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Church of Christ in the Congo

April 11, 2024

The Church of Christ in the Congo or CCC (in French, Église du Christ au Congo or ECC), is a union of 62 Protestant denominations, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Church of Christ in the Congo
Église du Christ au Congo
AbbreviationCCC
ECC
ClassificationProtestant
Orientationgenerally United Protestant, including:

Methodist
Pentecostal
Baptist
Mennonite
Reformed
Anglican/Episcopalian
Independent evangelical[1]
PolityVarious
BishopPierre Marini Bodho
RegionDemocratic Republic of the Congo
HeadquartersKinshasa, Kinshasa Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Members25.5 million in 2014[2]
Official websitehttp://ecc.faithweb.com/

Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is often simply referred to as the Protestant Church, as it federates the vast majority of the Protestants in that country. It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa.

According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom, 95.4% of the country has a Christian affiliation; of these, an estimated 48.1% are Protestant, including evangelical Christians and the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth.[3]

History edit

The Union has its origins in a grouping of different Protestant and Evangelical churches by missionaries that took place in 1902.[4] It was officially founded in 1924 as the Protestant Council of Congo (CPC).[5] In 1934, it took the name of Church of Christ in Congo.

Functions edit

The CCC functions as a religious institution, and provides a central administration and a spiritual forum for the numerous Protestant denominations. It functions under a national synod and an executive committee. Both of these entities are assisted in their tasks by a national secretariat.

The CCC is said to be part of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, but it also insists on maintaining unity in diversity, as they see it as being the only system common to the Holy Bible, the primitive church, and African traditions.

Leadership edit

The Church of Christ in Congo is led by a President that holds the rank of Bishop, and two Vice-Presidents.

The president is the presiding minister of the Cathedral of the Protestant Centennial in Congo (French: Cathédrale du Centenaire Protestant au Congo), also known as the International Protestant Church of Kinshasa (French: Paroisse Internationale Protestante de Kinshasa) - the de facto head church of the CCC.[citation needed]

One of the previous Presidents of the CCC was Monsignor Pierre Marini Bodho. Following the end of the Second Congo War, transitional institutions were established, consisting of the former warring parties, as well as representatives of the non-belligerent opposition, and representatives of the civil society. Consequently, during the 2003 to 2006 transition period, following the end of the Second Congo War, as a reasonably neutral and consensual figure, and as a representative of the organized religion section of the civil society, Mgr. Marini Bodho served as the President of the Senate, the upper house of the Congolese Parliament.

In the 2006 elections, Mgr. Marini Bodho won a senate seat and went on to serve as a government senator.[6]

Member communities edit

  • Communauté des Assemblées des Frères au Katanga (CAFKAT)
  • Communauté Baptiste au Kivu (CBK)
  • Communauté des Eglises des Frères Mennonites au Congo (4ème CEFMC)
  • Communuatés des Eglises Libres de Pentecôte en Afrique (CELPA)
  • Communauté des Eglises Baptistes Unies (CEBU)
  • Communauté des Eglises de Grâce au Congo (GEGC)
  • Communauté des Eglises de Pentecôte en Afrique Centrale (C.E.P.A.C)
  • Communauté Evangélique Mennonite (CEM)
  • Communauté des Disciples du Christ au Congo (CDCC)
  • Communauté Anglicane au Congo (CAC)
  • Communauté des Assemblées de Dieu au Congo (CADC)
  • Communauté Baptiste du Fleuve Congo (CBFC)
  • Communauté Baptiste du Bas-Uélé (CBCN)
  • Communauté Baptiste du Congo (CBCO)
  • Communauté Evangélique du Christ au Cœur de l'Afrique (CECCA)
  • Communauté Evangélique du Christ eu Ubangi (CECU)
  • Communauté Evangélique de l'Alliance au Congo (CEAC)
  • Communauté Evangélique Berreenne au Congo (CEBC)
  • Communauté Evangélique au Centre de l'Afrique (CECA)
  • Communauté Nations du Christ en Afrique (CNCA)
  • Communauté Association des Eglises Evangéliques de la Lulonga (CADELU)
  • Communauté Evangélique au Congo (CEC)
  • Communauté Libre de Maniema-Kivu (CLMK)
  • Communauté Evangélique du Kwango (CEK)
  • Communauté Libre Méthodiste au Congo (CLMC)
  • Communauté Mennonite au Congo (CMCO)
  • Communauté Méthodiste Unie au Congo Central (CMCC)
  • Communauté Méthodiste au Sud-Congo (CMSC)
  • Communauté Pentecôtiste au Congo (CPCO)
  • Communauté Presbytérienne au Congo (CPC)
  • Communauté Presbytérienne de Kinshasa (CPK)
  • Communauté Région Sankuru (CRS)
  • Communauté Assemblée de Dieu à l'Est du Congo (CADAF)
  • Communauté Union des Eglises Baptistes au Congo (CUEBC)
  • Communauté Centrale du Christ en Afrique (CCCA)
  • Communauté des Assemblées de Dieu au Congo (CADC)
  • Communauté des Frères en Christ Garenganze (CFCG)
  • Communauté Assemblée des Frères Evangéliques au Congo (CAFECO)
  • Communauté des Eglises Chrétiennes en Afrique (CECA)
  • Communauté des Eglises Baptistes Indépendantes Evangéliques (CEBIE)
  • Communauté Evangélique Congolaise (CECO)
  • Communauté des Fidèles Protestants (CFP)
  • Communauté Evangélique de Pentecôte au Katanga (CEPK)
  • Communauté Protestante au Katanga (CPK)
  • Communauté des Assemblées des Frères en Christ au Congo (CAFCC)
  • Communauté Baptiste Autonome Entre Wamba-Bakali (CBAWB)
  • Communauté Episcopale Baptiste Africaine (CEBA)
  • Communauté Chrétienne Evangélique au Congo (CCEC)
  • Communauté Evangélique en Ubangi Mongala (CEUM)
  • Communauté Evangélique Luthérienne du Congo Ouest (CELCO)
  • Communauté Baptiste du Sud-Kwango (CBSK)
  • Communauté Méthodiste Unie au Nord-Katanga (CMUNK)
  • Communauté des Eglises Baptistes du Congo-Est (CBCE)
  • Communauté Evangélique du Kasaï-Occidental (CEK-BOOKE)
  • Communauté Presbytérienne au Kasaï-Occidental (CPKO)
  • Communauté Presbytérienne au Kasaï-Oriental (CPKO)
  • Communauté Evangélique Africaine (CEA)
  • Communauté Réformée Presbytérienne (CRP)
  • Communauté de Jésus-Christ au Congo (CJCC)
  • Communauté de Douze Apôtres au Congo (CDAC)
  • Communauté du Saint-Esprit en Afrique (CSEA)
  • Communauté Chrétienne de Pentecôte au Congo
  • Communauté Réformée du Congo

