Leadership succession patterns in the apostolic church as a template for critique of contemporary charismatic leadership succession patterns

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
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Title Leadership succession patterns in the apostolic church as a template for critique of contemporary charismatic leadership succession patterns
 
Creator Tushima, Cephas
 
Subject Religion: Biblical Studies Azusa; Apostolic Leadership; Leadership Succession; Pentecostalism; Evangelicals; Leadership Patterns
Description The pattern of leadership succession observed globally in most contemporary Pentecostal movements and churches can be characterised as dynastic succession. Yet historic modern Pentecostalism (in the Azusa tradition) prided itself on being biblical. This article explores the biblical sources, examining first the leadership structure and then the leadership succession patterns in the apostolic church as well as the extra-biblical sources of the apostolic patristic era. Our findings from this New Testament (and patristic sources) survey of leadership succession in the apostolic church and post-apostolic churches furnish a template for critical evaluation of the prevalent succession approaches of contemporary Pentecostal groups. Critical elements of apostolic and leadership structure and succession patterns are highlighted, and needed inferences are drawn for the re-shaping of leadership and its succession in contemporary Christian ministries and churches.Keywords: Azusa; Apostolic Leadership; Leadership Succession; Pentecostalism; Evangelicals; Leadership Patterns
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa.
Date 2016-06-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary Analysis
Format text/html application/octet-stream text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v72i1.2968
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 72, No 1 (2016); 8 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Africa Earlier and contemporary Christianity Pentecostalism
Rights Copyright (c) 2016 Cephas Tushima https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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