Autocratic Leadership Within West African Pentecostal Denomination

Autocratic Leadership Within West African Pentecostal Denomination
Author: Ezekiel Olaleye
Publisher:
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2021
Genre: Christian leadership
ISBN:
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The purpose of this grounded theory study was to determine whether autocratic leadership theory best explains the nature of leadership in the West African Pentecostal/Charismatic Denomination (PCD) across West Africa and to compare the current leadership practices within the PCD to a biblical and theological framework. Since Africa is the fastest growing Christian continent in the world, it is important to give careful attention to matters arising within the church leadership. The researcher believes that this study helped shed light on leadership challenges within African Christianity, Christian education, and most importantly within the Pentecostal/Charismatic denomination. It also provides information that will advance the literature base within African Christianity as it relates to PCD. Based on the findings, the results suggests that autocratic leadership is the primary leadership structure within most PCD churches in the region. Seventy percent of the survey participants selected single structure leadership as the leadership style in their local church while the remaining thirty percent of the participants selected shared leadership. The majority, 70%, of the participants who perceived their church was governed by a group of individuals, are also of the opinion that single structure leadership is still presently practiced in their local church and that one single individual has the autonomous power to make key decisions. The findings revealed three types of leadership structure within PCD churches in West Africa.

Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa

Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa
Author: Adeshina Afolayan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2018-06-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 3319749110
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As the epicenter of Christianity has shifted towards Africa in recent decades, Pentecostalism has emerged as a particularly vibrant presence on the continent. This collection of essays offers a groundbreaking study of the complex links between politics and African Pentecostalism. Situated at the intersection between the political, the postcolonial, and global neoliberal capitalism, contributors examine the roots of the Pentecostal movement’s extraordinary growth; how Pentecostalism intervenes in key social and political issues, such as citizenship, party politics, development challenges, and identity; and conversely, how politics in Africa modulate the Pentecostal movement. Pentecostalism and Politics in Africa offers a wide-ranging picture of a central dimension of postcolonial African life, opening up new directions for future research.

African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development

African Initiated Christianity and the Decolonisation of Development
Author: Philipp Öhlmann
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2020-01-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000733424
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This book investigates the substantial and growing contribution which African Independent and Pentecostal Churches are making to sustainable development in all its manifold forms. Moreover, this volume seeks to elucidate how these churches reshape the very notion of sustainable development and contribute to the decolonisation of development. Fostering both overarching and comparative perspectives, the book includes chapters on West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso) and Southern Africa (Zimbabwe and South Africa). It aims to open up a subfield focused on African Initiated Christianity within the religion and development discourse, substantially broadening the scope of the existing literature. Written predominantly by scholars from the African continent, the chapters in this volume illuminate potentials and perspectives of African Initiated Christianity, combining theoretical contributions, essays by renowned church leaders, and case studies focusing on particular churches or regional contexts. While the contributions in this book focus on the African continent, the notion of development underlying the concept of the volume is deliberately wide and multidimensional, covering economic, social, ecological, political, and cultural dimensions. Therefore, the book will be useful for the community of scholars interested in religion and development as well as researchers within African studies, anthropology, development studies, political science, religious studies, sociology of religion, and theology. It will also be a key resource for development policymakers and practitioners.

The Dictionary of Pan-African Pentecostalism, Volume One

The Dictionary of Pan-African Pentecostalism, Volume One
Author: Estrelda Y. Alexander
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2018-06-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608993620
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This volume is the first in a series of volumes surveying the important names, movements, and institutions that have been significant in forging black renewal movements in various contexts worldwide. In this volume the entries cover the more than 150 identifiable Holiness, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Neo-Pentecostal, and quasi-Pentecostal bodies within the United States and Canada. In addition, the dictionary contains entries on the important people, places, events, and theological and secular issues that shaped these groups over their histories, some of which go back more than a century. This and subsequent volumes will be invaluable tools for students and scholars of the history of Pentecostalism.

