Matshobane, Mangaliso MbangisoMasango, Maake J.S.2019-02-042019-02-042018-10-22Matshobane, M. & Masango, M.J., 2018, ‘Understanding power struggles in the Pentecostal church government’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74(1), a4949. https://DOI.org/10.4102/hts.v74i1.4949.0259-9422 (print)2072-8050 (online)10.4102/hts.v74i1.4949http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68381This article highlights the power struggles that the Pentecostal church experiences in its church governance. These power struggles become very contentious to a point where members take each other to legal courts, which ends in multiple schisms that tarnish the image of the Pentecostal movement. Most literature on church conflicts approach power struggles as caused by personality disorders. This article seeks to highlight a different approach where power struggles are more a result of structural factors than personal ones emanating from a hybrid nature of polity in the Pentecostal church and other structural factors of conflict like finances, education and leadership. Finally, an educational pastoral care methodology is proposed for this article.en© 2018. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.Pentecostal movementPentecostal churchPower strugglesChurch governanceGovernmentChurch conflictsTheology articles SDG-10SDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesTheology articles SDG-16SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsTheology articles SDG-17SDG-17: Partnerships for the goalsArticle