Her message was about the arrival of the Holy Spirit as well as the liberation of Africa, for which she was persecuted by the Catholic Church and burnt alive.

According to his disciples, Kimbangu cured the sick, raised the dead back to life, prophesied the future and the liberation of black people, and had revealed many hidden things from the bible.

According to Dr. Bertram Melbourne, both the Protestant and the Catholic religious establishments became alarmed and appealed to the colonial authorities who sought his arrest.

[4] David van Reybrouck, however, indicated that the Belgian administrator, Léon Morel, became concerned and invited Catholic and Protestant missionaries to a meeting in Thysville.

While the Catholics supported a vigorous intervention, the Protestants favored a soft approach as they saw it as a form of Christian devotion.

He further alluded to a time when soon all nations will come to the temple Nkamba to worship him, and there will be one church, one language (Kikongo), and one God.

[2] He was placed before a military court, without the benefit of a legal representative, and found guilty of undermining public security and disturbing the peace.