Arathi
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish The Arathi, a term meaning "prophets",<ref>Isaria N. Kimambo and Thomas T. Spear, East African Expressions of Christianity (James Currey, 1999), 238.</ref> are a Christian religious movement founded in 1926 in Kenya.<ref name = Freedom123>Francis Kimani Githieya, "The Formation and Development of the Arathi," The Freedom of the Spirit: African Indigenous Churches in Kenya (Oxford University Press US, 1997), 123.</ref> Along with the African Orthodox Church, Arathi was founded by the Agikuyu in the wake of Kenya's civil unrest during the 1920.<ref name = Freedom123 /> Joseph Ng'ang'a and Musa Thuo are among the sect's most notable prophets.<ref name = Freedom123 />
Arathi was outlawed in 1934, when colonial officials prohibited Arathi meetings.<ref>Norman Etherington, Missions and Empire (Oxford University Press, 2005), 233.</ref>
Baptism has remained a central part of the Arathi tradition since its founding, and is still practiced today. It is viewed as a symbol of the beginning of a new life, and followers receive a new name after their baptism.<ref name = Freedom124>Francis Kimani Githieya, "The Formation and Development of the Arathi," The Freedom of the Spirit: African Indigenous Churches in Kenya (Oxford University Press US, 1997), 124.</ref>