Challenges of Inculturation for More Effective Evangelization in Igboland

Abstract

The type of Christianity introduced by Roman Catholic missionaries and missionaries of Anglican denominations created insufficiencies inherent in inculturation resulting in a failure of native clergy to accept inculturation as a phenomenon. This has the effect of complicating the complex inculturation of the gospel in Igboland and Africa in broader sense. This development had over the years prevented Igbo converts from benefitting from the comprehensive message of the gospel, prompting most Igbo converts to resort to traditional practices when faced with life challenges or vicissitudes. Consequently, conflicts have arisen as churches attempted to win more converts that fully comprehend the gospel, and not just converts who see the religion as the extension of a foreign or imposed culture. Documented and observational data collection methods were chosen for the purpose of research in this article. The methodology of the theory of sociological changes was used in the course of data analysis.