Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church traditions
African & Afro-Diasporic New religious movement
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church traditions is cataloged as a New religious movement within African & Afro-Diasporic. Its candidate country context is “South Africa” and its period or origin is “Founded 1910s; multiple contemporary branches.” It is associated with the parent tradition “African Independent Christianity.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Shembe Church; Nazareth Baptist Church; Ibandla lamaNazaretha; Shembe movement
- Parent tradition
- African Independent Christianity
- Public geographic context
- South Africa
- Period / origin
- Founded 1910s; multiple contemporary branches
- Living / historical status
- Living, organizationally plural movement
- Access / protocol
- Institution-specific
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateSouth Africa
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
Where to read more
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Stable attribution
Cite this record
Shembe Nazareth Baptist Church traditions. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1419. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1419
Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA · https://x.com/KJB_and_AYARA