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Kimbangu, Simon (A)
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1887-1951
Church of Jesus Christ on Earth Through the Prophet Simon Kimbangu
Democratic Republic of Congo
So called messianic religious leader; founding figure of Kimbanguism, one of the largest religious movements in modern Africa, he became a symbol of nationalism.
Educated at a mission of the Baptist Missionary Society, and baptized in 1915, he worked for the Mission as a teacher and evangelist.
He later went as a migrant labourer to a Leopoldville (Kinshasa) but in 1921 returned to his home at N’Kamba. In response to what he regarded as divine compulsion he embarked on a mission of healing and preaching, which became a mass revival.
Anti-European feeling on the part of many Kongo found an outlet in the movement, and the Baptist missionaries were divided over the part Kimbangu was playing. His ministry lasted from April to September 1921; he cont