La palabra profética evangélica-pentecostal

Abstract

This article attempts to trace the trajectory of Pentecostal evangelical prophecy from the private realm of the churches to the public realm of national politics in different parts of the world. Starting from the emergence of the prophetic ministry in contemporary neo-apostolic churches, it is shown how theological and ecclesiological changes have pushed the prophets from the pulpits of the churches, towards the politicization of their messages and their dissemination through different types of media. The article proposes four dimensions of contemporary prophecy: experiential/ritual, doctrinal/moral, cultural/political, and relational/ecological, to describe how prophecy is expressed and how the different dimensions contribute to the elaboration of the discourse of the prophets. Three specific cases, in reference to Venezuela, British Brexit, and Amazonian environmentalism, where political prophecy has come to the forefront and has been taken seriously by evangelical believers are discussed using the proposed dimensions, observing that the change towards a postmillennialist eschatology and the influence of the theology of dominion, propitiated by the New Apostolic Reformation, are present as catalysts for a renewed evangelical political activism.