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''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Chad, go to the [[Chad Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | ''For information about records for non-Christian religions in Chad, go to the [[Chad Religious Records|Religious Records]] page.'' | ||
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==Historical Background== | ==Historical Background== | ||
Christianity arrived in Chad in the twentieth century, shortly after the colonial conquest. Contrary to the dominant pattern in some other parts of Africa, however, where the colonial powers encouraged the spread of the faith, the earliest French officials in Chad advised against it. Following World War I, official opposition to Christianity softened, and the government tolerated but did not sponsor missionaries. Since World War II, Chadian Christians have had a far greater influence on Chadian life than their limited numbers suggest. The missions spread the ideology of Westernization—the notion that progress depended on following European models of development. Even more specifically, Roman Catholic mission education spread the French language. The Protestants came to southern Chad in the 1920s. Lutheran Brethren missionaries were the first, arriving in September, 1920; but missionaries of other denominations and nationalities soon followed. Many of the American missions were northern offshoots of missionary networks founded farther south in the Ubangi-Shari colony (now Central African Republic) of French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Equatoriale Française—AEF; ses Glossary). The organizational ties between the missions in southern Chad and Ubangi-Chari were strengthened by France's decision in 1925 to transfer Logone Occidental, Tandjilé, Logone Oriental, and Moyen-Chari prefectures to Ubangi-Chari, where they remained until another administrative shuffle restored them to Chad in 1932.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Christianity in Chad", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Chad, accessed 22 March 2020. </ref><ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Chad", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Chad, accessed 22 March 2020. </ref><br> | Christianity arrived in Chad in the twentieth century, shortly after the colonial conquest. Contrary to the dominant pattern in some other parts of Africa, however, where the colonial powers encouraged the spread of the faith, the earliest French officials in Chad advised against it. Following World War I, official opposition to Christianity softened, and the government tolerated but did not sponsor missionaries. Since World War II, Chadian Christians have had a far greater influence on Chadian life than their limited numbers suggest. The missions spread the ideology of Westernization—the notion that progress depended on following European models of development. Even more specifically, Roman Catholic mission education spread the French language. The Protestants came to southern Chad in the 1920s. Lutheran Brethren missionaries were the first, arriving in September, 1920; but missionaries of other denominations and nationalities soon followed. Many of the American missions were northern offshoots of missionary networks founded farther south in the Ubangi-Shari colony (now Central African Republic) of French Equatorial Africa (Afrique Equatoriale Française—AEF; ses Glossary). The organizational ties between the missions in southern Chad and Ubangi-Chari were strengthened by France's decision in 1925 to transfer Logone Occidental, Tandjilé, Logone Oriental, and Moyen-Chari prefectures to Ubangi-Chari, where they remained until another administrative shuffle restored them to Chad in 1932.<ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Christianity in Chad", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Chad, accessed 22 March 2020. </ref><ref> Wikipedia contributors, "Religion in Chad", in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Chad, accessed 22 March 2020. </ref><br> | ||
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