Re-Visioning African Pentecostal-Charismatic Ecclesiology in the Public Sphere
The James McKeown Memorial Lectures
Edited by Christian Tsekpoe and Lord Elorm Donkor
Foreword by Eric Nyamekye, Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua and Cecil M. Robeck Jr.
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Despite the current impressive numerical growth of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christianity in Africa, there remain some concerns about the extent to which the church is making the desired impact in the public space. As the church grows numerically, the African continent is ironically plagued with many regrettable stories of corruption, bad governance, sexual abuse, gender discrimination and perversion, environmental degradation, robbery, economic crisis (leading to poverty and hunger), wars, and other social vices. This paradoxical increase in vices, alongside the demographic growth of the Christian population on the continent, has caused many to question the social impact of African Christianity. Re-Visioning African Pentecostal-Charismatic Ecclesiology in the Public Sphere is a response to these observations. The contributors to this volume, who are made up of seasoned academics (theological educators and missiologists) and mission practitioners, have engaged the subject from multidisciplinary perspectives, highlighting significant contributions of African Pentecostalism while pointing out critical areas for urgent attention. The volume is intended to stimulate conversations around the church's mandate of influencing the public sphere as an agent of social transformation.
Christian Tsekpoe is a senior lecturer and head of the Centre for Ministerial Formation and Training at Pentecost University, Accra-Ghana. He has authored many articles and books.
Lord Elorm Donkor is the national head of The Church of Pentecost in the UK. Prior to this position, he was the principal of the Birmingham Christian College. He has authored many peer-reviewed articles and books.
“This volume offers significant insight into the church’s mission to the world from an African perspective. The richness of this book expands beyond the traditional inward, ecclesiastical mission focus to a wider communal and prophetic call of the church to the nations. Though situated within a Ghanaian Pentecostal-Charismatic context, this volume offers insightful conversations relative to the global Pentecostal and Charismatic church in the public sphere.”
—Caleb Nyanni, academic dean, Birmingham Christian College
“Re-Visioning African Pentecostal-Charismatic Ecclesiology in the Public Sphere serves as a conversation starter on the church’s call to positively impact society toward transformation. Thus, the book identifies and explores key issues, such as corruption, gender discrimination, the economic crisis, and other difficulties. The book speaks prophetically into not only African Pentecostal churches but also global Pentecostal-Charismatic communities.”
—Julie Ma, professor of intercultural studies and missiology, Oral Roberts University
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