Community transformation through the Pentecostal churches

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Tfwala, Njabulo
Masango, Maake J.S.

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AOSIS Open Journals

Abstract

This article constitutes an attempt at reflecting on the extent Pentecostal churches in Swaziland are transforming their communities towards God’s justice mandate. The article shows that liberation has not yet gone beyond the split between socio-political engagement and spiritual enrichment in the liturgy for the Pentecostal churches in Swaziland, such that the fruit of liturgy is not lived out in the community, including polity and the judicial order. A transformative liberative pastoral care methodology is purposed for this article.

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This research is part of the research project, ‘Pastoral Care and Trauma Counselling’, directed by Prof. Dr Maake Masango, Department of Practical Theology, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.

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Pentecostal churches, Swaziland, God's justice, Liberation, Pastoral care, Community transformation

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Tfwala, N. & Masango, M., 2016, ‘Community transformation through the Pentecostal churches’, HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies 72(3), a3749. http://dx.DOI. org/10.4102/hts.v72i3.3749.