Thirty Years for a Sermon — Simon Kimbangu and the Movement Colonial Rule Couldn't Kill

Six months of preaching and prayer-healing earned Simon Kimbangu a death sentence, commuted to life imprisonment — because an independent, Congolese-led religious movement was the real threat colonial authorities feared. He died in prison 30 years later; his church now counts millions of members. A 10-20 minute read about what a sentence really reveals.