Learning from the Mfengu: Facing Our Past, Healing the Present
South Africa is made up of many smaller histories. One that’s rarely heard is how the Mfengu people suffered awfully, but refused bitterness.
The Old Testament Can Help Us Navigate Culture in Africa
In churches across Africa the Old Testament is either avoided or abused. But when properly understood, it’s invaluable for addressing culture and history.
Does the New Testament Support Slavery?
For many people, Christian or not, the failure of the New Testament to directly condemn slavery is deeply troubling. So what does it actually say?
7 Ways Ancient Slavery Was Different from Modern Slavery
Many claim the Bible condones slavery. But while the Bible never explicitly condemns it, ancient slavery differed extensively from the Trans-Atlantic Trade.
African Christianity Thrived, Long Before White Men Arrived
A very popular narrative says that Christianity isn’t African, but arrived with the Colonialists. Historically speaking, this claim is a fiction.
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