Thesis (M.A.)--Southern California College, 1995. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-175).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 315-340).

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2008. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 238-244).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--School of Business and Public Administration and School of Education. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2004. / "A dissertation in public affairs and administration and urban leadership and policy studies in education." Advisor: Joseph F. Singer. Typescript. Vita. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 27, 2006; title from "catalog record" of the print edition. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-160). Online version of the print edition.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-10T14:24:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-07-16. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2015-12-10T14:30:59Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000851874.pdf: 2671150 bytes, checksum: a48431a1a9e0f0ef931fde844b9d2a35 (MD5) / A Igreja Assembleia de Deus é o segundo maior grupo religioso do Brasil de acordo com os últimos Censos demográficos. Fundada em Belém do Pará em 1911, sua expansão se deu em consonância com diversas transformações sociais ocorridas no Brasil durante o século XX. Dentre tais transformações, ganham destaque os processos complementares de industrialização e urbanização do país, em evidência de modo especial a partir da segunda metade do século. Foi a partir deste período que as Assembleias de Deus bem como as demais denominações de orientação pentecostal começaram a chamar a atenção no campo religioso brasileiro. Desde a década de 60 estudos acadêmicos apontam como as igrejas pentecostais beneficiaram-se das massas de migrantes que chegavam às metrópoles para fornecerem a mão-de-obra para as indústrias em expansão, concluindo existir uma ligação direta entre a urbanização e o crescimento pentecostal. No entanto, embora inseridas no mesmo contexto, nem todas as denominações tiveram o mesmo ritmo de crescimento. As Assembleias de Deus, por exemplo, hoje contam com seis vezes mais membros que a segunda maior igreja pentecostal, a também centenária Congregação Cristã no Brasil, esta tendo a vantagem de já ter nascido no espaço urbano. Desta forma, partimos da hipótese de que o crescimento assembleiano no mundo urbano deve ser entendido não apenas à luz das transformações sociais externas, mas também a partir da dinâmica interna de organização da Igreja. Um dos fatores preponderantes neste item é a forma sui generis como as Assembleias de Deus conseguiram agregar suas diferentes cisões internas em torno de uma mesma plataforma denominacional sem que isto representasse a desestruturação ou o esfacelamento da Igreja, em um processo de esgarçamento institucional não observável em qualquer outra igreja pentecostal brasileira. Além disso, também... / The Assembly of God Church is Brazil's second largest religious group according to the latest Demographic Census. Founded in Belem in 1911, its expansion took place in line with a number of social changes in Brazil during the twentieth century. Among such changes, are highlighted the complementary processes of industrialization and urbanization of the country, evident especially from the second half of the century. It was from this period that the Assemblies of God and other Pentecostal denominations of orientation began to draw attention in the Brazilian religious field. Since 1960 academic studies point to the Pentecostal churches benefited the masses of migrants who came to the cities to provide the manpower for expanding industries, concluding there is a direct link between urbanization and the Pentecostal growth. However, although inserted in the same context, not all denominations have the same growth rate. The Assemblies of God, for example, now have six times more members than the second largest Pentecostal church, also centenary Christian Congregation of Brazil, is having the advantage to have been born around the city. Thus, we start from the assumption that the church member growth in the urban world must be understood not only in the light of external social, but also from the internal dynamics of the Church organization. One of the preponderant factors in this item is a sui generis way Assemblies of God were able to combine their different internal divisions around the same denominational platform without it represented the disintegration or the disintegration of the Church in an institutional fraying process unobservable in any other Brazilian Pentecostal church. Moreover, we also took into account their own cultural codes of the name, born in the overlapping of the Swedish experience of its early leaders, the migratory experience of its members and their own responses developed...

