Journal articles: 'AFM: The Apostolic Faith Mission Of South Africa'

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Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon. "SOCIOLOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT CAUSED SCHISMS IN THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 42, no. 1 (August 22, 2016): 47–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/1216.

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The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of South Africa has experienced schisms from the year 1910 to 1958. The schisms were caused by sociological and theological factors. These are schisms by the Zionist churches (Zion Apostolic Church, Christian Catholic Apostolic Holy Spirit Church in Zion, Zion Apostolic Faith Mission); Latter Rain; Saint John Apostolic Faith Mission and Protestant Pentecostal Church. The sociological factors that led to the schisms by the Zionist churches and the Protestant Pentecostal Church are identified as racial segregation and involvement in politics respectively. The theological factors that caused these schisms by Latter Rain and Saint John Apostolic Faith Mission are manifestations of the Holy Spirit and divine healing respectively. After comparison of the factors, it is concluded that racial segregation is the main factor that caused schisms in the AFM.

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Clark, Mathew. "A Case Study in Theological Interaction with the Leadership of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM) and the Elim Pentecostal Church UK at their Centenaries." Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 36, no. 1 (January 2, 2016): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/18124461.2016.1138632.

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Nel, Marius. "Mother tongue in the church: The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM of SA) and Afrikaans as an illustration of the role of mother tongue in the church." Tydskrif vir Geesteswetenskappe 59, no. 2 (2019): 177–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2224-7912/2019/v59n2a1.

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Clark, Mathew. "Mission Effort in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa." Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies 26, no. 3 (June 10, 2009): 174–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265378809104835.

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Nel, Marius. "REMEMBERING AND COMMEMORATING THE THEOLOGICAL LEGACY OF JOHN G. LAKE IN SOUTH AFRICA AFTER A HUNDRED YEARS." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 41, no. 3 (May 12, 2016): 147–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/400.

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John G. Lake visited South Africa in 1908 as part of a missionary team with the aim to propagate the message of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as experienced at the Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission in 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles under the leadership of William Seymour, son of African-American slaves. Lake’s missionary endeavours that ended in 1913 established the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa and eventually also the African Pentecostal churches (‘spiritual churches’, ‘Spirit-type churches’, ‘independent African Pentecostal churches’ or ‘prophet-healing churches’) constituting the majority of so-called African Independent/Initiated/Instituted (or indigenous) churches (AICs). This article calls for remembering and commemorating Lake’s theological legacy in South Africa in terms of these two groups of churches.

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Nel, M. "A Hundred Years of Theological Training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa." Acta Theologica 34, no. 1 (October 17, 2014): 108. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/actat.v34i1.7.

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Venter Shankar, Dawid. "The History of the Apostolic Faith Mission and Other Pentecostal Missions in South Africa." Social Sciences and Missions 22, no. 2 (2009): 322–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187489309x12495652056060.

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Nel, M. "Die ontwikkeling van die leerstelling van Goddelike genesing in die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid-Afrika: Enkele kerkhistoriese perspektiewe." Verbum et Ecclesia 14, no. 2 (July 19, 1993): 277–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v14i2.1073.

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The development of the doctrine of divine healing in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa: some church historical perspectives In this study attention is given to the development of the doctrine of divine healing in the A.F.M of S.A., starting with its historical roots found in the holiness and revivalistic movements of the nineteenth century. A description of the preaching of the doctrine in the A.F.M of S.A. through the eighty five years of its history follows.

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Kgatle, Mookgo S. "A practical theological approach to the challenge of poverty in post-1994 South Africa: Apostolic Faith Mission as a case study." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 73, no. 3 (February 8, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v73i3.4549.

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This article demonstrates a practical theological approach to the challenge of poverty in post-1994 South Africa by using Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) as a case study. It argues that while the Reconstruction Development Plan, the Growth Employment and Reconstruction strategy, Accelerated Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa, New Growth Path and the National Development Plan have achieved some level of economic growth, the majority of people in South Africa still live in poverty. To establish this argument, the article starts first by describing the challenge of poverty in post-1994 South Africa. The different economic approaches to the challenge of poverty in post-1994 South Africa are also explained in detail. Lastly, the article elaborates on the ways in which the AFM through its local assemblies can alleviate poverty. The article concludes that the AFM is a collaborator to the post-1994 South African government.

