Pentecostalisation as an adaptation strategy of the Catholic Church of Lubumbashi : missiological perspective

Abstract

This study is entitled "Pentecostalisation as an adaptation strategy of the Catholic Church of Lubumbashi: A missiological perspective". The main goal of this research is to discover how the Roman Catholic Church of Lubumbashi practices Pentecostalisation as a missiological adaptation strategy. The researcher started from the observation that for a certain period of time, Pentecostalism has increasingly exerted its influence in the churches not only Protestant but also in the Roman Catholic Church of Lubumbashi and contributes to the numerical growth of these churches. In order not to lose its members who would be tempted to join this movement created by Pentecostalism and also to update its missionary methodology, the Roman Catholic Church of Lubumbashi has resorted to Pentecostalisation as a strategy of missiological adaptation based essentially on the recommendations of the Second Vatican Council which marked out the ground in the field of mission in order to avoid slippage in relation to the doctrine of this Church. To achieve its goal, the researcher set out to present the historical context of the practice of Pentecostalisation by the Roman Catholic Church in Lubumbashi; to explore the practice of Pentecostalisation as a missiological adaptation strategy of the Roman Catholic Church in Lubumbashi; to examine the extent to which the practice of Pentecostal values (healing, prosperity, deliverance, etc.) has had a missionary impact on the Roman Catholic Church in Lubumbashi; and to present some useful missiological perspectives. At the end of this research, the researcher concluded that the Roman Catholic Church of Lubumbashi, in its missionary program, used Pentecostalisation as a strategy for missiological adaptation to a new religious environment created in Lubumbashi by Pentecostalism.