The Experience of Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in Eastern Africa (AMECEA Region) in Light of the African Year of Reconciliation (AYR) from 29 July, 2015 to 29 July, 2016
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Date
2015-08-06
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Centre Africain de Recherche et de formation en developpement humain integral
Abstract
The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences of Eastern Africa (AMECEA)
consists of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and
Zambia (Somalia/Djibouti as affiliates).
AMECEA dates back to July 1961, when the first meeting of bishops was held in
Tanzania to establish what was known as the Inter-territorial Episcopal Meeting of the
Bishops of Eastern Africa (ITEBEA). This meeting was attended by fifty-one (51) bishops
from five countries -- Kenya, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), Uganda, Nyasaland (now
Malawi), and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
It was in 1964, during the Second Vatican Council, that the bishops from Eastern
Africa held a meeting to establish the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in
Eastern Africa (AMECEA) with the Secretariat in Nairobi. Since then the bishops of
AMECEA have held many Plenary Assemblies as the highest body to reflect on common
pastoral challenges and offer responses to the arising needs of the church in the region. In
July, 2014, the bishops held its 18th
Plenary Assembly in Malawi under the theme
“Evangelization through True Conversion.”
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New Way of Being Church in Eastern Africa, Plenary Assemblies of AMECEA Bishops, The Benefit of SCCs as a New Way of Being Church, The SCCs promote the sharing and celebration of life, The SCCs promote prayer life and reverence for God, SCCs are the place of nourishment by the Word of God, SCCs are places to promote and nurture vocations and ministries