Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts

A Global Mennonite History

John Lapp

• Publisher: Good Books
• Year: 2006
• Print ISBN:
  9781561485499
• eBook ISBN:
  9781680992243
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

When church histories of Africa have been written, they've usually been done by Westerners. These writers have typically been missionaries or relief workers; their analyses and conclusions have reflected those perspectives. This book -- by contrast -- is written by Africans. Each writer is an African church leader or pastor, and they write about the emergence and development of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in the countries from which they come. "The story of God's work in Africa did not begin with the arrival of the missionaries, but rather -- from the African perspective -- their arrival continued, reinterpreted and re-shaped an ancient story, " begins this honest collection. Themes of the churches claiming their particular expressions of faith, of achieving self-reliance, of coping with difficult governments, of discovering their gifts despite their material poverty, thread through the book. Anabaptist Songs in African Hearts is the third edition of the first volume in the Global Mennonite History Series.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• I: Introduction to Mennonite and Brethren in Christ Churches in Africa
• II: The Africa Context
• III: Mennonite Churches in Central Africa
• IV: Brethren in Christ Churches in Southern Africa
• V: Mennonite Churches in Eastern Africa
• VI: Mennonite Churches in Western Africa
• Afterword
• Appendix: Mennonite and BIC Conferences in Africa
• Abbreviations
• End Notes
• Sidebar Credits
• Index
• Index of Mission Stations and Major Centres by Country
• Index of Church Institutions by Country
• Contributors