The leadership role of women is a controversial theme in contemporary African Christianity. This paper is an overview of the place of women in Nigerian Pentecostal churches. Particular attention is paid to the leading ...

This article touches on the life of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr, his connections with the Baptist Church and his opposition to Apartheid. Some of his unparalleled academic achievements are referred to. The article refers to the ...

In the Evangelical Church in Germany a ritual that faded into virtual meaninglessness in the course of the Reformation, the “anointing of the sick”, has been rediscovered. This article traces the meaning and interpretation ...

The St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission is one of the African Indigenous Churches founded by Mother Christinah Nku in the 1930s. Since then this church has gone from strength to strength; however, it has no “theological ...

The emergence of a liberal democracy in South Africa confronted South African churches with a new environment. Until 1994, churches were mostly involved (on both sides) in the struggle against Apartheid. This situation ...

In this article, I will highlight the response of the African people of Likoma Island in Malawi to the work carried out by English missionaries from 1885 to 1961. The Anglican Church in Malawi originated from the work ...

In 1906, at Derdepoort (Botswana), a twelve year old Tswana girl, Christinah, experienced the first of a series of divine visions that eventually led to the founding of a powerful African independent church. This article ...