Why isn't there a CHURCH OF AFRICA?

Answer 1

THERE IS AME - it stands for African Methodist Episcopal

Answer 2

Really dumb question, like the Church of England, is written in English, so why would anybody want to write thier own church in a foreign language, and by using the word church you assume that they are christian?

For your information, the Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the "mother" and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion. England adhered to the Roman Catholic church (church of Rome) for nearly a thousand years, before the church separated from Rome in 1534, during the reign of King Henry VIII.

The Church of England's sister church in Ireland, the Church of Ireland, also went through the reformation in the sixteenth century. Unlike in England, the majority of the populace did not go along with this, preferring continued adherence to Roman Catholic Church.

In Scotland, the Church of Scotland is recognised in law as the "national church" although it is not established in the same way as the Church of England.

When the Episcopal Church in the U.S. became independent of the Church of England after the American War of Independence, the leadership of the Church of England did not believe itself legally able to consecrate new bishops without requiring of them the standard oath of loyalty to the crown. Consequently it was the non-juring bishops of the non-established Scottish Episcopal Church who consecrated the first American bishops, until new legislation allowed the Church of England to relax its policy.

The Church in Wales, previously a part of the Church of England, was disestablished in 1920 and at the same time became an independent member of the Anglican Communion.

so all the above are based on the Roman Catholic Church, and The first known use of the term "Catholic Church" was in a letter by Ignatius of Antioch in 107, who wrote: "Where the bishop appears, there let the people be, just as where Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."

Additionally, Catholic writers list a number of quotes from early Church Fathers suggesting the See of Rome had jurisdictional authority or primacy over other churches, while Orthodox writers dispute this claim which was one of the main issues behind the East-West Schism, historically considering the Pope first among equals. But it is a power from 313ad.

The Greek, Asyrian and Armenian Orthadox church are much older,

The Assyrian Church of the East, which sometimes calls itself the Assyrian Orthodox Church, traces its roots to the See of Babylon, said to have been founded by Saint Thomas the Apostle.

But the oldest Christian Curches were African, The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the Church of Egypt that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in the middle of the 1st century (approximately 42).

Answer 3

There is one in Africa

Answer 4

there are more church in africa then where ever you live at

Answer 5

Well ; don't just sit there !
Start it now....." tjay's Church of Africa! "
go to www.ulc.org (Universal Life Church) to get your pastorship and documents..

Answer 6

There is. In our state there is a church for the African Americans.

Answer 7

Because Africans are Coptic or Orthodox (unless they follow European Christianity).

Only the British are arrogant enough to think they needed their own separate Church. Christ is for everyone.

Answer 8

It is too diverse of an area to have a church for everyone.

Answer 9

same for college of africa, bank of africa, newspaper of africa, plumbers of africa, .... they do have a national magazine--The National Geographic.

Answer 10

they like to fight each other too much over there, so no way they'll agree on having a single church.