An African initiated church is a Christian church independently started in Africa by Africans and not by missionaries from another continent, in which they sometimes hold to one or more African tribal belief systems syncretised with Christianity.

Contents

• 1 Nomenclature
• 2 Location
• 3 Origins
• 4 Classification and taxonomy
  • 4.1 Ethiopian churches
  • 4.2 Zionist churches
  • 4.3 Messianic churches
  • 4.4 Apostolic churches
  • 4.5 Aladura Pentecostal churches
• 5 See also
• 6 References
• 7 External links