Kimbanguist Movement in the Belgian Congo (1921–1960)

1. Kimbangu’s healing ministry begins at Nkamba

   Apr 6, 1921Labels: Simon Kimbangu, Nkamba

   • Britannica
   • CDAMM
   • RMCA

2. First arrest attempt pushes Kimbangu into hiding

   Jun 6, 1921Labels: Simon Kimbangu, Belgian administrators

   • Encycl Africana
   • IRR
   • Wikipedia

3. Kimbangu voluntarily surrenders to colonial authorities

   Sep 12, 1921Labels: Simon Kimbangu, Nkamba

   • IRR
   • Encycl Africana
   • Wikipedia

4. Military tribunal sentences Kimbangu to death

   Oct 3, 1921Labels: Military tribunal, Thysville

   • Britannica
   • Encycl Africana
   • IRR

5. King Albert I commutes sentence to life imprisonment

   Nov 19, 1921Labels: King Albert, Imprisonment

   • Encycl Africana
   • Britannica
   • JCCESK

6. Underground Kimbanguism expands despite deportations

   Jan 1, 1922Labels: Kimbanguism, Deportations

   • Britannica
   • WCC Archive
   • Cambridge JAH

7. Kimbangu dies in prison at Elisabethville

   Oct 12, 1951Labels: Simon Kimbangu, Elisabethville

   • Britannica
   • Encycl Africana
   • RMCA

8. Church council forms to organize the movement

   Jan 1, 1956Labels: EJCSK, Church council

   • DACB
   • Britannica

9. Belgian Congo begins toleration of Kimbanguists

   Jan 1, 1957Labels: Belgian Congo, Colonial authorities

   • Britannica
   • WCC Archive

10. Colonial government legally recognizes the Kimbanguist Church

    Dec 24, 1959Labels: Kimbanguist Church, Belgian Congo

    • Britannica
    • 1959 Congo
    • glise kimb

11. Joseph Diangienda becomes head of the new church

    Dec 24, 1959Labels: Joseph Diangienda, EJCSK

    • DACB
    • WCC Archive
    • glise kimb

12. Congo’s independence ends the Belgian colonial era

    Jun 30, 1960Labels: Congo independence, Republic of

    • Britannica
    • Encycl Africana
    • Britannica K