Global Renewal Christianity: Spirit-Empowered Movements: Past, Present and Future

by Vinson Synan, Amos Yong, J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu

Overview

The growth of Spirit-empowered Christianity has been nothing short of phenomenal. From a handful of believers in the early twentieth century to over six hundred million people in almost every culture and denomination today, those who embrace the Holy Spirit and His gifts are now the fastest-growing religious group in the world. But if any generation ceases to emphasize the Holy Spirit’s power, the movement likely will lose its distinction. This third of four volumes is an authoritative collection from more than two dozen leaders and scholars of the Spirit-empowered movement in Africa. Focusing on the history and future of the movement, these world-renowned scholars address the theological and cultural challenges facing Pentecostals in Africa, and offer insights on how to meet them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629989372
Publisher:	Charisma Media
Publication date:	08/02/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	560
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Vinson Synan, PhD, is dean emeritus of the Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He is considered the premier historian of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement.

Amos Yong, PhD, is professor of theology and mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.

J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, PhD, is dean of the faculty at Trinity Theological Seminary in Legon, Ghana.

Table of Contents

Foreword Dr. William M. Wilson xi

Foreword Dr. George O. Wood xiii

Series Preface xv

Acknowledgments xxi

Contributors xxiii

Introduction: "From Every Nation Under Heaven": Africa in World Pentecostalism J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu xxvii

Part I West Africa

1 West African Pentecostalism: A Survey of Everyday Theology Nimi Wariboko 1

2 The New Face of African Christianity: David Oyedepo's Winners Chapel and the Pentecostal Message of Salvation E. Kingsley Larbi 19

3 Indigenous Classical Pentecostalism: The Church of Pentecost in Ghana Opoku Onyinah 38

4 The Growth and Expansion of Pentecostalism in Francophone West Africa: The Assemblies of God of Burkina Faso Jean-Baptiste Roamba 54

5 Pentecostalism in Cameroon and Nigeria's Cross-Border Pentecostal Influence Samson Adetunji Fatokun Isaac Deji Ayegboyin 71

Part II Northeast and East Africa

6 "Blessed Be Egypt My People": The Neo-Charismatic Movement in Egypt Tharwat Maher Nagib Adly Nagib 93

7 Kenyan Pentecostalism: An Epitome of Theological Shifts Within Pentecostal Christianity Susan Murimi 109

8 Pentecostalism in Ethiopia: A Unique Case in Africa Jörg Haustein 128

9 Coming of Age: Pentecostalism and Umunthu in Malawi Harvey C. Kwiyani 147

10 Pentecostalism in Tanzania and Uganda: A Historical and Theological Perspective Alfred Olwa 166

Part III Southern Africa

11 Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in Zambia: Historical and Theological Developments and Civic Engagement Naar M'fundisi 189

12 The Rural Narratives of a Zimbabwean-Based Religious Movement and the Shaping of African Pentecostal Spirituality Kudzai Biri 203

13 "Thus Far the Lord Has Brought Us!": Histories and Theologies of Southeast African Pentecostalisms Chammah J. Kaunda 219

14 Rising to the Challenge: Pentecostalism in Angola, Botswana, and Namibia Trad Nogueira-Godsey 239

15 The Rise of the Megachurches in South Africa Maria Frahm-Arp 263

Part IV Select Theological Themes

16 "Nativizing" the Gospel: Pentecostalism and Theology in Africa Joseph Quayesi-Amakye 287

17 The Spirit and the African Spiritual World Allan Heaton Anderson 304

18 Charismatic Renewal and Roman Catholicism in Africa: Challenges and Prospects of Pentecostalism Donatus Pius Ukpong 321

19 Nigerian Pentecostalism and Islam: Toward a Pentecostalized Vision of Interreligious Coexistence Through Ubuntu Philosophy Clifton Clarke 338

20 The Deregulation of Piety in the Context of Neoliberal Globalization: African Pentecostalisms in the Twenty-First Century Asonzeh Ukah 362

21 Foreign on Own Home Front? Ruminations From an African-South African Pentecostal Biblical Scholar Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele) 380

Notes 395

Index 471