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Gez, Y. N. & Kroeker, L. (2022). The committee and the uncommitted: Material assistance to members in need at a Pentecostal Church in Western Kenya. Africa Today. 69 (1-2), 214-237
Y. N. Gez and L. Kroeker, "The committee and the uncommitted: Material assistance to members in need at a Pentecostal Church in Western Kenya", in Africa Today, vol. 69, no. 1-2, pp. 214-237, 2022
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author = "Gez, Y. N. and Kroeker, L.",
title = "The committee and the uncommitted: Material assistance to members in need at a Pentecostal Church in Western Kenya",
journal = "Africa Today",
year = "2022",
volume = "69",
number = "1-2",
doi = "10.2979/africatoday.69.1_2.10",
pages = "214-237",
url = "https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/19"
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TY - JOUR TI - The committee and the uncommitted: Material assistance to members in need at a Pentecostal Church in Western Kenya T2 - Africa Today VL - 69 IS - 1-2 AU - Gez, Y. N. AU - Kroeker, L. PY - 2022 SP - 214-237 SN - 0001-9887 DO - 10.2979/africatoday.69.1_2.10 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/19 AB - In Kenya today, Christian churches serve as a central pillar of socioeconomic support to people in their hour of need. Drawing on ethnographic research at a small Pentecostal church in Kisumu, western Kenya, we present four modes of such material support. This classification lets us examine the provision of church assistance as a subtle balancing act, in which leaders and so-called supermembers seek to bind lay members into greater commitment by projecting institutional dependability while carefully avoiding excessive demands. Rejecting the caricature of the self-enriching charismatic leader and focusing on the intertwinement of religious commitment and class, we offer a fresh examination of churches’ mechanisms of welfare assistance beyond a simple vertical/ horizontal (or institutional/congregational) binarism. ER -
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