Nairobi
About this date: The modern network is not the origin of African Christianity, whose ancient Egyptian, Ethiopian, and other histories must not be erased. Nairobi's role as a headquarters is distinct from where and when the AACC was founded.
Nairobi is an important East African church, theological, and ecumenical hub, including the headquarters of the All Africa Conference of Churches. That network includes Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and African Indigenous churches: it is not itself a Protestant denomination or a headquarters governing every African church.
Historical context
A pan-African network must not be treated as a history of only foreign missionaries or only one denomination. The source's own member list is evidence of a wider range of African churches.
Key points
- The AACC's institutional description explicitly includes Orthodox and Indigenous as well as Protestant and Anglican members.
- Ecumenical cooperation does not mean that member churches have merged their doctrines or jurisdictions.
- Membership totals on institutional websites change; this study avoids using them as permanent historical facts.
Sources and further reading
- AACC: its own description of the fellowship
Names Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and Indigenous member traditions. - Historical source for Nairobi