Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv (NKST)

Nongo u Kristu u ken Sudan hen Tiv

The NKST was founded in 1957. The church began through joint efforts of American and British evangelicals and the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. After 1916, the Tiv were served only by the South Africans, when the South Africans left in 1961, the Christian Reformed Church of North America became the mission partner of the NKST. They have 273 congregations with more than 4,000 unorganized churches or preaching stations. The 429 ministers and 682 evangelists serve more than 200,000 members, but may have a total of more than 500,000 persons attending. The churches meet annually in a synod. They have adopted the Apostles Creed and the Heidelberg Catechism as their doctrinal standards.