In Congo, an unconventional Christian movement has existential lessons for the troubled nation

Simon Kimbangu, founder of one of Africa’s largest independent churches, spent 30 years in jail and died a prisoner, banished far from his home by Belgian colonial authorities who judged his activities to be dangerous


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