THE MEANING OF OFFERINGS IN RWANDAN CONTEXT IN RELATION TO CHRISTIANITY Case study: ADEPR Church, GISENYI Parish.

Abstract

Human being cannot be separated from his/her culture and ways of living whereby the culture, and history of human beings should be respected in all domains. Rwandans believe that God does not need anything from human because all creatures belong to God, rather the offerings is given to the ancestors (abazimu) who are the ministers of God, to whom God entrusted the authority of defending humans in the spirits world.