Senegal

   French rule allowed the introduction of Protestantism by the Paris Mission, representing the Reformed Church of France, but the only Protestant groups to survive in the difficult climate have been the Assemblies of God (1956), the Lutherans (originating in a Finnish Lutheran missionary effort launched in 1974), and the New Apostolic Church (c. 1980). The latter group had by far the greatest success, with more than 10,000 converts by the end of the century Many of the smaller Evangelical groups associate together in the Evangelical Fellowship of senegal affiliated with the Association of Evangelicals of Africa and the World Evangelical Alliance.

   See also Africa, sub-Saharan.

   Further reading:

   ■ David Barrett, The Encyclopedia of World Christianity, 2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001)

   ■ J. Delcourt, Historie Religieuse du Sénégal (Dakar: Clairafrique, 1976)

   ■ Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk, Operation World, 21st Century Edition (Carlisle, Cumbria, U.K.: Paternoster, 2001).