This study investigates the spirituality of the emerging African Pentecostal churches in the development of the church and the theology of mission in Zambia’s Christian and traditional religious context. Of equal importance is the contribution of traditional African spirituality to Christianity in Africa. Attention is also drawn to the way in which African traditional religion and culture are treated by the African Pentecostal churches. The effect of both culture and Christianity in shaping modes of relationship and in bringing to light a liberative spirituality which this study examines is an issue in focus in African Pentecostal churches. Hence, this study has consciously appealed both to traditional spiritually and Pentecostal spirituality for a liberative theology which is both African and Christian. The study therefore proposes a change in terms of interpretation in our understanding of spirituality. The term “spirituality” in this study is defined as “the abiding presence of God the Holy Spirit” in the Church and its mission. From a predominantly scientific and dichotomous approach to spirituality, the study suggests that the paradigm shift should be in the direction of a supernatural approach as opposed to the Western worldview approach which is influenced heavily by secular science. The new approach advocates the need to understand the images of God the Holy Spirit from an African point of view. In this regard, the comparison between an African cosmology and a Biblical world-view (theologia Crucis) determines theodicy. Inter alia, the metaphor “Immanuel” (Mulungu Alinafe in Chichewa, meaning “God with us”) plays a crucial role in a metaphorical approach to supernatural “manifestations” of the abiding presence of God the Holy Spirit in the midst of the people of African Pentecostal churches and their mission. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Science of Religion and Missiology / unrestricted

The main purpose of this research is to explore and analyze the ecclesiology of the emerging charismatic or apostolic churches with a special reference to their church polity based on the fivefold ministry of Ephesians 4:11. The survey of the traditional church government is done as a basis and directional guide for church government and polity. Since the Classical Pentecostals and Charismatics form a sizeable part of evangelical Christianity, their ecclesiology is explored and it is discovered that this is generally not formulated into certain cohesion. This mainstream evangelical Christianity does not formulate dogma, but adds pneumatological dynamism to their faith. However, the ecclesiastical understanding of the emerging apostolic movement is endeavored as a way of trying to understand the premise of ecclesiological understanding. There is a historical survey of the fivefold ministry since the dawn of the twentieth century, especially starting with the Latter Rain Movement. As in all researches of this kind, the marks of this phenomenon are identified and the different terms used to refer to it explored. These marks are highlighted in view of their theological and hermeneutical approaches to doctrinal conclusions. The rationale behind the movement’s fivefold ministry hangs on the doctrine of restoration, whereby the church is believed to be prepared in the last days for a great eschatological realization, and that to accomplish this, the restoration of church government structure based on the fivefold ministers is to be applied. It is believed that the church can only fulfill its mission here on earth when it operates under the guidance of apostolic structure as laid out in Ephesians 4:11. The research argues the theological bases and the roots of the fivefold ministry and compares this with the current scenarios found among the apostolic churches. This is examined in regard to the leadership in the early church, the principles of ecclesiality and contextuality, phenomenology, Realpolitik and vox populi. The argument is enhanced by the fact that the Charismatic theology lacks cohesion and synergy because of the lack of catechesis and apostolic paradosis. The Ephesians 4:1-16 exegeses acts as a precursor to understanding the fivefold ministry and the charismata in the church as supported by history and the application of domata that the fivefold ministry was intended for ecclesia’s growth, life and nourishment. The domata of Eph 4:11 were intended for maturity, not for the government of the church. The climax of the research endeavours to answer the hypothesis if the fivefold ministry can be a theologically legitimate application for church government. The apostolic churches are reviewed and their distinctive characteristics surveyed. The fivefold ministry is critically discussed and the arguments against if for church government brought forth. These arguments are evaluated by comparing them with the contemporary participative ecclesiologies. Some further valuable deductions can be made from research: <ol><li>There is disparity and lack of synergy regarding the fivefold ministry among the Charismatics.</li> <li>Ephesians 4 passage cannot be used to justify the church government structure based on the fivefold ministry.</li> <li>The ecclesia is a charismatic fellowship.</li> <li>The church needs structure for the sake of order and effectiveness in the world.</li> <li>Most of the fivefold ministry promoters are not scholarly or theologically elite.</li></ol> A few constraints have been encountered which have a limiting effect on the research. The research highlights a number of important areas which can be further researched. / Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Dogmatics and Christian Ethics / unrestricted

