Toward an African church in Mozambique
Subtitle: Kamba Simango and the Protestant community in Manica and Sofala, 1892-1945
By: Leon P. Spencer
Series: Mzuni books -- no. 7; Mzuni books -- no. 7.
Publisher: Mzuni Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Mzuzu, Malawi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9789996027062
Subjects: Church history; Protestants; History; Protestantism
Other titles: Kamba Simango and the Protestant community in Manica and Sofala, 1892-1945
Description: Literature about Christianity in Africa disproportionately directs attention to the important work of Western missionaries, but to a great extent Africans were the agents of their own conversion. This is true of the key figure in this book, Kamba Simango. Encouraged from a distance by an American Congregationalist missionary, Fred R. Bunker, who shared his commitment to an African-led work, Simango, Tapera Nkomo and others struggled against difficult odds in the Mozambique Company region of Manica and Sofala in Central Mozambique. This study reveals the humanity of its characters as well as their deep devotion to their task.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-169) and index.