A South African Case Study in Church Unity

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1976 Frank Chikane • Reaches out to victims • Begins self-help groups • Speaks out against violence • Becomes a target for police brutality • Between 1977 and 1982 he is detained without trial four times (9 months in 1981) • Tortured, beaten, humiliated, isolated in solitary confinement
1981 Frank Chikane • White church reacts in anger • District chairman initiates legal action against him in AFM Church Court • Charged with being a communist and pursuing social goals instead of the gospel • Church rules against Frank and withdraws his ordination certificate
Page 1 and 2: abc A Struggle for Racial Unity: Th
Page 3 and 4: Overview 1. Brief historical review
Page 5 and 6: 1908 John G Lake arrives in South A
Page 7 and 8: 1913 • Establishment of the Apost
Page 9 and 10: 1936 David du Plessis • Elected a
Page 11 and 12: 1943 G.R. Wessels • At age 30 bec
Page 13 and 14: 1948 • National Party comes to po
Page 15 and 16: 1955 Justus du Plessis • Pastors
Page 17 and 18: 1958 Pentecostal Protestant Church
Page 19 and 20: 1961 AFM adopts a new constitution
Page 21 and 22: 1966 Dr. FP Moller • After servin
Page 23: 1976 Soweto Riots erupt • Youth o
Page 27 and 28: 1987 • Archbishop Desmond Tutu re
Page 29 and 30: 1990 • President F.W. de Klerk re
Page 31 and 32: 1994 • South Africa goes to the p
Page 33 and 34: 1996 Entire AFM achieves structural
Page 37 and 38: Today • All districts are geograp
Page 41 and 42: Some Lessons We Have Learned 1. Too
Page 43 and 44: Some Lessons We Have Learned 7. Org
Page 45: Overview 1. Brief historical review

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