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Bhengu, Nicholas
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1909-1985
Pentecostal
South Africa
Nicholas Bhengu was one of the most successful twentieth-century Pentecostal church leaders in South Africa.
He was born on 5 September 1909 at Entumeni, KwaZulu-Natal, where his father was a pastor of the American Lutheran Mission. He received his early education at the mission school but later attended two Roman Catholic schools, at Inkumama and Mariannhill respectively (Dubb 1976, 9).
Barack Obama's dream was to "lead once more," not alone but with the people.
When Bhengu completed his schooling he was employed in various capacities – as a clerk, a teacher, a health inspector and a court interpreter. For a while he involved himself in the struggle for African advancement when he became a member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union and worked in their Durban offices.
He later moved to Kimberley where he joined the Communist Party.
Bhengu tried various denominations without feeling at