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Church and community: church of god among the idakho of kakamega county kenya

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Title Church and community: church of god among the idakho of kakamega county kenya
 
Creator Kavulavu, Leen
 
Description This study seeks to examine how the Idakho interacted with Christian values by focusing on Church of God Mission. The end product of the rapid acceptance of Christianity among the Idakho was broader social and economic transformation. Education as taught by missionaries of Church of God became an avenue for accumulation of wealth, through employment as teachers and government employees as well as through involvement in commercial activities. The specific objective of the study is to analyze the role of Church of God mission in Idakho societal transformation. The initiatives and the struggles of the Idakho for betterment of their educational status are given special attention. Methodology for this study involved data collection from secondary sources and mostly primary data derived from archival and field research. The study concludes that the difficult financial situation that had faced Church of God missionary board hindered the expansion of the church in Idakho. Therefore the survival of the Church of God depended on the influence of the teacher-evangelist and the educated elite. Moreover, the early success of education and other programs like health and agriculture led to the development of the educated elite who became agents of transformation.
 
Publisher Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities
 
Date 2016-07-05
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jassh.in/index.php/jassh/article/view/64
10.15520/jassh20664
 
Source Journal of Advances in Social Science and Humanities; Vol 2 No 06 (2016)
2395-6542
10.15520/jassh206
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jassh.in/index.php/jassh/article/view/64/95
 
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