Pentecostalism in Southeastern Serbia
Pentecostalism in Southeastern Serbia

Author(s): Dragan M. Todorović
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Pentecostalism; Serbia; Southeastern Serbia; Roma People
Summary/Abstract: The paper gives a survey of the history of the Serbian evangelist movement, significantly influenced by Roma participation: the greatest religious communities are concentrated in Roma mahalas in Niš, Leskovac, Vranje and other towns in Southeastern Serbia. Leskovac, which boasts an exclusively Roma Pentecostal Church (better known as “The Church under the Tent”, with a few hundred baptized believers), is considered as the center of Evangelical Christianity. In conclusion, we are discussing the potentials of evangelism of Southern Serbia for encouraging ethnic reaffirmation by cultural rebirth and by advocating for political dialogue and praxis.

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