Simon kimbangu, congolese religious leader who founded a separatist church known as the kimbanguist church. I have chosen you to bear witness before your brethren and to convert them. Simon kimbangu kiangani, eldest son and successor of dialungana kiangani who was the custodian of nkamba jerusalem. If you have doubt, i urge you to kneel down and pray a lot then i will reveal myself to you. As he died, a grandson with the same name was born.
Brought up in a british baptist missionary society mission, kimbangu suddenly became famous among the bakongo people of lower congo in april 1921. Pendant le pouvoir colonial belge, son ancetre avait passe trente. His mother died in his early age, and he was reared by his aunt, kinzembo. Father simon kimbangu during his sentence was asked about the second coming of the lord jesus christ, he was confident to say that he was black and will appear in the black race. This one will allow him to obtain his financial independence. Prophecy of the holy spirit papa simon kimbangu on saturday september 10, 1921 in mbanzansanda, kongocentral in french it will take a long period of time for a black man to acquire his spiritual maturity. Each human being received a specific gift to testify to the greatness of our creator. Kimbangu died, incarcerated, on friday 12 october 1921 at precisely 3pm. Kimbangu, simon 18891951, african religious prophet and founder of the church of jesus christ on earth through the prophet simon kimbangu. Simon kimbangus birth simon kimbangu was born in kimbangu, a village of nkamba on 12th september 1887. A missiological study of the kimbanguist church in katanga province, democratic republic of congo by. Simon kimbangu african religious leader britannica. Simon kimbangu 12 september 1887 12 october 1951 was a congolese religious leader and a selfproclaimed special envoy of jesus christ and the holy spirit, venerated by the followers of kimbanguism who consider him to be the holy spirit whom jesus christ promised he would send john 14.
Kimbanguist church, simon kimbangu the holy spirit, and. Mfumu kimbangu said he was sent to liberate the people of kongo kula nkangu a kongo and the black people of the world zindombe zazo. Simon kimbangu was an infant when he received a blessing from a protestant missionary and nearly 30 when he heard the divine call. Simon kimbangu which means the one who reveals hidden things, was born in the lower congo in 1887 when the berlin conference for dividing up the african continent was just ending. Between 1921 and 1951 he announced, by chronological order, the following. Kimbangu spoke of the africans seduced by the material life of the european and that these africans speak the language of the oppressor and have neglected their own. Kimbanguism central africa kimbanguism originated in the democratic republic of the congo formerly zaire, and has now spread to many countries in africa and beyond. While black africans for hundred of years have been paying homage to gods fashioned in an image and an agenda of other people, the acknowledged nationalist and anticolonial congolese prophet simon kimbangu 18891951 claimed to be the god and christ of black people.
Kimbanguisme is a christian new religious movement professed by the church of jesus christ on earth by his special envoy simon kimbangu french. The prophecy of the great prophet simon kimbangu afrikhepri. He who reveals hidden things, was born in nkamba, a small village in kongocentral, on september 12, 1887. Simon kimbangu 12 september 1887 12 october 1951 was a congolese religious leader and a selfproclaimed special envoy of jesus christ and the holy spirit, venerated by the followers of kimbanguism who consider him to be the holy spirit whom jesus christ promised he. Le kimbanguisme et le pouvoir en rdc openedition journals. The movement takes its name from the founder simon kimbangu who was born in 1889 at nkamba, a small and isolated village in the lower congo, some 200 miles from the capital. Kimbangu was born on september 24, 1889, in the village of nkamba, located in the ngombe district of what is now the democratic republic of the congo.
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