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It is the oldest standing church in the Americas and the oldest church building in the Dominican Republic (Roman Catholic) St. Paul's Church, Malacca, Malaysia, built in 1521 as a Roman Catholic chapel and finally abandoned in 1753. It is the oldest known church building in Malaysia
Redeemed Christian Church of God – 5 million [203] Church of the Lord (Aladura) – 3.6 million [204] Council of African Instituted Churches – 3 million [205] Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit – 1.4 million [206] African Church of the Holy Spirit – 700,000 [207] African Israel Church Nineveh – 500,000 [208]
It is documented that in 325, at the First Council of Nicaea, a bishop of Aila was among the participants. [4] Aila is the Roman and Byzantine name of Aqaba, and the existence of a bishop indicates that Aila had a substantial Christian population by that time. [4] Slightly more recent but similarly built mud-brick churches are known from Egypt. [4]
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is one of the largest original and oldest Christian churches in Africa; only surpassed in age by the Church of the East, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, and the Coptic Church of Egypt.
Holy Ghost Church (built 1872). Holy Ghost Church (built 1910) Holy Ghost Mission is located in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. The pioneer mission was established by the Holy Ghost Fathers. [1] The original Holy Ghost Church, built in 1872, is reportedly the oldest church on the mainland of East Africa, while the new church was built 1910–1914. [2]
This rural town is known around the world for its churches carved from within the earth from "living rock," which play an important part in the history of rock-cut architecture. Though the dating of the churches is not well established, most are thought to have been built during the reign of Lalibela, namely during the 12th and 13th centuries.
St. Augustine. The name early African church is given to the Christian communities inhabiting the region known politically as Roman Africa, and comprised geographically somewhat around the area of the Roman Diocese of Africa, namely: the Mediterranean littoral between Cyrenaica on the east and the river Ampsaga (now the Oued Rhumel ()) on the west; that part of it that faces the Atlantic Ocean ...
The Groote Kerk (Afrikaans and Dutch for "Great Church") is a Dutch Reformed church in Cape Town, South Africa. The church is South Africa's oldest place of Christian worship. The first church on this land was built in 1678. Willem Adriaan van der Stel laid the cornerstone for the church. It was replaced by the present building in 1841 built by ...