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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 ...
South Africa is in crisis, and theologians have been grappling with the theological significance of this state of affairs. In the realm of black theology, many have expressed concern around the discursive malaise this ...
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) ...
The Spirit is the overall renewing and liberating presence-maker of God’s grand acts of
creation, reconciliation, renewal and fulfilment. Not as doctrines, but these acts while we are
involved therein are the ortho-experiential ...
African traditions have a significant impact on the societal structures, the Churches, and schools. The secular government also contributed to the increase of gender-based violence since the corrective measures were ...
In 1994 South Africa elected its new democratic government and that brought about change politically, economically, and socially. The political change brought about new transformation that saw people in the society in ...
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 ...
The study was prompted by the gap in African Pentecostal leadership which led to serious damage to the church. The research examined the case of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe church leadership crisis that culminated ...
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 ...
The main question of this theoretical and phenomenological qualitative
research study conducted in Ireland was: What can be done to strengthen the
safeguarding of religious liberties while still allowing effective ...
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 ...
The second half of the 20th century saw a sexual revolution against both human nature and God, which turned into widespread confusion and a culture of death. This thesis provides a vital response to the underlying philosophy ...