African Praise And Worship

[ixoye_val69]

Originally Posted by Dante

This is not an acceptable form of worship.

What is an acceptable form of worship to you?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by ixoye_val69

What is an acceptable form of worship to you?

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Do tell us, or better yet show us an acceptable form of worship.

Are you both sure you want to know?

[KeptByTheWord]

Neat video. They sure can sing.

Just wondering, do they believe they HAVE to wear white to church? What exactly would be the purpose of having everyone dressed in white?

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Neat video. They sure can sing.

Just wondering, do they believe they HAVE to wear white to church? What exactly would be the purpose of having everyone dressed in white?

White denotes purity

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Neat video. They sure can sing.

Just wondering, do they believe they HAVE to wear white to church? What exactly would be the purpose of having everyone dressed in white?

About all the writing I found on them was in their own language so I don't really know.

HOWEVER I once associated for 3 years with a group that required everyone in the ministry to wear white robes. They felt it was symbolic for purity. American and European ministers were exempted. Many of the saints who are not in ministry follow the practice.

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by Dante

This is not an acceptable form of worship.

Do tell us, or better yet show us an acceptable form of worship.

[Michael The Disciple]

Here is another beautiful song they are doing.

[KeptByTheWord]

Here is a link I found with an article that may be discussing this particular group:

http://www.dacb.org/stories/zimbabwe/johane_masowe.html

http://www.gladysganiel.com/social-j...ed-wilderness/

[Michael The Disciple]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

Here is a link I found with an article that may be discussing this particular group:

http://www.dacb.org/stories/zimbabwe/johane_masowe.html

http://www.gladysganiel.com/social-j...ed-wilderness/

This is a different group. The African Apostolic Church is led by Paul Mwazha.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-A...63265420430634

[KeptByTheWord]

Here is an excerpt from one of the above links:

Because of this steady migration, Masowe and his followers remained a sect that is secretive and suspicious of outsiders. Other Africans see them as different because they stand out. When a person joins their congregation, it means a complete change. The cost of becoming a follower of Masowe is high. Apart from the need to shave the head and grow a beard for men, or to wear white dresses and headscarves for women, the vaPostori are a closed community. The followers of Masowe are not permitted to work for anyone outside their own group. Thus a Masowe disciple is required to learn a trade by which he or she can contribute to the welfare of the group; any other work is unacceptable. This communal work ethic and business acumen have made the vaPostori prosperous.

On the question of the status of Johane Masowe among the vaPostori, some would say that he acted as the Messiah for Africa [21]. Isabel Mukonyora, a fellow insider to Shona culture, disputes this notion. She regards Masowe's death experience as similar to the suffering of Shona spirit mediums, and hence not equivalent to the death and resurrection of Jesus. "In other words, Johane Masowe merely suffered acutely from his illness before his followers recognized him as a prophet. He did not die and rise again as Christ did to save humankind, only to die again to be buried in Gandanzara some 30 years later" [22]. She says that Masowe saw himself as a prophet like John the Baptist and not as Messiah.

In any case, Masowe's followers came to regard him as more than a prophet. The current website of the Gospel of God Church in Nairobi, Kenya contains sophisticated arguments to support the notion that Masowe is indeed equivalent to Christ. These explain that Jesus had a limited ministry to the "lost sheep of Israel" (Matthew 15:24) and so could not have fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 19:20 that a Savior would come to rescue those oppressed in Egypt. Johane Masowe, however, was sent to liberate Africans. This assertion is backed up with a quote from 1 Enoch 90:38, "That lamb became a great animal and had great black horns on its head and the Lord of the sheep rejoiced over it." The website article concludes that Masowe himself supplied the interpretation of this passage: "The black horns of the great animal were a pointer to the fact that the last Messiah would come from a Nation of Black people" [23].