Marine resource programs at the University of Rhode Island

CATHOLICS SPONSOR SCHOOLS THAT ENROLL ABOUT 85 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS; PROTESTANT SCHOOLS ENROLL ABOUT 10 PERCENT; AND KIMBANGUIST SCHOOLS ENROLL ABOUT 5 PERCENT. THE KIMBANGUIST RELIGION IS A PROTESTANT SECT FOUNDED BY SIMON KIMBANGU (1889-1951), WHO WAS EDUCATED BY THE BAPTIST MISSION SOCIETY. IN 1921 HE EXPERIENCED VISIONS, AND THENCEFORTH CONDUCTED FAITH HEALING AND BIBLE PREACHING. HIS BASIC PRECEPTS WERE CONDEMNATION OF FETISHISM, LASCIVIOUS DANCING, POLYGAMY, SMOKING, AND DRINKING. THE KIMBANGUISTS" THIRST FOR LITERACY HAS STEMMED FROM KIMBANGU"S COMMAND THAT THEY READ THE BIBLE. THIS PAPER TRACES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RELIGIOUS SECT BEFORE AND AFTER ZAIRIAN INDEPENDENCE, AND DESCRIBES THE PRESENT ACCOMMODATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EDUCATION AND THE SCHOOLS.