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New Prophetic Churches and Syncretism: A Critical View

Religions, 2023
New Prophetic Churches (NPCs) are a recent phenomenon within Pentecostalism in South Africa that have gained popularity. Their popularity is arguably due to their syncretism with African Traditional Religion (ATR), especially in its ministry practice of ...
Mangaliso Matshobane
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Consultations in New Prophetic Churches and African Traditional Religions: A Case Study of Divine Healing in Assessing Syncretistic Practices in the South African Context [PDF]

Religions, 2023
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 prophets in divine healing in the ...
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
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Transition from the Opium of Religion to Religion as Opioids: Abuse of Religious Teachings in the New Prophetic Churches in South Africa [PDF]

Journal for the Study of Religion, 2023
The New Prophetic Churches is a religion in the mix, demonstrated by their points of contact with classical Pentecostalism, the prosperity gospel, African independent churches, and African traditional religion.
Mookgo S. Kgatle, Jonas S. Thinane
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New paradigms of pneumatological ecclesiology brought about by new prophetic churches within South African Pentecostalism [PDF]

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
Pneumatological ecclesiology has caught the interest of many Pentecostal theologians, especially in the three main sub-traditions of Pentecostalism, that is, classical Pentecostalism (later CP), Pentecostal African Independent Churches (later PAIC) and ...
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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Resurgence of African Spiritualities in the New Prophetic Churches [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology
The current developments in New Prophetic Churches (NPCs) raise the necessity for theological research. There are some practices within these formations, similar to African spiritualities.
Dr Kelebogile Thomas Resane
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Karma and Spiritual Warfare: The ‘Back to Sender’ Practice in South African New Prophetic Churches

African journal of Pentecostal studies
Background: This article discusses the rapid rise of New Prophetic Churches (NPCs) in South Africa, a charismatic Christian movement focusing on spiritual gifts, prosperity and deliverance.
Simesihle E. Ngubane
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Unity and Diversity Among Ghana’s New Prophetic Churches: A Comparative Study of Vida Bethel Prayer Ministry and Believers Worship Centre

Ecclesial Futures
Neo-prophetism has gained significant visibility in contemporary Ghanaian Christianity. It is a dominant Pentecostal strand, giving birth to several composite ministries in the country.
Eric Manu
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Power dynamics among Pentecostal prophets in New Prophetic Churches: An African Christocentric missional approach [PDF]

Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022
New prophetic churches are in continuity with the African Traditional Religions in tracing the challenges that many Africans face today to the spirit world.
Prof. Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
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The role of ecumenical bodies in curbing abuses in New Prophetic Churches in South Africa

In die Skriflig, 2022
The proliferation of New Prophetic Churches within the broader Pentecostal movement in South Africa has come with the challenge of the abuse of religion and people’s beliefs.
Mookgo S. Kgatle
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Propagating the Fear of Witchcraft: Pentecostal Prophecies in the New Prophetic Churches in South Africa [PDF]

Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, 2020
Pentecostal prophecy is one of the major themes of the theology and practice of religion among the prophets of New Prophetic Churches in South Africa and a major factor to the growth and expansion ...
Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
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