A research report submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in Development Studies by coursework and research report to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, 2018 / Nigerian charismatic Pentecostalism has become a permanent feature of South African urban society. This Pentecostalism has had considerable influence on local churches in South Africa. Nigerian Pentecostal churches have also greatly influenced how other churches in South Africa respond to the HIV and AIDS epidemic. This study sought to understand how these South African churches that are linked to Nigerian Pentecostalism are responding to the HIV and AIDS epidemic. To achieve this objective, the researcher conducted an ethnographic study at the Church for Christ Ministries (CFC) based in Johannesburg. This church has strong connections to the famous Nigerian charismatic leader TB Joshua. Results from this study show that, the use of media technology has become an integral part of the CFC’s efforts against the HIV and AIDS epidemic. The CFC combined together their doctrinal teachings and HIV and AIDS programmes with the use of media technology, to address the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Johannesburg. These doctrinal teachings and programmes have been merged with the use of video-media technologies to come up with a formidable response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Johannesburg. The study combined together Michel Foucault’s concept of biopower and Erving Goffman’s concepts of stigma and the dramaturgical perspectives, to come up with a framework that can be used to understand the impact of merging video media technology to existing church strategies against the HIV and AIDS epidemic. This study made use of a qualitative research design. Data was collected using interviews, participant observations, document analysis, reviewing of video footage and review of the church’s Facebook page. Snowball, purposive sampling and Facebook sampling were utilized as sampling techniques by the researcher. Finally, the study made use of thematic content analysis as a way of analysing data. / TL (2019)

Much of the research undertaken on music education in South Africa has been concerned with formal music education and its application in the classroom. In spite of the fact that the majority of South Africans have had little or no access to formal music education, non-formal learning practices have been largely ignored as alternative, and potentially effective forms of music skills acquisition. This study focuses on the church, and the Durban Bethesda Temple in particular, and explores how, in the absence of access to formal music education, alternative learning methods based on generalised participation and musical process, may be conducive to the achievement of highly skilled musicianship. This thesis draws insight from theories proposed by intercultural music educationists, Christopher Small and Patricia Campbell, and ethnomusicologists, Blacking, Chernoff, Nketia and Merriam, whose work has focussed on conceptualisations, functions, roles and contexts of music-making in nonwestern, and Mrican societies in particular. It postulates that when music-making is nonindividualised and non-competitive, and when performance focuses on relationshipbuilding and ritual, rather than on specialisation and spectacle, music learning is achieved through participation by way of aural transmission, imitation and mentorship. In thisregard, the underlying philosophy of education, as is applied in non-formal mUSIC education, is based on the assumption that music is a human capacity; that music-making is process-orientated rather than product-related, and that music can be used to build individual and communal skills and competencies. The discussion concludes by suggesting insights that can be gleaned from the process of non-formal music learning in communal, participatory contexts, namely, the church; and how these insights can signal alternative perspectives to the practices and procedures of South Africa music education amidst current transformation. / Thesis (M.A.-Music)-University of Natal, 1998.

Early American Pentecostalism had an ambiguous social witness, which contained both radical and conservative elements. The millennarian-restorationist core of the Pentecostal belief system was prophetic and counter-cultural in that it inspired adherents to denounce the injustices of the status quo and announce the justice of the soon-coming Kingdom of God. Consequently, in the earliest years of the American movement, many Pentecostals, professed and practiced (1) racial equality, (2) gender equality, (3) pacifism, and (4) anti-capitalism. However, this prophetic social witness co-existed, from the very beginning, with a strong conservative ethos, which defended the norms, beliefs, and values of nineteenth-century 'Evangelical America' against the apparent religious and cultural 'anarchy' of modern society. As Pentecostal groups (especially white Pentecostal groups such as the Assemblies of God) organised, institutionalised, and rose in socioeconomic status, the prophetic voices of early Pentecostalism were increasingly ignored, and the conservative ethos grew to dominate Pentecostal social concerns.