Leadership among African Independent Churches
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Thomas Oduro
Thomas A. Oduro ist Präsident des Good News Theological Seminary in Accra/Ghana und dort Associate Professor of History of Christianity and African Christianity sowie Pfarrer der Christ Holy Church International.
Abstract
African Independent Churches are known to be the fourth segment of Christianity in Africa – after Roman Catholics and Orthodox Churches, and Western Protestant Churches. The early leaders had no books to read about leadership, no Bible Colleges and Seminaries where they learned about leading people. They did not have the opportunity to attend conferences and seminars on leadership. The means of getting information were scant. Despite all these challenges, they commanded thousands and even millions of people today and are influential. Some of their leaders were and are deified. This paper looks at the leadership qualities and dynamics of African Independent Churches to the extent that some of their leaders were and are treated as demigods. They have introduced a new style of leadership to African Christianity, which is gradually becoming the norm in most churches.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Thomas A. Oduro ist Präsident des Good News Theological Seminary in Accra/Ghana und dort Associate Professor of History of Christianity and African Christianity sowie Pfarrer der Christ Holy Church International.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Titelseiten
- Editorial
- Kirchliche Leitung und ihre Strukturen
- Artikel
- Leitungsstrukturen der katholischen Kirche
- Die Synode der EKD
- New Apostolic Reformation und Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden
- The Model of the Higher Church Administration of the Russian Church as of the Local Council 1917–1918 Decisions
- Leadership among African Independent Churches
- Zur Frage demokratischer Leitung und Mitbestimmung in apostolischen Gemeinschaften
- Rezension
- Werner Klän, Die Gründungsgeschichte der SELK 1945–1972. Auf dem Weg zu verbindlicher Gemeinschaft konkordienlutherischer Kirchen in Deutschland, OUH.E 27 (Göttingen: Edition Ruprecht, 2022), 255 S., EUR 64,00, ISBN 978-3-8469-0388-9.