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Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon. "A Quarter Century of Structural Unity in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa: A Socio Historical Analysis." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 47, no. 1 (June 2, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/8088.

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The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of South Africa is one of the largest Pentecostal churches in Africa, with other denominational Pentecostal churches like the Full Gospel and the Assemblies of God. Since its inception in 1908, the AFM of South Africa has been divided into four main sections, namely: black, white, mixed race and Indian, for about 88 years. The church followed the divisions under apartheid in South Africa that divided people according to race, colour and ethnicity, with white people at the forefront of that division. It was only in 1996 that the AFM of South Africa decided to unite under one umbrella, with one constitution governing the structures and the members of the church. The 25 years of unity within the AFM of South Africa call for an evaluation of both the successes and the failures of this unity. Through a socio-historical analysis, it will be possible to identify the achievements of this unity on the one hand, and the loopholes on the other. The paper will show that the identified loopholes are detrimental to the unity of the church and its future. Therefore, in order to experience true unity, the church should address the challenges that compromise this unity by returning to the biblical basis of unity, dealing with structural impediments and encouraging multicultural fellowships. When the above is done, not only will the church experience true unity, but also maintain its growth that the church has experienced over the years of its existence.

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Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon. "Integrated Pentecostal Ministry of Richard Ngidi in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, 1921–1985." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 46, no. 3 (December 24, 2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/6239.

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Previous studies on the life and ministry of Richard Ngidi only present historical data on his achievements and to some extent his failures. This paper is a socio-historical analysis that not only reveals historical data but also aims to problematise the data in relation to social problems like racial segregation. A socio-historical analysis is a method that finds synergy between historical and social factors. The socio-historical analysis in this paper juxtaposes the history of Ngidi with racial segregation. The analysis of the ministry of Ngidi in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of South Africa demonstrates that his ministry was an integrated one amid a segregated society. Integrated ministry refers to a ministry that is able to bring unity in the midst of various divisions in society. The AFM of South Africa, like many other denominations, was a segregated society because of the influence of South African politics on ecclesiastical politics during apartheid. Similarly, many pastors adhered to the racial policies of that time or broke away to start their own ministries. Ngidi was an exception because his ministry was multi-racial, non-political, gender-inclusive, interdenominational and international. Therefore, this paper contends that Ngidi serves as a model for social cohesion and unity in diversity.

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Mofokeng, Thabang, and Mokhele Madise. "The Evangelicalisation of Black Pentecostalism in the AFM of SA (1940–1975): A Turning Point." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 45, no. 1 (March 13, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/4050.

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The Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of South Africa, a Pentecostal denomination founded in 1908 by an American missionary, John G Lake, attracted a large following of blacks in South Africa from its inception. This denomination contributed a large body of Zionist churches to the African Independent Church movement. Among its black members before and during the 1940s, it was Zionist-like—only undergoing changes between 1943 and 1975 resulting in it becoming outright evangelical. This was a turning point in the history of the AFM and black Pentecostals specifically, as it brought this large body of followers culturally closer to the dominant evangelical expression of Pentecostalism in the denomination. This article looks into reasons behind the changes as well as how they were carried out. Primary sources, available at the AFM archives, and secondary sources such as theses, articles and books with a bearing on the topic have been consulted. The article contributes to the growing body of South African Pentecostal history.

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Kgatle, Mookgo S. "A socio-historical analysis of the sections in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa from 1908 to the present." Verbum et Ecclesia 38, no. 1 (July 26, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v38i1.1668.

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The article presents a socio-historical analysis of the sections in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of South Africa from 1908 to the present. In order to achieve this, the article studies the relationship between the South African social politics and the ecclesiastical politics. It demonstrates how the AFM got divided into sections. The sections are the white, mixed race, Indian and black sections. The four sections in the AFM were not equal in power and responsibilities. The white section of the church was the major and domineering section of the AFM. Although other sections like mixed race and Indian were also inferior to the white section, the black section was the most inferior and marginalised section. The article also studies how the divisions in the AFM were addressed and solved. The purpose is to demonstrate how the church that was once divided into sections according to racial groups was able to move into unity.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article makes a valuable scholarly contribution to the ongoing research on the history of the AFM in the field of church history. It juxtaposes church history with the problems facing society today like racial segregation and how such problems can be addressed and solved.

