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ABSTRACT

This work examines the cause for the rise of many new healing and praying ministries around African societies despite the work of the early missionary endeavours. The findings indicate it came as result of the inability of the early missionaries to understand properly the religious atmosphere of the African man. In their quest to change the religious inclination of indigenous people at all cost gave birth to what is today seen as healing and praying ministries. In other words, healing and praying ministries in various African societies is an offshoot of the reactions of the indigenous people against their religious inclination and understanding.