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{{Infobox Christian denomination|image=Zoekerism.png|imagewidth=175px|native_name=Church of the Second Ascension|caption=Official seal|separated_from=Dutch Reformed Church|founded_date=1856|founded_place=Aisa, [[South Tussenland]]|language=[[Amerikaens]]|founder=[[Tegbesoe]]|headquarters=Vrÿheidt, [[South Tussenland]]|abbreviation=CSA (English) </br> KTH ([[Amerikaens]])|area=America, West Africa|polity=Connexional|theology=Zoekerism|main_classification=Syncretic|type=New religious movement}}
'''Zoekerism''' (Amerikaens: ''Soeckerisme''; also alternatively spelled as ''Zoikerism'' in English), also known as the '''Church of Second Ascension''', or simply the '''Zoekerist Church''', is a religion that developed in [[South Tussenland]] during the 1860s. It is a syncretization of Protestantism and various traditional West African religious beliefs (most notably from Akan and Fon) as a product of the African diaspora in North America brought about by the transatlantic slave trade. It is considered a branch of Christianity practiced mainly by the Afro-American community in South Tussenland, [[Virginia]],
Zoekerist thought is centered around the belief in a supreme creator, the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, as well as the pursuit for truth, freedom, and homeland. Zoekerism is heavily associated with [[South Tussenland]]'s independence movement and the idea of ''universal emancipation''.
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=== Modernization of the Zoekerist Church ===
In 1909, after Mexico fell to a republican revolution, the [[South Tussenland]], and in essence, the Zoekerist Church, had lost their principal benefactor. During this time, South Tussenland was also facing calls for republicanism, which was also partly spurred on by the republican government of Tussenland and New Netherland in an effort to exert influence in the continent. After the South Tussenland revolution succeeded in 1911, the Church and State were officially separated and codified into the new constitution. The revolutionaries allowed
== See also ==
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