Covid-19 and the South African Pentecostal Landscape: Historic Shift from Offline Liturgical Practice to Online Platforms

Mhandu, John; Ojong, Vivian Besem

doi:10.17159/2413-3027/2021/v34n2a5

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“…Furthermore, NPCs use this vehicle of learning centres as a tool to generate income so that they remain financially viable as churches. This proved to be helpful, especially during and after the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic which affected church attendance, as a result, the finances of most NPCs were negatively affected (Mhandu & Ojong 2021).…”

Section: Neo-pentecostal Churches' Engagement In Educationmentioning

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Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective

Matshobane

2024

Verbum et Ecclesia

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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 founded by Euro-Western missionaries. Development with Neo-Pentecostal Churches (NPCs), who are part of Pentecostal-Charismatic churches, is fairly a new area of research. The purpose of this article is to position NPCs as potential development partners that can work in cooperation with other stakeholders in advancing development in the South African context from a decolonial perspective. A literary review on Neo-Pentecostals as development actors, is the focus of this article, positioning them as ideal development partners that contribute towards social and economic capital of communities within the context of education. The article starts by defining a working definition of development, followed by a conceptual framework of Pentecostal tenets where Christ is saviour, healer, baptiser and soon coming king, together with the holistic African worldview which does not demarcate between the sacred and the secular. The outcome is that development in NPCs is spiritual development which starts from individual development that is accompanied by entrepreneurial skills and that Neo-Pentecostals have a contribution towards sustainable development as expressed in their practice of faith and theology which naturally gravitates towards development.Contribution: Education, economics, and Pentecostalism highlight the importance of flexibility and versatility of Neo-Pentecostals in the discourse of sustainable development.

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Section: Neo-pentecostal Churches' Engagement In Educationmentioning

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Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective

Matshobane

2024

Verbum et Ecclesia

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“…In other words, church services were still held despite the limits imposed by the lockdown. Although some churches lost the loyalty of their members, most of the followers did not leave their faith; thus, forcing their churches to be creative and find new ways to continue having an impact on their lives (Mhandu & Ojong 2021;White 2022:152).…”

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Neo-Pentecostalism and gender-based violence before and during COVID-19 in South Africa

Shingange

2023

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Pentecostal Christians in Africa preach a pragmatic gospel that attempts to address social, practical and contextual concerns. Similar patterns may be seen in the emergence of neo-Pentecostalism in South Africa and other parts of the continent. Neo-Pentecostalism is commonly known for the use of God-talk that promises people solutions to their socio-economic issues such as unemployment and poverty if they obey the prescripts of the so-called ‘prophets’ or ‘man of God’. Nonetheless, the global devastation caused by the COVID-19 left much to be desired. In South Africa, it highlighted the high extent of gender-based violence (GBV) in addition to other societal issues. Although GBV has always been a problem in South Africa, its cases increased drastically during the COVID-19 pandemic to the point where GBV was also declared a pandemic. This has compelled various social structures to start exploring solutions to stop this conundrum. The overarching question posed in this article was how neo-Pentecostal rhetoric about God contributes to GBV cases in South Africa before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, given that God-talk has been utilised to influence people’s perceptions of and reactions to other societal concerns. As a result, this article aimed to investigate this subject while also outlining some potential solutions that African Pentecostals can consider as possible contributions to the struggle against GBV in contemporary South Africa. The study used a literature analysis to achieve this goal and it followed an interdisciplinary approach in the collection of the relevant data. These disciplines included theology, social sciences gender and sexuality studies. Therefore, the literature analysis focused on how neo-Pentecostalism intersect with gender and social issues that are actors in the rise of GBV in South Africa. Furthermore, the concept of God-talk was adopted as a theoretical framework guiding the discussion in this article, whilst the African ethic of Ubuntu [humanness] was proposed as an antidote that can be used in transforming God-talk and contributors of GBV in church and society. Ubuntu brings to consciousness that pastors and every member of society should treat each other as created in the image of God and with respect and humanness as we all exist because of and for others.Contributions: This article contributes to the body of knowledge aimed at finding solutions to GBV in South Africa. Finding solutions is critical as GBV continue to be a challenge in South Africa and elsewhere.

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Saúde, Simbolismo E Fé:

Santos Júnior

2023

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A pandemia da COVID-19 trouxe profundas marcas à população brasileira. Ante essa realidade, estudiosos das mais diversas áreas buscam compreender como a sociedade foi afetada com a circulação do novo coronavírus. Apesar de no início ter sido ventilada a possibilidade de um impacto quase nulo no Brasil, ideia ancorada em uma possível dificuldade do coronavírus em se propagar em clima tropical, a realidade se mostrou diferente, uma vez que, no final do mês de fevereiro de 2020 o vírus foi detectado no país e a partir de então, diversos danos foram causados pelo mesmo. O presente artigo tem por objetivo analisar como a pandemia da COVID-19 modificou a base do culto pentecostal brasileiro, em especial, como os elementos estruturais desse rito precisaram ser repensados para que as igrejas conseguissem se adaptar às novas realidades da sociedade frente aos iminentes desafios de saúde pública. Dessa forma, buscou-se investigar os elementos simbólicos da liturgia pentecostal, sob a perspectiva de Bourdieu. Por fim, foi possível compreender que o pentecostalismo enquanto segmento religioso valoriza a interação do fiel com o sagrado, o que pode facilitar a adaptação dessa doutrina nas mais adversas situações.

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Covid-19 and the South African Pentecostal Landscape: Historic Shift from Offline Liturgical Practice to Online Platforms

Cited by 3 publications

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Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective

Development cooperation and Neo-Pentecostal churches – A decolonial perspective

Neo-Pentecostalism and gender-based violence before and during COVID-19 in South Africa

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