Introduction This article is based on my experience conducting field research among African Pentecostal churches in the city of Johannesburg,…

Bambo Miti
Bambo Miti has a Bachelor of Theology Honors Degree and Master of Theology degree in systematic theology (MTh) from the University of South Africa, and is currently a PhD candidate in systematic theology at the same university. He did his PhD internship at the Protestant Theological Faculty, Charles University, in Prague from November 2023 to February 2024 under the Coimbra Group Scholarship. He has presented papers at notable international conferences. His research interests straddle along African theology, African Pentecostalism, ecumenism, reconciliation, and migration. His doctoral research focuses on the role of faith traditions (African Pentecostalism) in dealing with the problem of violence and xenophobia in the local South African communities. Miti is a religious leader within the Pentecostal Church and was a Proposal Research Fellow (2022-2023) at the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).
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