Out of the Shadows of African Traditional Religion

Christ's Deliverance of a Sangoma

Moss Ntlha (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2017
HarperCollins Religious (Verlag)
978-9966-062-29-1 (ISBN)

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Francinah Baloyi was 16 when she started training as a sangoma, one through whom the spirits speak. At 23, Christ brought her to repentance and called her to proclaim him. Today, she is a powerful preacher whose story shows that conversion must affect every aspect of our life and challenges the syncretism that is threatening the church in Africa.

In Africa, Christianity is sometimes rejected as a "white" religion or combined with elements of African Traditional Religion. The story of Francinah Baloyi shows that neither of these attitudes is correct. Francinah was born into a family of traditional healers who were strongly opposed to Christianity, and in time she herself became a sangoma. But over the years Jesus revealed himself to her in visions. He delivered her from the power of ancestral spirits, convicted her of the sin of having had four abortions, and commissioned her to preach. In a radical display of obedience, she burned all the items associated with her work as a sangoma and uprooted the family altar. And she began to preach wherever she found herself.

God also led her to wise church leaders and counselors, who helped her to go to Bible school and lay a biblical foundation for her ministry. Today, she is the leader of a thriving church, with a ministry to others who are still in bondage to ancestral spirits. She is now a sought-after conference speaker and evangelist both nationally and internationally. Her public ministry is marked by her Spirit-filled authenticity and simplicity.

Her story has wider resonance in a time when there is a resurgence of traditional religions and when abortion is becoming increasingly common in South Africa.

Moss Ntlha is a respected evangelical leader in South Africa with a passion to serve the poor. He was profoundly influenced by his experience of the dark days of apartheid and his role in the struggle against it. Moss is now the General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance of South Africa (TEASA) and the pastor of a church in Mohlakeng, near Johannesburg. He is committed to working with others to see transformation in self, people, communities, and nations.

1 UNUSUAL ENCOUNTERS
The First Two Abortions
A Strange Dream
The Third and Fourth Abortions
An Unusual Visitor

2 THE EARLY YEARS
Schooling
The Move to Taolome

3 THE CALLING OF THE SPIRITS
The Sacred Dream: Called to be a Sangoma
The Second Coming of the Spirits

4 A VISION AND A COMMISSION
The Moment of Accountability
Her Assignment
A Dark Visitor
Ministry Begins

5 A NEW LIFE AND NEW MISSION
Facing Family
Mission in the Village
From Taolome to Giyani
Church Life
Victory Tabernacle
Train Ministry

6 CURRENT MINISTRY
Starting the Church

7 THIS BOOK IN CONTEXT
A Pastoral Concern
A Missiological Concern
The Thirst for Freedom
Delinking Christ from the Colonial Project
The Problem of Abortion

Erscheinungsdatum	18.05.2017
Reihe/Serie	Hippo
Verlagsort	New South Wales
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	163 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
ISBN-10	9966-062-29-7 / 9966062297
ISBN-13	978-9966-062-29-1 / 9789966062291
Zustand	Neuware