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Communautés membres de l'ECC Vous êtes ici: Accueil > Infos > Communautés membres Mar, le 13 Septembre 2016
  2. ^ "Eglise du Christ au Congo". Ecc.faithweb.com. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  3. ^ "US State Dept 2020 report: DRC, International Religious Freedom" (PDF). United States Department of State.
  4. ^ Erwin Fahlbusch, Geoffrey William Bromiley, Jan Milic Lochman, John Mbiti, Jaroslav Pelikan, The Encyclodedia of Christianity, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2008, p. 843
  5. ^ Emizet Francois Kisangani, Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 209
  6. ^ Murithi, Timothy (2005). The African Union : Pan-Africanism, peacebuilding and development (Reprinted. ed.). Burlington, VT: Ashgate. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7546-3953-4.

External links edit

  • Eglise du Christ au Congo

April 11, 2024
church, christ, congo, french, Église, christ, congo, union, protestant, denominations, democratic, republic, congo, Église, christ, congoabbreviationccceccclassificationprotestantorientationgenerally, united, protestant, including, methodistpentecostalbaptist. The Church of Christ in the Congo or CCC in French Eglise du Christ au Congo or ECC is a union of 62 Protestant denominations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Church of Christ in the CongoEglise du Christ au CongoAbbreviationCCCECCClassificationProtestantOrientationgenerally United Protestant including MethodistPentecostalBaptistMennoniteReformedAnglican EpiscopalianIndependent evangelical 1 PolityVariousBishopPierre Marini BodhoRegionDemocratic Republic of the CongoHeadquartersKinshasa Kinshasa Province Democratic Republic of the CongoMembers25 5 million in 2014 2 Official websitehttp ecc faithweb com Within the Democratic Republic of the Congo it is often simply referred to as the Protestant Church as it federates the vast majority of the Protestants in that country It is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa According to the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom 95 4 of the country has a Christian affiliation of these an estimated 48 1 are Protestant including evangelical Christians and the Church of Jesus Christ on Earth 3 Contents 1 History 2 Functions 3 Leadership 4 Member communities 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe Union has its origins in a grouping of different Protestant and Evangelical churches by missionaries that took place in 1902 4 It was officially founded in 1924 as the Protestant Council of Congo CPC 5 In 1934 it took the name of Church of Christ in Congo Functions editThe CCC functions as a religious institution and provides a central administration and a spiritual forum for the numerous Protestant denominations It functions under a national synod and an executive committee Both of these entities are assisted in their tasks by a national secretariat The CCC is said to be part of the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church but it also insists on maintaining unity in diversity as they see it as being the only system common to the Holy Bible the primitive church and African traditions Leadership editThe Church of Christ in Congo is led by a President that holds the rank of Bishop and two Vice Presidents The president is the presiding minister of the Cathedral of the Protestant Centennial in Congo French Cathedrale du Centenaire Protestant au Congo also known as the International Protestant Church of Kinshasa French Paroisse Internationale Protestante de Kinshasa the de facto head church of the CCC citation needed One of the previous Presidents of the CCC was Monsignor Pierre Marini Bodho Following the end of the Second Congo War transitional institutions were established consisting of the former warring parties as well as representatives of the non belligerent opposition and representatives of the civil society Consequently during the 2003 to 2006 transition period following the end of the Second Congo War as a reasonably neutral and consensual figure and as a representative of the organized religion section of the civil society Mgr Marini Bodho served as the President of the Senate the upper house of