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The South African Council of Churches (SACC) is an interdenominational forum in South Africa. It was a prominent anti-apartheid organisation during the years of apartheid in South Africa. Its leaders have included Desmond Tutu , Beyers Naudé and Frank Chikane .
South African Council of Churches: Region: South Africa: Founder: John G. Lake and Thomas Hezmalhalch [1] Origin: 1908: Separations: 1919 Black Zionists, 1928 Latter Rain Assemblies, 1958 Pentecostal Protestant Church: Members: 1.2 million [2] Official website: www.afm-ags.org
Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa; Classification: Protestant: Theology: Calvinism: Distinct fellowships: Seven (as of 2004) Associations: World Communion of Reformed Churches: Headquarters: South Africa: Congregations: 37 (as of 2004) Members: 30,000 (as of 2004) Official website: epcsa.org.za
The church has 580,000 baptized members [2] in seven dioceses in South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini, and is (by a wide margin) the largest Lutheran church in the southern African region. It is a member of the Botswana Council of Churches. The ELCSA was constituted from older churches in 1975, and became a member of the Lutheran World ...
The Christian Institute of Southern Africa was an ecumenical progressive organisation founded by English and Afrikaans clergy in December 1963 to unite South African Christians against apartheid. The CI became deeply involved with black activists such as Steve Biko , and was banned by the state in 1977.
All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC, Conférence des Églises de toute l'Afrique or CETA) is an ecumenical fellowship that represents more than 200 million African Christians in 210 national churches and regional Christian councils in 43 African Countries. [1] AACC's head office is in Nairobi, Kenya, and there is a regional office in Lomé ...
Jerry Pillay is the current (since 2023) General Secretary of the World Council of Churches.He is a Reformed pastor, member of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa, former professor of theology at the University of Pretoria where he heads the Department of History and Ecclesiology and was Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religion. [1]
The Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa (FOCCISA) is an international ecumenical organization. Founded in 1980 as the Fellowship of Christian Councils in East and Southern Africa, it changed to its current name in 1999. [1] It is a member of the World Council of Churches. [2]