This Church is the result of a secession from the American Presbyterian Mission in Cameroon (MPA). In 1921 the Mission had opened a Bible School, the Dager School of Theology, in Bibia, near Lolodorf, for the training of African leaders. It was soon raised to the level of a theological college; some of its brighter students continued their studies in Europe or North America. In 1934 a group of Christians in Ngoumba, led by Nzié Nzioungma and Martin Bamba Minkio, broke away from the MPA over the issue of language; he was joined by two other pastors, Abraham Nzie Beaud and Rudolph Ngouah Beaud. The number quickly rose to 2,000. Lolodorf was the administrative center of the church. The choice of the name proved difficult. The first name, Eglise Culturelle Kwassio, was changed to Eglise Protestante Ngoumba, but, since this name seemed too restrictive, the church was renamed Eglise Protestante Africaine. The church has extended its work to areas like Mbalmayo, Abong-Mbang, Yaoundé, and Douala.
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