Original Research - Special Collection: Tjaart van der Walt Commemoration Lecture

Prophets praying for, or preying on people’s faith: A reflection on prophetic ministry in the South African context

Hulisani Ramantswana
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi | Vol 53, No 4 | a2495 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v53i4.2495 | © 2019 Hulisani Ramantswana | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 27 May 2019 | Published: 18 November 2019

About the author(s)

Hulisani Ramantswana, Department of Biblical and Ancient Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

In mainline churches, the ministry of prophecy or the prophetic ministry involves the proclamation of the gospel. This, in turn, is related to the every-believer ministry. However, there is now a resurgence of the prophetic ministry as a special office as evidenced by the establishment of neo-prophetic churches. This article argues that neo-prophetic churches are tapping into people’s longing for the fresh divine word to speak directly into their personal situations. The article also probes whether neo-prophets in the prophetic activities are not also preying on people’s faith.

Keywords

Prophets; Prophecy; Neo-Prophetic Churches; Threefold Office; Prophetic Theology; Prophetic Office; Traditional Churches; Pentecostal; Charismatic.

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