churches, they say that they are neither a denomination nor a movement. Since NCMI finds no biblical precedent for voting on decisions, NCMI team members do not vote but rather make decisions by arriving at a consensus. They discourage relating local churches from either voting among the eldership, or permitting the congregation to vote on any decision. NCMI does maintain a website, various legal entities in countries in which it operates, and a post office box in Colorado, U.S.A. Criticism Allan Anderson, professor of Mission and Pentecostal Studies, wrote in 2005 that NCMI is "dominated by white South Africans, who lead many local churches and church plants around the world, preside over NCMI conferences, and predominate the membership of the apostolic team". Speaking of South African Pentecostalism in general and explicitly mentioning NCMI, Anderson contrasts the rise of expensive megachurches and "jet-set" apostolic networks in white, middle-class South Africa to the poverty of majority black Pentecostals. He says that as of 2005, South African Pentecostal churches were still divided along ethnic lines and were not "proactive with regard to such severe social problems as the AIDS pandemic, rising poverty and crime". In Anderson's view, these churches are "not making an impact nor addressing challenges posed by a rapidly changing [post-apartheid South African] society". Notes Footnotes References Further reading External links NCMI Gauteng – churches who partner with NCMI in Gauteng, South Africa NCMI Let's Talk Magazine Archive NCMI/ITCC Training Manuals Archive and New Resources Apostolic networks Charismatic denominations South African Charismatics Evangelical megachurches in South Africa