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Engenas Barnabas Lekganyane (c.1885-1948) was the founder of one of Africa's largest churches, the Zion Christian Church (ZCC). He first formed the ZCC in 1924, and by the time of his death the church had at least 50,000 members. Under the leadership of his descendants the ZCC has gone on to have more than a million members primarily located in southern Africa.〔R. Muller. African Pilgrimage: Ritual Travel in South Africa's Christianity of Zion. Farnham: Ashgate, 2011.〕 It is now by far the biggest of the various Zionist Christian sects that account for roughly half of all Christians in southern Africa. == Early life and education == Engenas Lekganyane was born at Mphome Mission in the Haenertsburg region of the Transvaal in the mid-1880s. His parents, Barnabas Lekganyane and Sefora Raphela, were members of the Mamabolo ethnic group. The Raphela family were the first Christian converts among the Mamabolo and had been instrumental in getting a Lutheran mission established by the Berlin Missionary Society in 1879. 〔Barry Morton (2014) ‘The Rebellion From Below’ and the Origins of Early Zionist Christianity, African Historical Review, 46:2, 36.〕 Drought, disruptions, and the violence associated with the South African War in 1899, led the Mamabolo chiefs to abandon their homelands for some years. The Lekganyanes appear to have left with them, but then returned home when the Chief purchased Syferkuil Farm in 1905 next to the original reserve. Soon after the move back, an Anglican missionary built a mission and school called St. Andrews adjacent to Syferkuil. This was the school where Lekganyane received three years of education, which had been disrupted in the previous decade. During this time Lekganyane spent considerable amounts of time working on construction projects, including the building of a church, a school, and a dam. He did not choose to receive baptism or confirmation as an Anglican, although many members of his family, his future wife, and many residents of Syferkuil did. After leaving school, Lekganyane began working around the Transvaal--"he had to go to work and make a living, like many of his era, on the farms and in public works schemes."〔https://www.academia.edu/14338013/Engenas_Lekganyane_and_the_Early_ZCC_Oral_Texts_and_Documents〕 In his early adulthood Lekganyane joined a new Presbyterian church in the Mamabolo reserve--according to his earliest known statements he had been "a member of the Free Church of Scotland in training as (or actually being)an evangelist under the missionary in that Church."〔https://www.academia.edu/14338013/Engenas_Lekganyane_and_the_Early_ZCC_Oral_Texts_and_Documents〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Engenas Lekganyane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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