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Ancestors and African Neo-Pentecostals

African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
Background: Many Neo-Pentecostals accept the African cultural view that ancestors are active in the daily lives of their offspring. The question is asked whether such contextualisation of the Christian message is admissible.
Marius Nel
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The Limiting of the Impact of Proxy Culture Wars by Religious Sensitivity: The Fight of Neo-Pentecostal Churches against LGBTQ Rights Organizations over Uganda’s Future

Religions, 2021
It has been argued recently that Uganda’s sexual law should be interpreted as a part of gender power struggles, rather than in the original neo-colonial interpretation or as a result of structural changes and President Museveni’s pragmatic policy.
Martin Paleček
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A historical survey of the African Neo-Pentecostals’ response to digital transformation

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2023
The ongoing digital transformation (DT) in our world has not only brought change to secular systems but also to how things are done in the mission and ministry of the Christian faith. Although before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, some
Daniel O. Orogun, Jerry Pillay
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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
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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
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Pentecostal theology regarding disability in African neo-Pentecostalism

In die Skriflig
The Pentecostal approach to disability is currently informed by the imposed healing, deliverance, and performance of other miracles, particularly among neo-Pentecostals in Africa.
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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The Resurgence of the African Traditional Shrines in a Neo-Pentecostal/Charismatic Religious Milieu in Ghana [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies, 2019
The African shrines have been sources of life and supports for the Africans before the emergence of Christianity. When Christianity emerged, it sought to provide alternative source of life and support as against the African shrines, leading to many ...
Francis Normanyo
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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, Simbarashe Pondani
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The Influence and Legacy of the Shepherding Movement on the Current Neo-Pentecostal Movement in South Africa

Journal for the Study of Religion, 2021
This essay focuses on the history, theology, and demise of the Shepherding movement, a discipleship network pioneered by five teachers, Charles Simp-son, Bob Mumford, Derek Prince, Don Basham, and Ern Baxter, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA ...
Kelebogile T. Resane
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Neo-Kantianism and Cultural Sciences

, 2022
This volume aims to investigate, from both a historiographical and theoretical point of view, the peculiar relationship that was established between the various neo-Kantian schools of thought and other disciplines which in the late 19th and early 20th ...

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