Prepared to Believe: The Evangelism of Preschoolers and Infant Baptism in African Anglican Churches

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Date
2020
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The Global Anglican
Abstract
This article discusses the cognitive status of preschool children based on the insights of the child psychologist Jean Piaget. Building on this, a strategy is offered for the evangelism of preschoolers and the expected outcome of this evangelism is the formation of their worldview into a Christian one. This prepares them to believe the gospel when they reach a developmental stage in which faith and unbelief become part of their mental posture. Given their commitment to infant baptism, African Anglican churches must prioritise theological studies focused on children in order to carry out such evangelism.
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This is a research article
Keywords
Infant Baptism, Evangelism of Preschoolers, African Anglican Churches
Citation
Nyende, Peter. Prepared to Believe: The Evangelism of Preschoolers and Infant Baptism in African Anglican Churches. The Global Anglican 134/4 (2020):299–316