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Dr Lyton Chandomba is a Pentecostal theologian, scholar, and ordained minister with over twenty-five years of pastoral and leadership experience. He holds a PhD in Theology, a Master of Theology, and a Bachelor of Theology, and serves as an Overseer within Apostolic Faith Mission International Ministries in the United Kingdom. His research interests include Pentecostal theology, pneumatology, African Pentecostalism, biblical hermeneutics, Spirit-empowered preaching, and the relationship between Christian theology and African spirituality. His scholarship integrates rigorous theological inquiry with extensive ministerial experience, with particular interest in the development of contextual and distinctly African contributions to global Pentecostal theology.

Nomatter Sande (PhD) is an interdisciplinary research scientist whose work focuses on social transformation, migration, and belonging. His research analyses the intersection of religion, civil society, and public policy, with a particular focus on addressing social inequalities, public health challenges, and social harms within marginalized communities. Utilizing extensive qualitative fieldwork and ethnographic methods, his scholarship provides empirical insights to support social cohesion, integration, and governance in diverse societies.

Chandomba, Lyton, and Nomatter Sande. “Negotiating the Sacred: A Pneumatological Hermeneutic of Syncretism in African Pentecostalism.”  E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies 12, no.8 (2026): 332 – 348 https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.20261281