Occasional Pentecostal Lecture Series – South Africa

 Dr. Mathew Clark

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Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa 

(Mathew Clark has been an ordained pastor of the Apostolic Faith Mission of SA since January, 1973. He pastored churches in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) from 1973 to 1980, and has been a lecturer at the AFM Theological College in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, since 1984. He is currently Head of Department, New Testament, at that College. He as a BA in Bible Languages, a BD, a DTh in Systematic Theology (a pentecostal critique of Moltmann’s political theology)  and a DTh in New Testament (pentecostal hermeneutics). He is an elected member of the Committee for Doctrine, Ethics and Liturgy of the AFM of SA, as well as an appointed member of the Curatorium of that denomination. He also lectures Classical Culture at Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg. He has conducted seminars for church leaders in many African countries, including Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia. In secular life he has been a computer analyst-programmer, and still has an inordinate fondness for hard science-fiction.)

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 These lectures consist of four sessions: 

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1.           The History and development of pentecostalism in Southern Africa (168kb )

2.            Pentecostal missions and Black pentecostalism in Southern Africa  (109kb )

3.            Theological challenges and developments in South African pentecostalism (102kb)

4.            The future - challenges, opportunities and difficulties. (94kb)

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The major sources for the history and nature of South African pentecostalism are the following: (some are in Afrikaans - a Southern African dialect of Dutch)

 Anderson, A H 1991. Moya: The Holy Spirit in an African context. Pretoria: Unisa.

---  1992. Bazalwane: African pentecostals in South Africa. Pretoria: Unisa.

---  1993. Tumelo: The faith of African Pentecostals in South Africa. Pretoria: Unisa.

Burger, I vd M 1990. Geloofsgeskiedenis van die Apostoliese Geloof Sending van Suid Afrika 1908- 958. Johannesburg: Evangelie Uitgewers.

De Wet, C R 1989. The Apostolic Faith Mission in Africa: 1908-1980. A case study in church growth in a segregated society. Thesis for a PH.D, University of Cape Town.

Du Plessis, I G L 1984. Pinkster-Panorama: ‘n Geskiedenis van die Volle Evangelie Kerk van God in Suidelike Afrika 1910-1983. Irene: Volle Evangelie Kerk van God.

Watt, P 1992. From Africa's soil: The story of the Assemblies of God in Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik.

 Other titles by South African theologians and church leaders, providing information about pentecostal history, experiences and teaching, include:

 Chikane, F 1988a. No life of my own. Braamfontein: Skotaville Publishers.

Clark, M S & Lederle, H I  et al 1989.  What is distinctive about Pentecostal theology?Pretoria: Unisa.

Gräbe, P J & Hattingh, W J 1997. The reality of the Holy Spirit in the church: In honour of F P Möller. Pretoria: JL van Schaik.

LaPoorta, J J 1996. Unity or division? The unity struggles of the Black churches within the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa. Kuils River: Japie LaPoorta.

Möller, F P 1998. Words of Light and life (7 Vols). Pretoria: J L van Schaick