Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko, and Bokeleale relied on cultural nationalist arguments to criticize missionaries who opposed his aims. Liberal missionaries gave financial assistance to Bokeleale and criticized evangelicals opposed to church union. Evangelical missionaries denounced Bokeleale as a demagogue, similar to Western criticism of Congolese prime minister Patrice Lumumba. This essay examines how missionary discussion of Bokeleale reveals debates over the role of missionaries in an independent Congo. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8945 |
| Contains: | In: Social sciences and missions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748945-02901017 |