ABSTRACT
This chapter is concerned with the selective mechanism through which a man emerges from the mass and is singled out as a prophet. It is also concerned with the sociological implications of church relationships. These are indeed far-reaching, if it can be shown–as the healing activities of the prophet and the corresponding congregational need have given rise to a unique kind of Church fellowship, the "Bethesda" type of Church. Leadership problems of Independent Zulu churches are studied in their relation to traditional Zulu leadership patterns, which have influenced and modified the conditions within the church to a marked degree. It must be seen in constant inter-relation with local subleaders and the great mass of followers. Corresponding to the two types of Churches, Ethiopian and Zionist, there are two types of leaders, the chief-type and the prophet. The chapter presents leader, nucleus, and Church in the following relations: leader-nucleus, leader-Church, and leadernucleus-Church.
