Pentecostal Liturgical Spaces
Contested or embracing spaces for LGBTQIA+
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17570/stj.2024.v10n2.11Keywords:
Pentecostal, Liturgical, LGBTQIA, Decolonial, Intersectional, Priesthood, Prophethood, Humanizing, PneumatologicalAbstract
The Anglican Communion recently faced a threat of a split between revisionist and conservative groups about the acceptance of LGBTQIA+ members and ministers in liturgical spaces or their exclusion based on their status. The study aims to use the journey of the Anglican Communion as a case study to find out whether these positions are also prevalent in liturgical spaces in Pentecostal congregations and whether it is a contested or embracing space towards LGBTQIA+ members and ministers. The study employs decolonial and intersectional approaches to critically analyse ecclesial pronouncements of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, a Classical Pentecostal church in South Africa, to determine whether these position statements are conservative or revisionist; whether Pentecostal liturgical spaces are contested or embracing for LGBTQIA+; and if not, what can be done to transform Pentecostal liturgical spaces into welcoming and embracing spaces for LGBTQIA+ members and ministers. The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa, standing in the Classical Pentecostal tradition, can find in their tenet of the priesthood and prophet-hood of believers, a democratic and transformative principle, that is inclusive of LGBTQIA+ members and ministers; Pentecost offers a humanizing pneumatological space that embraces the God-given humanity of the LGBTQIA persons and cultivate respect for their human rights to live without fear of discrimination, bias and prejudice in the household of faith. Such Pentecostal liturgical spaces reflect the queer sociality of the Azuza Street Revival.
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Daniel Andrew

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.
Please note that erroneous copyright information is given in the PDFs before Volume 9, 2023.