page_title: Engenas Lekganyane
hierarchical_section_title: Engenas Lekganyane
caption_attribution_description: English: The only known portrait of Engenas Lekganyane
context_page_description: Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane was the founder of the Zion Christian Church. He first formed the ZCC in 1924, and by the time of his death the church had at least 50,000 members. Under the leadership of his descendants the ZCC has gone on to have more than a million members primarily located in southern Africa. It is now by far the biggest of the various Zionist Christian sects that account for roughly half of all Christians in southern Africa.
context_section_description: Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane (c.1885–1948) was the founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC). He first formed the ZCC in 1924, and by the time of his death the church had at least 50,000 members. Under the leadership of his descendants the ZCC has gone on to have more than a million members primarily located in southern Africa. It is now by far the biggest of the various Zionist Christian sects that account for roughly half of all Christians in southern Africa.
caption: The only known portrait of Engenas Lekganyane
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