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Pentecostal Ecclesiology
A Reader
Editor:
This reader in Pentecostal ecclesiology, edited by Chris Green, brings together in a single volume a number of critically important previously-published essays written by leading Pentecostal and charismatic scholars addressing the theology of the church, sacraments, and ministry in the Pentecostal/charismatic traditions.
Contributors include: Estrelda Alexander, Peter Althouse, Jonathan E. Alvarado, Ken Archer, Daniela Augustine, Simon Chan, Graciela Esparza, Jenny Everts, Chris E. W. Green, Walter Hollenweger, Cheryl Bridges Johns, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Andy Lord, Frank Macchia, Clark Pinnock, Margaret M. Poloma, Lisa Stephenson, Wolfgang Vondey, and Amos Yong.
Contributors include: Estrelda Alexander, Peter Althouse, Jonathan E. Alvarado, Ken Archer, Daniela Augustine, Simon Chan, Graciela Esparza, Jenny Everts, Chris E. W. Green, Walter Hollenweger, Cheryl Bridges Johns, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Andy Lord, Frank Macchia, Clark Pinnock, Margaret M. Poloma, Lisa Stephenson, Wolfgang Vondey, and Amos Yong.
Chris E.W. Green, PhD (2012), is Associate Professor of Theology at Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, TN. He has published two monographs and a number of scholarly articles dealing with theology of the church, sacraments, and Christian ministry.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1 - Church
Church as Charismatic Fellowship: Ecclesiological Reflections from the Pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Mother Church: Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology
Simon Chan
Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: The Promise of Pentecostal Ecclesiology
Clark H. Pinnock
Pentecost Communal Economics and the Household of God
Daniela C. Augustine
Towards a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: Participation in the Missional Life of the Triune God
Peter Althouse
Charisma, Institutionalization and Social Change
Margaret M. Poloma
Mission Eschatology: A Framework for Mission in the Spirit
Andrew M. Lord
Part 2 - Sacraments
Tongues as a Sign: Towards a Sacramental Understanding of Pentecostal Experience
Frank D. Macchia
Nourishment for our Journey: The Pentecostal via Salutis and Sacramental Ordinances
Kenneth J. Archer
Getting Our Feet Wet: The Politics of Footwashing
Lisa P. Stephenson
Pentecostal Epiclesis: A Model for Teaching and Learning
Johnathan E. Alvarado
“Then Their Eyes Were Opened”: Pentecostal Reflections on the Church’s Scripture and the Lord’s Supper
Chris E.W. Green
Between This and That: Reality and Sacramentality in the Pentecostal Worldview
Wolfgang Vondey and Chris W. Green
Part 3 - Ministry
Prayer, Evangelization and Spiritual Warfare: A Pentecostal Perspective
Cheryl Bridges Johns
Evangelism: A Non-Colonial Model
Walter J. Hollenweger
Pentecostal Ecclesiology and Eucharistic Hospitality: Toward a Systematic and Ecumenical Account of the Church
Wolfgang Vondey
Liturgy in Non-liturgical Holiness-Pentecostalism
Estrelda Y. Alexander
Brokenness as the Center of a Woman’s Ministry
Janet Meyer Everts
Let’s Question the Ministry of Women
Graciela Esparza
Disability and the Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecost and the Renewal of the Church
Amos Yong
Selected Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Authors
Introduction
Part 1 - Church
Church as Charismatic Fellowship: Ecclesiological Reflections from the Pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue
Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
Mother Church: Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology
Simon Chan
Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit: The Promise of Pentecostal Ecclesiology
Clark H. Pinnock
Pentecost Communal Economics and the Household of God
Daniela C. Augustine
Towards a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: Participation in the Missional Life of the Triune God
Peter Althouse
Charisma, Institutionalization and Social Change
Margaret M. Poloma
Mission Eschatology: A Framework for Mission in the Spirit
Andrew M. Lord
Part 2 - Sacraments
Tongues as a Sign: Towards a Sacramental Understanding of Pentecostal Experience
Frank D. Macchia
Nourishment for our Journey: The Pentecostal via Salutis and Sacramental Ordinances
Kenneth J. Archer
Getting Our Feet Wet: The Politics of Footwashing
Lisa P. Stephenson
Pentecostal Epiclesis: A Model for Teaching and Learning
Johnathan E. Alvarado
“Then Their Eyes Were Opened”: Pentecostal Reflections on the Church’s Scripture and the Lord’s Supper
Chris E.W. Green
Between This and That: Reality and Sacramentality in the Pentecostal Worldview
Wolfgang Vondey and Chris W. Green
Part 3 - Ministry
Prayer, Evangelization and Spiritual Warfare: A Pentecostal Perspective
Cheryl Bridges Johns
Evangelism: A Non-Colonial Model
Walter J. Hollenweger
Pentecostal Ecclesiology and Eucharistic Hospitality: Toward a Systematic and Ecumenical Account of the Church
Wolfgang Vondey
Liturgy in Non-liturgical Holiness-Pentecostalism
Estrelda Y. Alexander
Brokenness as the Center of a Woman’s Ministry
Janet Meyer Everts
Let’s Question the Ministry of Women
Graciela Esparza
Disability and the Gifts of the Spirit: Pentecost and the Renewal of the Church
Amos Yong
Selected Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Authors
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