The Gospel of Christ and Inculturation Theology in the Context of Indigenous Ministry

Abstract

Over decades, the concept of inculturation theology has been a major
theological discourse in the African continent and beyond. Regardless of
Denomination, one major challenge Christians in Africa and Churches
in Africa are facing that has limited the penetration of the Gospel of
Christ is the fact that a theology developed exclusively from the
perspective of Western industrialized society will inevitably be a warped
version of Christianity. In the line of thought of this paper, inculturation
is the emergence of many thoughts occasioned by divergent lifestyles.
Therefore, the incarnation of Christian life and of Christian message,
the Gospel of Christ in a particular cultural context, in such a way that
this experience not only finds expression through elements proper to
the culture in question but becomes a principle that animates, directs
and unifies the culture, transforming it and making it so as to bring about
a new creation.