the Congolese Parliament In the 2006 elections Mgr Marini Bodho won a senate seat and went on to serve as a government senator 6 Member communities editCommunaute des Assemblees des Freres au Katanga CAFKAT Communaute Baptiste au Kivu CBK Communaute des Eglises des Freres Mennonites au Congo 4eme CEFMC Communuates des Eglises Libres de Pentecote en Afrique CELPA Communaute des Eglises Baptistes Unies CEBU Communaute des Eglises de Grace au Congo GEGC Communaute des Eglises de Pentecote en Afrique Centrale C E P A C Communaute Evangelique Mennonite CEM Communaute des Disciples du Christ au Congo CDCC Communaute Anglicane au Congo CAC Communaute des Assemblees de Dieu au Congo CADC Communaute Baptiste du Fleuve Congo CBFC Communaute Baptiste du Bas Uele CBCN Communaute Baptiste du Congo CBCO Communaute Evangelique du Christ au Cœur de l Afrique CECCA Communaute Evangelique du Christ eu Ubangi CECU Communaute Evangelique de l Alliance au Congo CEAC Communaute Evangelique Berreenne au Congo CEBC Communaute Evangelique au Centre de l Afrique CECA Communaute Nations du Christ en Afrique CNCA Communaute Association des Eglises Evangeliques de la Lulonga CADELU Communaute Evangelique au Congo CEC Communaute Libre de Maniema Kivu CLMK Communaute Evangelique du Kwango CEK Communaute Libre Methodiste au Congo CLMC Communaute Mennonite au Congo CMCO Communaute Methodiste Unie au Congo Central CMCC Communaute Methodiste au Sud Congo CMSC Communaute Pentecotiste au Congo CPCO Communaute Presbyterienne au Congo CPC Communaute Presbyterienne de Kinshasa CPK Communaute Region Sankuru CRS Communaute Assemblee de Dieu a l Est du Congo CADAF Communaute Union des Eglises Baptistes au Congo CUEBC Communaute Centrale du Christ en Afrique CCCA Communaute des Assemblees de Dieu au Congo CADC Communaute des Freres en Christ Garenganze CFCG Communaute Assemblee des Freres Evangeliques au Congo CAFECO Communaute des Eglises Chretiennes en Afrique CECA Communaute des Eglises Baptistes Independantes Evangeliques CEBIE Communaute Evangelique Congolaise CECO Communaute des Fideles Protestants CFP Communaute Evangelique de Pentecote au Katanga CEPK Communaute Protestante au Katanga CPK Communaute des Assemblees des Freres en Christ au Congo CAFCC Communaute Baptiste Autonome Entre Wamba Bakali CBAWB Communaute Episcopale Baptiste Africaine CEBA Communaute Chretienne Evangelique au Congo CCEC Communaute Evangelique en Ubangi Mongala CEUM Communaute Evangelique Lutherienne du Congo Ouest CELCO Communaute Baptiste du Sud Kwango CBSK Communaute Methodiste Unie au Nord Katanga CMUNK Communaute des Eglises Baptistes du Congo Est CBCE Communaute Evangelique du Kasai Occidental CEK BOOKE Communaute Presbyterienne au Kasai Occidental CPKO Communaute Presbyterienne au Kasai Oriental CPKO Communaute Evangelique Africaine CEA Communaute Reformee Presbyterienne CRP Communaute de Jesus Christ au Congo CJCC Communaute de Douze Apotres au Congo CDAC Communaute du Saint Esprit en Afrique CSEA Communaute Chretienne de Pentecote au Congo Communaute Reformee du CongoSee also edit nbsp Christianity portalList of the largest Protestant bodies Free University of the Congo Pastor Francois David Ekofo Religion in the Republic of the Congo Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the CongoReferences edit Communautes membres de l ECC Vous etes ici Accueil gt Infos gt Communautes membres Mar le 13 Septembre 2016 Eglise du Christ au Congo Ecc faithweb com Retrieved 26 October 2014 US State Dept 2020 report DRC International Religious Freedom PDF United States Department of State Erwin Fahlbusch Geoffrey William Bromiley Jan Milic Lochman John Mbiti Jaroslav Pelikan The Encyclodedia of Christianity Wm B Eerdmans Publishing USA 2008 p 843 Emizet Francois Kisangani Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Rowman amp Littlefield USA 2016 p 209 Murithi Timothy 2005 The African Union Pan Africanism peacebuilding and development Reprinted ed Burlington VT Ashgate p 81 ISBN 978 0 7546 3953 4 External links editEglise du Christ au Congo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Church of Christ in the Congo amp oldid 1216029249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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