Faith Tabernacle Congregation and the Emergence of Pentecostalism in Colonial Nigeria, 1910s-1941

Bibliographic Data

ID3931980
AuthorsAdam Mohr (0000-0002-2583-4816, Critical Writing Program University of Pennsylvania3808 Walnut Street, #404 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6121, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume43
Issue2
Pages196-221
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Religion in Africa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4200 • E-ISSN: 1570-0666
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/15700666-12341249
OpenAlexW2003192437
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited2

Faith Tabernacle literature first spread into the Christian community in Lagos from Western Ghana in the 1910s. By at least 1917 Faith Tabernacle literature was being read in Lagos, and the first formal branch was established in Lagos in 1920. During the early 1920s Faith Tabernacle literature was being spread throughout Nigeria as Faith Tabernacle members traveled across the colony as labor migrants, leading to the rapid spread of the church, particularly in the major cities. By early 1929 Faith Tabernacle had established 61 branches in Nigeria with over 1,200 members. However, due to the schisms of 1925 and 1929, many Faith Tabernacle leaders, members, communicants, and entire congregations left the church to establish the first Pentecostal denominations in Nigeria, which were the Apostolic Faith (1928), the Apostolic Church (1931), the Assemblies of God (1939), and the Christ Apostolic Church (1941

Archaeology · Colonialism · Faith · History of religions · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion and Sociopolitical Dynamics in Nigeria · Religious studies

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