Re-Visioning African Pentecostal-Charismatic Ecclesiology in the Public Sphere - Hardcover

by Christian Tsekpoe (Editor), Lord Elorm Donkor (Editor), Eric Nyamekye (Foreword by)

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.

Author Biography

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.