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Mofokeng, Thabang Richard. "Evangelicalising Black Pentecostalism: The Mechanics of Change at the Apostolic Faith Mission Sharpeville Congregation (1981–1985)." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 47, no. 1 (June 2, 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/8760.

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A recent study argues that black Pentecostalism in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) of South Africa became evangelicalised through the agency of white missionaries. The study was national in scope and drew from archival as well as secondary sources. This article, on the other hand, seeks to contribute to an understanding of how evangelicalisation worked in a concrete situation of a specific congregation by analysing oral historical and archival material related to this process in the AFM Sharpeville congregation, between 1981 and 1985. The article answers the following question: How did evangelicalisation of black Pentecostalism happen at the congregational level of the AFM? The findings suggest that evangelicalisation at the level of the congregation happened through the appointment of (an) evangelical pastor(s), the use of evangelistic and revival campaigns, as well as pastoral discretion in deciding what to relent to, what to refrain from, and what to emphasise in their engagement with the congregation.

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Nel, Marius, and Fika Janse van Rensburg. "Integrating spirituality and rationality the long and arduous journey of the historical development of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa." In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 50, no. 2 (April 8, 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v50i2.1943.

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The chequered path of the development of theological training in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM of SA) started with animosity towards any form of training in favour of the presumed equipment provided by the anointment with the Spirit. Later it led to recognition of the need for better training in the form of Bible school equipment for ministering in assemblies. Finally, the need for proper theological training was acknowledged. The composition of the church’s membership and the way it was treated by other denominations influenced the way the Pentecostal Movement defined its stance towards theological training. In this article the AFM of SA’s journey and development of its viewpoint towards theological training will be discussed.Keywords: Theological training, AFM of SA, Bible school, Auckland Park Theological Seminary, North-West University

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Wessels, W. J. "Skrifgebruik en samelewing die Apostoliese Geloofsending van Suid-Afrika." In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 26, no. 3 (June 25, 1992). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v26i3.1422.

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This article is an attempt to describe the use of the Bible in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM). From the early stages of the church's humble beginnings, the use of Scripture changed in accordance with the social and intellectual development of its members. In the early stages there seemed to have been a more spontaneous interaction with the Bible which later made way for a more argumentative approach. Factors like the development of a centralised church system and the need to be accepted in the local church society in the country had a definite influence on the use of Scripture. Although strong emphasis was placed on the experiental aspect of faith, some of the leading members felt the need for theological training. Those who felt this need studied mostly at Reformed faculties which undeniably influenced their new of Scripture. From a spontaneous application of the Bible in the everyday life of the believer, a more formal attitude has developed towards the Bible and its application. From the research it is clear that there is a noticeable correlation between the use of Scripture in the AFM and the society in which the church finds itself

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Putter, Andries P. J. "Teologiese opleiding in die AGS-kerk: Verkennende en ontwikkelende beskouings vir die nuwe millennium." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 66, no. 1 (February 19, 2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v66i1.768.

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Theological training in the AFM church: Investigative and developing (perspectives) for the new millenniumThis article will focus on the findings of two Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastors in their research concerning theological training. It may help role players in the AFM, as well as in the broader church context, to evaluate current theological training material, and indicates the importance of a continuous theological training programme for pastors. The need to equip pastors to be more effective in their different roles, poses an enormous challenge in these times. At the AFM’s General Business Meeting in May 2008, constitutional amendments were approved that pave the way for having a single institution for theological training in the AFM. This new theological institution faces a major challenge, namely that of establishing relevant theological training for the South African context, in order to avert the danger of being identified as an elitist, irrelevant work group with its own pastor’s language that is understood by a small group of insiders only.

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Nel, Marius. "Implikasies van ontwikkelings in die leerstelling van goddelike genesing binne die Pinksterbeweging." In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 48, no. 1 (March 20, 2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v48i1.1792.

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Die Pinksterbeweging het met verloop van tyd sy begrip van die leer van goddelike genesing verander. Die veranderings is hoofsaaklik as gevolg van vorderings wat deur die mediese wetenskap gemaak is en die pinksterteologie moes opnuut die verhouding tussen versoening en heling definieer. Die veranderings word in terme van die geskiedenis van die wit afdeling van die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid-Afrika (AGS), die grootste pinksterdenominasie in Suid-Afrika, beskryf. Dit dien tot ’n groot mate as verteenwoordigend van veranderings in die res van die AGS, maar ook van die Pinksterbeweging as sodanig. Die ontleding toon dat die veranderde houding teenoor die gebruik van medisyne en inenting sowel as mediese prosedures soos operasies pinksterkerke uiteindelik dwing om toegewings in sy genesingsbediening te maak wat aan sy Skrifbeskouing verwant is. Dat die kerk veranderings aanbring in ’n belangrike leerstelling soos dié van goddelike genesing, hou belangrike implikasies vir die kerk in. Die implikasies hou verband met die wyse waarop die pinkstermense die Bybel lees en benut en dit noodsaak die Pinksterbeweging om ook oor ander leerstellings na te dink wat uitdagings daaraan stel, byvoorbeeld die eskatologie en ekklesiologie.Implications of developments in die doctrine of divine healing in die Pentecostal movement. The Pentecostal movement changed over time its understanding of the doctrine of divine healing. These changes are mainly in the attitude towards the advances made by medical science and reflected in the way pentecostal theology defined the relation between atonement and healing. The changes are described in terms of the history of the white division of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa (AFM), the largest pentecostal denomination within South Africa. It serves to a large extent as representative of the changes in the AFM, but also the Pentecostal movement per se. The analysis shows that the changed attitude towards the use of medicine and vaccination as well as medical procedures such as operations eventually forced pentecostal churches to make concessions in its healing ministry, leading to changes in its scriptural view of the doctrine under consideration. That the church changed in aspects related to such an important doctrine poses important challenges that it must take note of. These implications are related to the way pentecostal people read and use the Bible and require that the church reflect on other doctrines that also challenge the Pentecostal movement, like its eschatology and ecclesiology.

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Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon. "A Remarkable Woman in African Independent Churches: Examining Christina Nku’s Leadership in St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 45, no. 1 (January 11, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/3323.

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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 different subjects in the past. There is, however, a research gap on the subject of leadership in the AICs, especially with reference to women leaders. To address this gap, this article discusses leadership in the AICs with special reference to the leadership of Christina Nku in St John’s Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM). A historical examination of Christina Nku’s leadership is studied by looking at her roles as a family woman, prophet, church founder, faith healer and educator in St John’s AFM. The aim of this article is twofold. First it is to reflect on gender in the leadership of the AICs. Second it is to apply the framework of leadership in the AICs to Christina Nku’s leadership in St John’s AFM. Consequently, the article is an interface between gender and leadership in an African context. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that Christina Nku was a remarkable woman in the leadership of the AICs.

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Morton, Barry. "Elias Letwaba, the Apostolic Faith Mission, and the Spread of Black Pentecostalism in South Africa." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 43, no. 3 (August 17, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/1333.

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This article argues that the little-known Elias Letwaba was the most influential African Pentecostal in southern African religious history. Using an array of primary sources, the article demonstrates the rapid growth of Pentecostal communities in the Northern Transvaal under Letwaba’s control. Unlike other African Pentecostal ministers who inevitably abandoned the movement, Letwaba received significant support, funding, and publicity for his efforts. These factors, combined with his strong leadership role, contributed to his remaining within the white-led Apostolic Faith Mission and building up its African membership. As the founder of South Africa’s first black-run seminary, the Patmos Bible School, Letwaba was able to propound and spread classic Pentecostal theology, although he placed a strong personal emphasis on holiness. He also placed a strong emphasis on faith healing as a means of attracting converts, and trained numerous evangelists to do likewise.

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Kgatle, Mookgo Solomon. "Sociological and theological factors that caused schisms in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (SHE) 42, no. 1 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2412-4265/2016/1216.

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Morton, Barry. "Elias Letwaba, the Apostolic Faith Mission, and the spread of Black Pentecostalism in South Africa." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae (SHE) 43, no. 2 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2412-4265/2016/1333.

