Samuel Mutendi’s Zion Christian Church (ZCC Mbungo) is an African Independent Church formed by a son of Zimbabwe (Daneel, 1986:31). Understanding African belief systems related to healing and the indigenous knowledge ...

From their beginnings, Christian–Muslim relationships have been characterised by conquests and crusades, two words that cast a long shadow. However, several positive aspects deserve our attention. I intend to unfold those ...

The Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement accepts and practices the beliefs in the gifts of the Holy Spirit without leaving the fundamental teachings of a mainline tradition. Similarly, in the Catholic Church, this is a ...

With the celebration of the 500 years of Reformation in 2017, unsurprisingly, much has been written about this phenomenon as it unfolded in the 16th-century Europe. Any world-changing event not only deserves the attention ...

New prophetic churches are in continuity with the African Traditional Religions in tracing the challenges that many Africans face today to the spirit world. These churches make a connection between the challenges of ...

Missio Dei achieves its goal of total redemption by embracing other sub-missions such as Missio Christos, Missio Spiritus, and Missio Ecclesiae. The argument here is that some self-proclaimed spiritual leaders in South ...

In the form of a systematic review, the dissertation examines international studies that provide a contribution to the topic "effective personal communication of the Gospel". On the basis of the results of international ...

John Wesley, 18ᵗʰ Century Church of England priest and founder of Methodism, was strongly influenced by the works of Roman Catholic Mystics early in his ministry. These writings helped shape his widely known doctrine ...

The African Pentecostal tradition as a distinct movement within the Protestant tradition is discussed here from disciplinal and decolonial perspectives. The characteristics that inform this distinction are explored to ...

There are undoubtedly differences between Roman Catholic and African Pentecostalism such as doctrinal issues and salvific conceptualisations. Besides non-Catholics, specifically Pentecostal churches have always been perceived ...