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Church-Franchise: Missional Innovation for Church Planting and Leadership Mentorship in Neo-Pentecostal and Neo-Prophetic Churches in Africa

Religions, 2022
The great commission, as traditionally understood in Christendom, has been the core basis for church growth. Passion for the lost, evangelism outreach, conversions, and baptism followed by congregating, have culminated in church establishments ...
Peter White
exaly   +4 more sources

Social entrepreneurship in the selected neo-Pentecostal churches: A holistic salvation

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2023
Pentecostalism is a Christian tradition known for personal salvation, baptism in the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, divine healing and personal encounter with God through the work of the Holy Spirit.
Mookgo S. Kgatle, Semape J. Manyaka-Boshielo   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The nature of glossolalia in the neo-Pentecostal churches in Nigeria

Verbum et Ecclesia
Glossolalia has been a major divisive doctrine in the Christendom, as some Pentecostals claim that it is proof of being a real Christian. This article examined the extent to which tongues-speaking in the neo-Pentecostal churches in Nigeria conforms to ...
Solomon O. Ademiluka
doaj   +3 more sources

Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective

Verbum et Ecclesia
Religion and development are a subject that has stimulated researchers in the recent past. Most of the religious role players in development within sub-Saharan Africa have been the historic missional churches, also known as the mainline churches – mostly
Mangaliso M. Matshobane
doaj   +3 more sources

The unusual practices within some Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa: Reflections and recommendations

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article reflects and makes recommendations on the recent unusual practices within some Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa. Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa refer to churches that have crossed denominational boundaries.
Mookgo S. Kgatle
doaj   +5 more sources

Gender Based Violence in the Commercialisation of Religion in Neo-Pentecostal Churches [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The focus is women suffering due to commercialisation of religion in Neo-Pentecostal Churches. Most of the religion commercialists are men with women as victims of Gender Based Violence (GBV).
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane
doaj   +2 more sources

Commercialisation of theological education as a challenge in the Neo-Pentecostal Charismatic churches

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
Commercialisation, technology, and globalisation impact all facets of religion.Commercialisation of religion contributes towards society’s obsession with success. One areathrough which commercialisation manifests itself is in theological education.
Kelebogile T. Resane
doaj   +4 more sources

‘The threads in his mind have torn’: conceptualization and treatment of mental disorders by neo-prophetic Christian healers in Accra, Ghana [PDF]

International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 2018
Background In many low- and middle-income countries, faith healing is used alongside biomedical treatment for many health problems including mental disorders.
Lily N. A. Kpobi, Leslie Swartz
doaj   +2 more sources

Retraction notice to: ‘The unusual practices within some Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa: Reflections and recommendations’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 73(3), a4656

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021
Reason: The article, Kgatle, M.S., 2017, ‘The unusual practices within some Neo-Pentecostal churches in South Africa: Reflections and recommendations’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73(3), a4656.
Mookgo S. Kgatle
doaj   +5 more sources

Unsafe spaces? An ecclesiological evaluation and response to recent controversial practices in some South African neo-Pentecostal churches

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
From a communal perspective of the church, this article analyses critically the controversial practices reported in some South African neo-Pentecostal (SANP) churches, such as feeding congregants with grass.
Collium Banda
doaj   +2 more sources