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Ghanaian Pentecostal Churches’ Mission Approaches
In: Journal of Pentecostal TheologyMission is first and foremost about God and God’s historical redemptive initiative on behalf of creation. In this regard, the Third Lausanne Congress affirms that the Church is called to witness to Christ today by sharing in God’s mission of love through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. The World Council of Churches states that ‘all Christians, churches and congregations are called to be vibrant messengers of the gospel of Jesus Christ’. How the Church participates in the mission of God is a question on which one should reflect. This article therefore discusses the mission approaches of Ghanaian Pentecostal churches. The article begins with a description of the Ghanaian mission strategic plan, their spiritual approach to mission, and then proceeds with other approaches in the light of Walls’ ‘five marks of mission’ (i.e. evangelism, discipleship, responding to the social needs of people through love, transforming the unjust structures of society, and safe-guarding the integrity of creation) and Krintzinger’s (and others’) holistic mission approach (i.e. kerygmatic, diaconal, fellowship, and liturgical). This article argues that mission should be approached with a careful strategy.
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World Council of Churches, ‘You are the Light of the World’, Statements on Mission by the World Council of Churches 1980–2005 (Geneva, Switzerland: wcc Publications, 2005), p. 4.
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Andrew J. Kirk, What is Mission? Theological Explorations (London: Darton, Longmann and Todd, 1999), p. 28.
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Van Rheenen, Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies, p. 146.
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Kirsteen Kim, Joining in with the Spirit (London: Epworth Press, 2009), p. 256.
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World Council of Churches, ‘Together Towards Life’, pp. 52, 56–57.
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Van Rheenen, Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies, p. 51.
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World Council of Churches, You are the Light of the World, pp. 7–9.
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World Council of Churches, ‘Together Towards Life’, pp. 68–69.
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Allan Anderson, ‘Towards a Pentecostal Missiology for the Majority World’, Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 8.1 (2005), p. 34.
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Anderson, ‘Towards a Pentecostal Missiology for the Majority World’, p. 33.
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Grant L. McClung, ‘Truth on Fire: Pentecostals and an Urgent Missiology’, Azusa Street and Beyond : Pentecostal Missions and Church Growth in the Twentieth Century (South Plainfield, nj: Logos, 1986), p. 49.
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Emmanuel K. Larbi, Pentecostalism: the Eddies of Ghanaian Christianity (Accra-Ghana: Blessed Publications, 2001), pp. 198–200.
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John Collins, ‘Ghana Christianity and Popular Entertainment: Full Circle’, History in Africa 31.1 (2004), pp. 407–23.
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Ogbu Kalu, African Pentecostalism: An Introduction (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 103.
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Hans W. Debrunner, A History of Christianity in Ghana (Accra: Waterville Publishing House, 1967), p. 173. Also see David N.A. Kpobi, Mission in Ghana: Ecumenical Heritage (Accra: Asempa Publishers, 2008), p. 78.
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George Barna, Growing True Disciples: New Strategies for Producing Genuine Followers of Christ (Colorado Springs: WaterBrook Press, 2001), p. 31.
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Van Rheenen, Biblical Foundations and Contemporary Strategies, p. 164.
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J.J. Breedt and C.J.P. Niemandt, ‘Relational Leadership and the Missional Church’, Verbum et Ecclesia 34.1 (2013).
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World Council of Churches, ‘Leadership Formation in the Changing Landscapes of World Christianity’, in Ecumenical Vision for 21st Century, p. 116.
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World Council of Churches, ‘Leadership Formation in the Changing Landscapes’, p. 113.
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Joseph Osie-Bonsu, The Inculturation of Christianity in Africa: Antecedence and Guidelines from the New Testament and the Early Church (Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2005), p. 14.
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Leonard Christine, A Giant in Ghana: 3000 Churches in 50 Years – The Story of James McKeown and the Church of Pentecost (Chichester: New Wine Press, 1989), p. 72.
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Ghanaian Pentecostal Churches’ Mission Approaches
In: Journal of Pentecostal TheologyMission is first and foremost about God and God’s historical redemptive initiative on behalf of creation. In this regard, the Third Lausanne Congress affirms that the Church is called to witness to Christ today by sharing in God’s mission of love through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. The World Council of Churches states that ‘all Christians, churches and congregations are called to be vibrant messengers of the gospel of Jesus Christ’. How the Church participates in the mission of God is a question on which one should reflect. This article therefore discusses the mission approaches of Ghanaian Pentecostal churches. The article begins with a description of the Ghanaian mission strategic plan, their spiritual approach to mission, and then proceeds with other approaches in the light of Walls’ ‘five marks of mission’ (i.e. evangelism, discipleship, responding to the social needs of people through love, transforming the unjust structures of society, and safe-guarding the integrity of creation) and Krintzinger’s (and others’) holistic mission approach (i.e. kerygmatic, diaconal, fellowship, and liturgical). This article argues that mission should be approached with a careful strategy.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 1455 | 306 | 32 |
| Full Text Views | 202 | 18 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 70 | 35 | 0 |