{{Short description|Evangelist from southern Africa}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Angus Buchan | image = Angus at home..jpg | imagesize = | caption = Buchan at Shalom Farm in Greytown, South Africa | birth_date = 25 June 1947 | birth_place = Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) | occupation = Farmer, evangelist | spouse = Jill Buchan | children = Andrew, Lindi, Robyn, Fergus, Jilly, | website = {{URL|angusbuchan.co.za}} | signature = | footnotes = }}
'''Angus Buchan''' (born 5 August 1947 in Bulawayo) is a Christian author and evangelist based in South Africa.
==Early life== Buchan was born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). The son of immigrants from Scotland, he farmed maize and cattle in Zambia<ref>[http://www.shalomtrust.co.za/inside-shalom/angus-buchan-biography Angus Buchan's Biography] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705061424/http://www.shalomtrust.co.za/inside-shalom/angus-buchan-biography |date=July 5, 2009}}</ref> until he moved in 1976 to farm in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His wife, Jill, explained their decision to leave Zambia in a 2009 video: "We always agreed that when we had children we'd bring them up ourselves and not send them away. That's actually why we left Zambia. We didn't want to put them on a plane and send them far from home".<ref name=YTPotato>{{Cite web | title = Leaving Zambia | last = Buchan | first = Jill | work = God's Farmer (extract) | date = 10 November 2009 | access-date = 6 March 2017 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQ1qPvHqGI | quote = Jill Buchan}}</ref>
==Shalom Ministries== In 1980, the Buchans started Shalom Ministries to preach in his local community.<ref name="shalom">{{cite web|url=http://www.shalomtrust.co.za |title=Shalom Ministries |access-date=2009-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233404/http://www.shalomtrust.co.za/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> Its main purpose later became to go out to preach around Africa. In time, he became a full-time evangelist and so handed over to his sons the day-to-day running of his farm business.
In 1998, he wrote a book about his life, ''Faith Like Potatoes'', which was turned into a film in 2006, with the same title.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
''Angus Buchan's Ordinary People'' was a 2012 semi-biographical film about the growth of his ministry since the 1970s and how three fictional characters who attend one of his conferences then have their lives changed.{{cn|date=July 2024}}
===Halalisani Farm School=== Halalisani Farm School is a Christian farm school not administered by Shalom Ministries, but still supported.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.schoolguide.co.za/schools/ordinary_schools/halalisani_combine.html |title=Halalisani combine |access-date=2010-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100719103011/http://www.schoolguide.co.za/schools/ordinary_schools/halalisani_combine.html |archive-date=2010-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
'''<big>Children's Home</big>'''
The Children's Home was closed in 2016 due to legislative restrictions.
===Mighty Men Conference=== The Mighty Men Conference was organised by Shalom Trust and was an annual gathering of Christian men and boys who camped in the outdoors. The conference's purposes were to worship and to connect with God as well as to grow spiritually. The conference began with only 40 people but grew exponentially. By the sixth conference, in 2009, more than 200,000<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.shalomtrust.co.za/newsletters/81-feedback-from-mmc09 |title=Feedback from MMC'09 |access-date=2009-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090605135634/http://www.shalomtrust.co.za/newsletters/81-feedback-from-mmc09 |archive-date=2009-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0%2C%2C2-7-1442_2507590%2C00.html |title=Buchan 'brought back by Jesus' |access-date=2017-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430100446/http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0%2C%2C2-7-1442_2507590%2C00.html |archive-date=2009-04-30 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> attended. In the seventh and final conference the next year, more than 400,000 attended. The main emphasis in his message to men is "Husbands love your wives".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.cbn.com/700club/farmer-witnesses-womans-resurrection|title=Farmer Witnesses Woman's Resurrection|date=2012-09-13|website=CBN.com - The Christian Broadcasting Network|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
==Current work== He now presents a religious show, ''Family Time'', on e.tv on Friday evenings at 9:55 pm, which is mostly filmed from the Shalom farm.<ref name="shalom"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.etv.co.za/extended/about/grassroots |title=Grassroots |access-date=2009-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719022534/http://www.etv.co.za/extended/about/grassroots |archive-date=2011-07-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Around 2018 his ministry was known for massive prayer meetings that started with the million person meeting in Bloemfontein on 22 April 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ofm.co.za/article/it-s-time-national-day-of-prayer/241827/different-views-on-how-many-people-attended-prayer-meeting-in-bloemfontein|title=Different views on how many people attended prayer meeting in Bloemfontein|last=OFM|date=24 April 2017|website=OFM|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
