Explain effects of the establishment of independent churches in Kenya.
Answer:
-Africanisation of church leadership as they were headed by Africans.
-Adoption of African cultural expression in worship. Clapping of hands and baptizing people, giving them African names.
-Spread of Christianity to the interior of Kenya using indigenous language.
-Some African cultural practices were accepted.
-Use of various African instruments like drums in worship
-Led to expansion of Christian faith in Kenya.
-Led to the split in church to different sects to establish their identity.
-Led to the establishment of independent schools where Africans received education, for instance, Gaithieko in kiambu in 1913.