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The Zion Christian Church is one of the largest, most powerful and influential African
Independent Churches (AICs). Its membership of about 6 million makes up about 50% of the
total membership of AICs. The church has ...
African Pentecostal Christianity is one of the fastest-growing movements among other Christian traditions in the world. This makes African Pentecostal Christianity a major contributor to the growth of global Pentecostalism ...
There is a rising phenomenon of mega Pentecostal churches in South Africa and elsewhere on
the continent of Africa, which is conceptualised here as mega-costalism. The phenomenon
refers to churches with mega-church ...
The question should be asked whether the glaring failures of countries in the African
continent to realise constitutions’ social contracts of those countries is related to
a lack of moral intelligence and competence in ...
Missiology as a theological discipline is dynamic and forever evolving. This dynamism can be observed through trends and trajectories in biblical, theological, and contextual hermeneutics. The authors of this article, by ...
In this study, I position the Door of Hope (DoH), an organisation which attempts to work with
abandoned and orphaned children, as a faith-based organisation and attempt to determine its
effectiveness in relation to missio ...
This article aims to trigger a process of critical reflexive analysis relative to how colonial
perspectives are played out in the contemporary mission orientation of the Baptist Union of
South Africa (BUSA). It highlights ...
Mangayi, Lukwikilu Credo(Baptist Union of South Africa, 2019-09-30)
In this article, the researcher argued for a thoughtful, reflexive and
integrated theological praxis befitting the ever-changing globalised innercity
context of Johannesburg. In relation to mission, he highlighted ...
The aim of this conceptual chapter is to contribute to the discourse on a methodological framework for missiology. It is a very preliminary attempt at exploring the applicability of participatory action research (PAR) ...
Some of the New Prophetic Churches apply the fundamentalist literalist reading of the
biblical text in their sermons and theology because of a lack of knowledge and application
of proper reading and interpretation of ...
Covenant theology seeks to explore the connection between deity and
humanity which spans from the time of creation to the time when God sent his
son to redeem the world from sin. The main tenets of the covenant theology
also ...
One of the contended issues in Pentecostal studies is the exclusion or inclusion of African
Independent Churches (AICs) as part of the Pentecostal tradition. This article resuscitates this
old debate by looking specifically ...
Religious tourism is commonly known for the visits by believers to religious sites and pilgrimages for religious purposes. In African Pentecostalism, religious tourism is known for the movement of believers from one country ...
kgatle, mookgo solomon(taylor and francis, 2024-07-17)
This article problematises the inward-looking approach adopted by classical Pentecostalism in a South African context. A literature review on White-led classical Pentecostal churches reveals that in their early development, ...
Economies of the African continent have been faced with difficulties in the last decade caused by various factors including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), unemployment, poverty and so forth. In the South African ...
A scholarship of engagement is an approach that connects knowledge systems to the
challenges facing society in a meaningful way. This article reviews the literature on
Pentecostal missiology to make a new contribution ...
Pneumatology refers to the study of the Spirit within Pentecostal theology. Similarly, Pentecostals believe that pneumatology has a role to play in ecclesiastical leadership, which results in leadership through the Holy ...
Tombstone, the practice of demarcating a grave and unveiling it in some instances, has
been common since ancient times. The practice is related to marking the grave in order to remember
its geographical location, and ...
New prophetic churches have a different approach to classical Pentecostalism when it
comes to the practice of divine healing. Unlike classical Pentecostalism, new prophetic churches
embrace the practice of consulting ...
The use of anointed products such as anointing oil and anointing water within the broader
Pentecostal movement in world Christianity has been documented in previous studies.
Traditionally, the demand for these products ...