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The value of accreditation for theological institutions and qualifications among Pentecostal-type ministries in South Africa,

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Stellenbosch University, 2025)

In some Christian traditions, a pastor is required to qualify at an accredited institution of higher learning such as a university or a seminary. However, in Pentecostal-type ministries, some pastors start churches without ...
Cross-Cultural Mission Among the Second Generation of African Pentecostals in the Apostolic Faith Mission International Ministry, United Kingdom.

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Common Ground, 2025)

Apostolic Faith Mission International Ministry in the United Kingdom (AFMIMUK) was founded in 2003 by a group of African migrants who came to the UK to work or study. This church has shown some signs of growth, but its ...
Reimagining Tithing in the Selected New Prophetic Churches in South Africa: A Social Scientific Approach.

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Stellenbosch University, 2025)

The new prophetic churches in South Africa and elsewhere in the continent practice giving. There are many aspects to the concept of giving, such as tithing, seeding, offerings, and so forth. Members of the new prophetic ...
Pneumatological communal discernment and the possibility of including unheard voices in decision-making.

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Africa Journal, 2025)

Communal discernment is the idea of involving the group in decision-making as opposed to decisions by individuals. Previous studies worked within the ecclesiological perspectives and highlighted the key principles of ...
Theology and science as a Pentecostal hermeneutical approach to the Genesis creation narrative

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Aosis, 2025)

Two hermeneutical methods inform the Pentecostal reading of the Bible: the fundamentalist literalist reading and the Pentecostal hermeneutics of experience. These two positions in Bible reading among Pentecostals have ...
The interplay between the material and non-material pneumatology in Pentecostalism: a pneumatological Pentecostal theology of materiality

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Africa Journal, 2025)

Pneumatology also known as the theology of the Spirit within the Pentecostal movement is one of its fundamental teachings. This theology has been studied from both the non-material and material perspectives. This article ...
Pentecostal Experiences in the Ministry of Ignatius (Engenas) Lekganyane (1885–1948) in the Zion Christian Church in South Africa,

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Unisa press, 2025)

Ignatius Lekganyane (1885–1948), popularly known as Engenas Lekganyane, was the founder and bishop of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC) in South Africa (SA) which he led from its inception in 1924 until he died in 1948. ...
Missional video technology framework in the context of the Missio Dei’

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Aosis, 2025)

Background: The new prophetic churches are led by young and innovative prophets who have incorporated various forms of video technology (VT) tools to propagate the gospel through the performance of technology-aided ...
The significance of vocational training among neo-Pentecostal pastors in South Africa: three modalities of Jesus applied to theological education

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Stellenbosch University, 2025)

The current theological training of pastors is done in different institutions of higher learning, such as universities, seminaries, and bible colleges. However, among some pastors in neo-Pentecostal churches, this type ...
Faith-based Humanitarian Aid and Evangelism in Newer Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in South Africa,

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Malysia University press, 2025)

The newer Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in South Africa has been experiencing numerical growth in the 21st century. One of the reasons for the development and expansion of this movement is its ability to evangelise ...
The Indigenous Provenance of Missio Spiritus and the Expansion of African Pentecostalism

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Radbound University Press, 2025)

Missio spiritus has been theorized and conceptualized as part of the broader mission of the triune God but not emphasized as an indigenous force within the context of African Pentecostalism. This article aims to accentuate ...
African Pentecostalism and Lived Experiences in Local Cultural, Religious, and Diaspora Contexts

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Brill, 2025)

African Pentecostalism is studied as part of the Pentecostal Movement that emphasises direct relationship with God through baptism in the Holy Spirit. Shaping the landscape of Christianity on the continent and in the ...
Bosadi, Biblical Hermeneutics and Pentecostalism in the Scholarship of Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele)

kgatle, mookgo solomon (OTSSA, 2025)

Bosadi, a theory coined by Madipoane Masenya (Ngwan’a Mphahlele), has been used in previous works as an approach to the biblical text. This current study sees bosadi as a contribution to Pentecostal hermeneutical approaches ...
Assessing Nicholas Bhengu’s Unity Talk and Its Theological Implications for the Government of National Unity (GNU) in South Africa

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Noyam, 2025)

For the first time since the 1994 democratic elections in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) failed to obtain a majority vote to govern (50% plus 1 seat) in the outcome of the 2024 elections. Consequently, ...
Developing the Scholarship of Ecclesiastical and Ecumenical Engagements in African Pentecostal Studies

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Noyam, 2025)

Engaged scholarship (also known as scholarship of engagement) is an approach to developing knowledge that values the interactions between the academy and the relevant communities. This article uses this approach to develop ...
, A pneumatological orientation of human life and its contribution to the Christian mission within Pentecostalism

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Africa Journal, 2026)

A pneumatological orientation of human life is premised on the theology of the Spirit (pneumatology), particularly Spirit baptism and the subsequent pneumatic experiences within the Pentecostal tradition. A Pneumatological ...
Syncretism and indigenisation in the newer Pentecostal and charismatic churches in South Africa

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Aosis, 2026)

Background: Syncretism is a complex subject that represents the combination of more than two religious belief systems with fundamental differences. Objectives: This article aimed to contrast the syncretistic views on the ...
Framing Moya in a Trinitarian Perspective, within African and Pentecostal Pneumatology: A Contribution to Missio Trinitatis

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Brill, 2026)

The reviewed literature demonstrates that moya, as a pneumatological concept, has been studied in both African pneumatology and Pentecostal pneumatology. In African pneumatology, the concept has been applied to human ...
Developing a missional and ethical digital framework for liturgical practices: the case of St. John Apostolic Church of the Whole World (SJACWW),

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Africa Journal, 2026)

This article explores the adaptation of African Independent Churches (AICs) to the evolving digital landscape, with a focus on the implications of technology for liturgical practices, community cohesion, and the empowerment ...
A Multidirectional Mission Approach, in Contrast to Reverse Mission in African Diaspora Pentecostalism

kgatle, mookgo solomon (Radbound University Press, 2026)

Reverse mission is a notion that describes the current resurgence of faith from the global South to the global North. This notion suggests that the mission itself is one-directional (global North to South); hence, efforts ...

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