Following a prayer breakfast in Bloemfontein in March 2020 he was one of 67 attendees infected with COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/a-hospital-a-prayer-breakfast-and-a-prison-covid-19-local-epicentres-so-far-20200413|title=A hospital, a prayer breakfast and a prison: Covid-19 local epicentres so far|last1=Mitchley|first1=Alex|date=13 April 2020|website=News24|access-date=2020-12-16}}</ref>
==Criticisms== * His teachings reinforce male relational power and present a "soft patriarchy", with men assuming leadership roles that demand submission and obedience from women.<ref name=mandg>{{Cite web | title = The Wrong Kind of Power | last = Nadar | first = Sarojini|author-link=Sarojini Nadar | work = Mail & Guardian | date = 1 April 2010 | access-date = 7 March 2017 | url = https://mg.co.za/article/2010-04-01-the-wrong-kind-of-power}}</ref> * His teachings fail to address the key issue of political or economic reconciliation between black and white South Africans. The fact that his followers are mostly white has been suggested to be a response to the fear of black leadership and the diminishing white control of political and economic power.<ref name=vels>{{Cite thesis| title = Things yet unseen: a critical analysis of how the teachings of Angus Buchan and Richard Rohr offer alternative messages of Christian hope | last = Vels | first = Neil | publisher = UKZN | date = June 2012 | hdl=10413/8591|type=Masters thesis}}</ref> * He has made unsubstantiated claims of healing the sick at his services.<ref name=vels/> *In 2010, Bruce Winship, a Durban businessman and a trustee of Shalom Ministries was quoted as saying: "Not one cent goes to Angus. He lives in the same wattle and daub house that he built on his farm. He drives the same old car. He doesn't even have medical aid".<ref name="iol._'Iha">{{Cite web | title = 'I have seen the change Angus has made' | last = Arde | first = Greg | work = iol.co.za | date = 18 April 2010 | access-date = 2016-08-15 | url = http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/i-have-seen-the-change-angus-has-made-480942 }}</ref> However, in 2014, Winship's relationship with Shalom Ministries came under press scrutiny, with reports revealing that Winship's companies routinely withheld payments with a total of 30,000,000 rand from smaller construction contractors. In response, the Shalom Trust established a 12,000,000-rand fund to pay Winship's creditors.<ref name=noseweek>{{Cite web | title = Payback Time for Bruce Winship | last = Foster | first = Gavin | work = Noseweek #175 | date = 1 May 2014 | access-date = 7 March 2017 | url = http://www.noseweek.co.za/article/3201/Payback-Time-for-Bruce-Winship}}</ref> *Buchan's conservative views on topics such as homosexuality and female equality led to a local council in Scotland banning him from preaching in council-owned property in 2016. A representative of the Scottish Borders LGBT Equality Association said, "Buchan's views that LGBTI people are diseased and can be cured, and that men should dominate women and physically punish children in the family unit are extremely damaging. In my view this crosses the line between freedom of speech and hate speech".<ref name="kale_Scot">{{Cite web | title = Scotland says no to homophobic Pastor Angus Buchan | last = Littauer | first = Dan | work = KaleidoScot | date = 12 August 2016 | access-date = 2016-08-15 | url = http://www.kaleidoscot.com/scotland-says-no-to-homophobic-pastor-angus-buchan-7725 | quote = Susan Hart}}</ref> *In 2019 he made a claim that only "Jewish and Afrikaans people" have a "covenant with God", creating a huge backlash, which he publicly apologized for.<ref name=News24 >{{ cite news | url=https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/angus-buchan-apologises-for-saying-only-jewish-and-afrikaans-people-have-covenant-with-god-20191106 | title= Angus Buchan apologises for saying only 'Jewish and Afrikaans people' have 'covenant with God' | last=Maphanga | first= Canny | newspaper=News24 | date= 6 November 2019| access-date=2020-10-13 }}</ref>
==Bibliography== * ''Faith Like Potatoes: The story of a farmer who risked everything for God'' * ''The Booth (eBook): Finding quiet time in the presence of God'' * ''Revival'' * ''The Seed Sower'' * ''Jesus... a Farmer... and Miracles'' * ''Is Jesus Enough?'' * ''Hard-Core Christianity'' * ''Passing the Baton'' * ''A Farmer's Year: Daily truth to change your life'' * ''A Mustard Seed'' * ''Fathers and Sons'' * ''A People Saturated with God'' * ''Grassroots'' * ''Come of Age: The Road to Spiritual Maturity''
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category|Angus Buchan}} * {{official website|http://angusbuchan.co.za/}} * {{IMDb name|4911982}} *{{Cite web |title=Buchan brou |last=Lombaard |first=Christo |work=LitNet |date=26 May 2010 |access-date=26 May 2019 |url= https://www.litnet.co.za/buchan-brou/ |language=af |trans-title=Buchan brews }}
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