The death of a loved one and the repatriation of the remains have become the double pain experienced by many Zimbabweans in South Africa. The double pain is caused by the cultural demand for burial to be conducted at the ...

The urban community participating in this Bible study can indeed not only open the eyes of the "trained reader", but also expose the (spiritual) blindness that often besets the elite when reading and preaching the text. ...

Social justice and reconciliation are inseparable, and both are inextricably linked to ethics, discipleship and ministry, that is, with the Christian walk. More precisely the evangelical church of the “global south” has ...

This chapter is part of the fourth Christian Leadership Conference theme “Metaphors of leadership or leading by metaphors”. In the chapter, I present “cup” and “baptism” as metaphors of servant leadership in Mark 10:38–39. ...

South Africa endured racial segregation under the national party for many years until 1994, with the attainment of democracy. In the process of negotiating a democracy like the CODESA negotiations, the ANC-led government ...

Pentecostalism is known for the belief in Spirit baptism that is accompanied by the doctrine of initial evidence, that is, speaking in tongues. The practice of the doctrine of initial evidence has become a unique feature ...

In 2015 and 2016, South Africa experienced one of the unique student-led protests since the dawn of democracy that touched the world, the #FeesMustFall movement. Out of the many demands that the students made in the movement, ...

In honour of Professor Nico Botha, this article is a contextual reading of Luke 4:16- 19. The article addresses social issues such as poverty, captivity, oppression and bondage, not only as the mission of Christ but in ...

The name African Independent Churches (AICs) refers to churches that have been independently started in Africa by Africans and not by missionaries from another continent. There has been extensive research on (AICs) from ...

Christianity in post-colonial Africa is highly influenced and shaped by the prosperity message.The popular and materialistic gospel is sweeping across the continent like a gale-force wind, which is irresistible. Previous ...