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Nel, Marius. "Pentecostals and the pulpit: A case study of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa." HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 74, no. 1 (April 30, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/hts.v74i2.4664.

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In general, early Pentecostals did not use any pulpits in their halls in order to underline their emphasis that each believer is a prophet and priest equipped by the Holy Spirit with gifts for the edification of other members of the assembly. All participated in the worship service by way of praying, prophesying, witnessing and bringing a message from God. From the 1940s, Pentecostals in their desire to be acceptable in their communities formed an alliance with evangelicals, accepted their hermeneutical viewpoint and built traditional churches in accordance with the Protestant tradition. From the 1980s, the pulpit started disappearing from the front of Pentecostal churches. This is explained in terms of new alliances that Pentecostals made with neo-Pentecostalist churches and a new hermeneutical viewpoint. The hypothesis of the article is that the Pentecostal stance towards the pulpit was determined by its hermeneutical perspectives. It is described by way of a comparative literature study and applied to a specific case study, the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa.

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Kgatle, Mookgo S. "Gender dimensions in Pentecostal leadership: The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa as a case study." Verbum et Ecclesia 40, no. 1 (October 22, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ve.v40i1.1980.

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Mofokeng, Thabang Richard. "Zionist ‘syncretism’ in the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa before the 1970s A comparative analysis." Missionalia 49 (July 2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.7832/49-0-402.

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Morton, Barry. "Yes, John G Lake was a Con Man: A Response to Marius Nel." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 43, no. 2 (November 17, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/1821.

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This response to Marius Nelâ€™s 2016 article (in Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae no. 42, 1, 62-85) uses primary source material to refute his claims that John G Lake, the initiator of Pentecostalism in southern Africa, was an upstanding man of God. A wide array of American and South African sources show that Lake invented an extensive but fictitious life story, while also creating a similarly dubious divine calling that obscured his involvement in gruesome killings in America. Once in South Africa, he used invented â€œmiraclesâ€ to raise funds abroad for the Apostolic Faith Mission. Before long, he faced many accusations of duplicity from inside his own church.

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Resane, Kelebogile T. "Pentecostals and apartheid: Has the wheel turned around since 1994?" In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi 52, no. 1 (April 9, 2018). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ids.v52i1.2324.

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The article gives a brief origin of the three classical Pentecostal denominations in South Africa, namely the Apostolic Faith Mission, the Full Gospel Church of God, and the Assemblies of God. The aim is to demonstrate the Pentecostals’ docility in the socio-political space in South Africa due to their church governance, structures and polity designed along racial lines. The main question is: Has the wheel in these churches turned around since 1994 after the dawn of democracy in South Africa? The conclusion suggests that these churches should demonstrate intrinsic reformation by continuing with proclamation and participation activities to demonstrate their alignment with the new democratic dispensation. A brief summary is given of these churches’ current activities in answer to the main question.

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kgatle, mookgo solomon. "THE INFLUENCE OF AZUSA STREET REVIVAL IN THE EARLY DEVELOPMENTS OF THE APOSTOLIC FAITH MISSION OF SOUTH AFRICA." Missionalia 44, no. 3 (March 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.7832/44-3-156.

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Nel, Marius. "Structural Violence against Women in the Pentecostal Movement: Proposals for a South African Deconstruction Strategy." Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae 45, no. 2 (August 15, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.25159/2412-4265/5781.

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The phenomenon of discrimination against women within Pentecostal churches in terms of ministry and leadership is investigated to propose a strategy for deconstructing such structural violence. The violence is described in terms of a case study, the history of a prominent South African Pentecostal denomination (Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa) that initially recognised the involvement of women in all forms of ministry; subsequently in the 1940s refusing their ministry as preachers and pastors, and eventually at the end of the 1970s offering them the same ministerial privileges as for males. Their recognition is, however, characterised by a practical non-application of a church order that in effect represents the commitment of violence against women. It is argued that the change in perspectives of women’s ministry and leadership is hermeneutical in nature. To deconstruct it would need revisiting Pentecostalism’s original hermeneutic as well as restoring its restorationist urge of egalitarianism and inclusiveness.

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