Remembering and commemorating the theological legacy of John G. Lake in South Africa after a hundred years

John G. Lake visited South Africa in 1908 as part of a missionary team with the aim to propagate the message of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as experienced at the Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission in 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles under the leadership of William Seymour, son of African-American slaves. Lake's missionary endeavours that ended in 1913 established the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa and eventually also the African Pentecostal churches ('spiritual churches', 'Spirit-type churches', 'independent African Pentecostal churches' or 'prophet-healing churches') constituting the majority of so-called African Independent/Initiated/Instituted (or indigenous) churches (AICs). This article calls for remembering and commemorating Lake's theological legacy in South Africa in terms of these two groups of churches.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nel,Marius
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: The Church History Society of Southern Africa 2015
Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1017-04992015000300010
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