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Small Christian Communities Promote Family and Marriage Ministry in Eastern Africa
Joseph G. Healey
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Africa in the context of the recent Synod on the Family. In the nine countries of Eastern Africa there are 160,000 Small Christian Communities (SCCs), which is a significant number. The family in Africa is facing a mixture of challenges, some of them being an effect of globalization of culture, others are coming from the cultural beliefs. Traditionally marriage in Africa is not just between a man and a woman, but between two families and even two clans. The children belong to the community and not just to the biological parents. That is why it is natural for SCC to be involved in family ministry/family life apostolate/family evangelization that includes marriage ministry, youth ministry, and a variety of other pastoral ministries and spiritual ministries.
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Small Christian Communities in Eastern Africa, Synod on the Family, marriageDetails
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