The legacy of byang

Abstract

"More than 30 years since his premature death cut short an outstandingly promising ministry, Byang Kato's contribution to the growth of African evangelical Christianity remains unique. His book, Theological Pitfalls in Africa, translated into French as Pieges Theologiques en Afrique, still provokes comment and controversy, as it has done since its publication in 1975. In recent years the African Journal of Evangelical Theology has published accounts of his life and work by Yusufu Turaki (2001) and Christien Bremen (1996). Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology named its chapel after him, and the Faculte de Theologie Evangelique de Bangui its library, appropriate recognition of his role in the foundation of both institutions. The suggestion that he was 'the founding father of modem African evangelical theology' 1 is no exaggeration, readily justified by an appraisal of recent African church history."