This article examines the public messages of the leaders of six Pentecostal Charismatic Evangelical Churches (PCE) in South Africa during the six months leading up to the 2019 presidential elections in that country. All six leaders presented themselves as knowledgeable about politics and as having solutions to ‘fix’ the political corruption and the failing economy that plagued South Africa in 2019. In this analysis it becomes apparent that the leaders had different attitudes to and understanding of politics and political activism. Some strongly advocated political activism among their members, others merely encouraged their members to vote on election day, while a third group did not directly mention politics or voting and did not endorse any form of political activism among the members of their churches. Four reasons explain these differences: (a) the theology of the different churches and their respective understandings of the relationship between faith/spirituality and politics, (b) the PCE leader’s personal perceptions of politics in South Africa, (c) the leaders’ own status as a South African citizen or foreign national, and (d) the socioeconomic situation of the different churches and their members.

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五旬节派魅力福音派教会的政治激进主义和南非 2019 年的选举

本文考察了六个五旬节派魅力福音派教会领袖的公开信息（个人消费支出) 在南非 2019 年总统选举前的六个月里。所有六位领导人都表示自己了解政治，并且有解决方案来“修复”2019 年困扰南非的政治腐败和经济衰退。在这项分析中，很明显，领导人对政治和政治的态度和理解不同激进主义。一些强烈提倡在他们的成员中进行政治活动，另一些只是鼓励他们的成员在选举日投票，而第三组则没有直接提及政治或投票，也不认可他们教会成员中任何形式的政治活动。四个原因解释了这些差异：个人消费支出领导人对南非政治的个人看法，(c) 领导人自身作为南非公民或外国人的身份，以及 (d) 不同教会及其成员的社会经济状况。