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The HIV/Aids pandemic is one crisis that has catapulted the African continent intoglobal limelight, particularly in the last decade. In spite of the common rhetoricwhipped by the international community, prevention and impact mitigationresponses have been largely hypocritical, half-hearted and grossly inadequate. Thescourge seems to have defied any discernible medical, therapeutic and curativemeasures, thus leaving it to gradually erode the fabric of these societies. Religiousgroups have been largely affected, especially as youth, the highest HIV/Aids riskgroup,swell their membership. This shapes the responses of religious groups andposes a crucial challenge to their beliefs, ritual practices and worldviews. Using theexample of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Nigeria and Diaspora, thisarticle demonstrates the various mechanisms employed to combat the epidemic. TheRCCG conceptualization of disease and healing is central in understanding theseresponses and measures in combating HIV/Aids.

‘A WALK FOR AFRICA’: COMBATING THE DEMON OF HIV/AIDS IN AN AFRICAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH – THE CASE OF THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD