Peer reviewedThe birth of the African Initiated/Independent Churches (AICs) on
the African continent brought with it phenomena which in the
African worldview are not new, but in the ecclesiastical view, as
perceived by the missionaries, were historically regarded as
‘unChristian’. Here we are referring to phenomena such as the use
of divination bones and the belief that certain natural places are
sacred. This article will focus on three issues: (1) cultural practices
in Setswana Traditional Religion; (2) natural places treated as
sacred places by certain churches; and (3) a phenomenological
approach to the healing ministry in the Zionist churches.
Conclusions will be drawn at the end to show the new emerging
paradigm in the AICs in Botswana.Church History Society of Southern Afric
