ABSTRACT
Christianity has been on the African continent for as long as it has been in existence. There is no denying the fact that Christianity found itself in some parts of Africa in its nascent years and over the millennia has developed statistically into the most dominant religion in Africa. While Christianity was supplanted by Islam in North Africa, it arguably supplanted traditional religions in sub-Saharan Africa, making Christianity the most dominant religion in the region. Diversity has always been a part of Christianity in Africa. While there were diverse groups among early Christians in North Africa, the diversity of Christian groups became even more pronounced with the advent of postReformation Western missionary Christianity, with the multiplicity of denominations. Contemporary Africans have never known a singular Christianity! This reality suggests it is almost impossible to talk of African Christian thought in the singular yet a closer analysis of the situation on the ground shows that on some issues there is a degree of unanimity on how Christians have responded to contemporary issues irrespective of the multiplicity of denominations and strands of Christianity.