Second-Generation African Pentecostals in the West

Second-Generation African Pentecostals in the West
Author: Caleb Opoku Nyanni
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2021-01-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532697759
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The rise of African Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in the West has become a growing phenomenon and a starring feature in many social, religious, and political conversations. Most of these discussions are generally centered on the first-generation churches and their missionary attempt to evangelize the West. In this book, Caleb Nyanni offers a fresh insight into the African diaspora church from the perspective of the growing second-generation members and their contributions to the life of the church. He explores the changing nature of the African diaspora Pentecostalism by paying close attention to the Church of Pentecost in the United Kingdom, which serves as a case study. The book explores the frustrations, challenges, opportunities, and culture of the second generation and examines what they bring to Pentecostalism in general.

Challenges of Black Pentecostal Leadership in the 21st Century

Challenges of Black Pentecostal Leadership in the 21st Century
Author: Phyllis Thompson
Publisher: SPCK
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0281070296
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A collection of five pictures which address issues and challenges pertinent (but not exclusively so) to the Black Majority Church in the UK. They sharpen understanding of the way the BM have come to do church, and also challenge whether the vision is to maintain the status quo or be a prophetic church.

African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience

African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience
Author: Biri, Kudzai
Publisher: University of Bamberg Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2020-04-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3863097130
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"This volume, based on a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Zimbabwe, investigates the resilience of Shona religion and culture among ZAOGA Pentecostal Christians. Whereas the Pentecostal ideology suggests that 'old things' have passed away, it appears that 'old things' continue to have high significance for the 'new'. The book demonstrates how belief in avenging spirits, witches and witchcraft, value of words spoken prior to death, the role, status and significance of women, belief in unnatural events, liturgy and salvation have remained relevant to the lives of ZAOGA Shona converts. The patterns of continuity, discontinuity, extension, collaboration, contradiction, re-interpretation and rejection between Shona traditional religion and culture and ZAOGA are explored, challenging the framing of African Pentecostalism as a mere imitation and parroting of US theology. The conclusion is that while ZAOGA self-consciously presents itself as a sophisticated, trans-national and progressive Pentecostal movement, members continue to wrestle with Shona indigenous beliefs and practices. An African womanist framework is adapted to challenge ZAOGA to promote the well-being of women." --

The Use and Abuse of the Spirit in Pentecostalism

The Use and Abuse of the Spirit in Pentecostalism
Author: Mookgo S. Kgatle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2020-11-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 100028719X
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This book is a pneumatological reflection on the use and abuse of the Spirit in light of the abuse of religion within South African Pentecostalism. Both emerging and well-established scholars of South African Pentecostalism are brought together to reflect on pneumatology from various approaches, which includes among others: historical, biblical, migration, commercialisation of religion, discernment of spirits and human flourishing. From a broader understanding of the function of the Holy Spirit in different streams of Pentecostalism, the argument is that this function has changed with the emergence of the new Prophetic churches in South Africa. This is a fascinating insight into one of the major emerging worldwide religious movements. As such, it will be of great interest to academics in Pentecostal Studies, Christian Studies, Theology, and Religious Studies as well as African Studies and the Sociology of Religion.

Christological Paradigm Shifts in Prophetic Pentecostalism in South Africa

Christological Paradigm Shifts in Prophetic Pentecostalism in South Africa
Author: Mookgo Solomon Kgatle
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-09-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1000451631
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This book explores recent developments in South African Pentecostalism, focusing on new prophetic churches. The chapters engage with a number of paradigm shifts in Christology, identified as complementing Christ, competing with Christ, removing Christ and replacing Christ. What are the implications of these shifts? Does it mean that believers no longer believe in Christ but in their leaders? Does it shift believers’ faith towards materiality than the person of Christ? This volume will be valuable for scholars of African Christianity and in particular those interested in the neo-prophetic movement and Christology in a South African context.