JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH, The Viewpoint of Most African Pentecostals

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326716921
Total Pages : 88 pages
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Book Synopsis JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH, The Viewpoint of Most African Pentecostals by : Grace Boateng Owens

Download or read book JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH, The Viewpoint of Most African Pentecostals written by Grace Boateng Owens and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Justification by faith: The Viewpoint of Most African Pentecostals The author has discussed the viewpoint of most African Pentecostal churches on the doctrine of Justification by faith in comparison with the theories of some selected twenty-first Theologians. What does the teachings of the Apostles James and Paul on justification actually means to the contemporary Christian? Were the two Apostles contradicting themselves or not? Should the believer of Jesus Christ continue to sin deliberately because of the grace of God? This is an Interesting Book and must be read.

Afro-Pentecostalism

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Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081479730X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis Afro-Pentecostalism by : Amos Yong

Download or read book Afro-Pentecostalism written by Amos Yong and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2006, the contemporary American Pentecostal movement celebrated its 100th birthday. Over that time, its African American sector has been markedly influential, not only vis-à-vis other branches of Pentecostalism but also throughout the Christian church. Black Christians have been integrally involved in every aspect of the Pentecostal movement since its inception and have made significant contributions to its founding as well as the evolution of Pentecostal/charismatic styles of worship, preaching, music, engagement of social issues, and theology. Yet despite its being one of the fastest growing segments of the Black Church, Afro-Pentecostalism has not received the kind of critical attention it deserves. Afro-Pentecostalism brings together fourteen interdisciplinary scholars to examine different facets of the movement, including its early history, issues of gender, relations with other black denominations, intersections with popular culture, and missionary activities, as well as the movement’s distinctive theology. Bolstered by editorial introductions to each section, the chapters reflect on the state of the movement, chart its trajectories, discuss pertinent issues, and anticipate future developments. Contributors: Estrelda Y. Alexander, Valerie C. Cooper, David D. Daniels III, Louis B. Gallien, Jr., Clarence E. Hardy III, Dale T. Irvin, Ogbu U. Kalu, Leonard Lovett, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., Cheryl J. Sanders, Craig Scandrett-Leatherman, William C. Turner, Jr., Frederick L. Ware, and Amos Yong

Justification: Two-Volume Set

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Publisher : New Studies in Dogmatics
ISBN 13 : 9780310597254
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis Justification: Two-Volume Set by : Michael Horton

Download or read book Justification: Two-Volume Set written by Michael Horton and published by New Studies in Dogmatics. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The doctrine of justification stands at the center of our systematic reflection on the meaning of salvation as well as our piety, mission, and life together. In his two-volume work on the doctrine of justification, Michael Horton seeks not simply to repeat noble doctrinal formulas and traditional proof texts, but to encounter the remarkable biblical justification texts in conversation with the provocative proposals that, despite a wide range of differences, have reignited the contemporary debates around justification. Volume 1 engages in a descriptive task - an exercise in historical theology exploring the doctrine of justification from the patristic era to the Reformation. Broadening the scope, Horton explores patristic discussions of justification under the rubric of the "great exchange." He provides a map for contemporary discussions of justification, identifying and engaging his principal interlocutors: Origen, Chrysostom, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Gabriel Biel, and the magisterial reformers. Observing the assimilation of justification to the doctrine of penance in medieval theology, especially via Peter Lombard, the work studies the transformations of the doctrine through Aquinas, Scotus and the nominalists leading up to the era of the Reformation and the Council of Trent. He concludes his first study by examining the hermeneutical and theological significance of the Reformers' understanding of the law and the gospel and the resultant covenantal scheme that became formative in Reformed theology. This then opens the door to the constructive task of volume 2 - to investigate the biblical doctrine of justification in light of contemporary exegesis. Here Horton takes up the topic of justification from biblical-theological, exegetical, and systematic-theological vantage points, engaging significantly with contemporary debates in biblical, especially Pauline, scholarship. Horton shows that the doctrine of justification finds its most ecumenically-significant starting point and proper habitat in union with Christ, where the greatest consensus, past and present, is to be found among Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant theologies. At the same time, he proposes that the union with Christ motif achieves its clearest and most consistent articulation in forensic justification. The final chapter locates justification within the broader framework of union with Christ.

Faith in African Lived Christianity

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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004412255
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Faith in African Lived Christianity written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith in African Lived Christianity – Bridging Anthropological and Theological Perspectives offers a comprehensive, empirically rich and interdisciplinary approach to the study of faith in African Christianity. The book brings together anthropology and theology in the study of how faith and religious experiences shape the understanding of social life in Africa. The volume is a collection of chapters by prominent Africanist theologians, anthropologists and social scientists, who take people’s faith as their starting point and analyze it in a contextually sensitive way. It covers discussions of positionality in the study of African Christianity, interdisciplinary methods and approaches and a number of case studies on political, social and ecological aspects of African Christian spirituality.

Justification by Faith in African and Western Context

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ISBN 13 : 9783828828988
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (289 download)

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Book Synopsis Justification by Faith in African and Western Context by : Jude Okocha

Download or read book Justification by Faith in African and Western Context written by Jude Okocha and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Pentecostalism and Eschatological Expectations

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527540073
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis African Pentecostalism and Eschatological Expectations by : Marius Nel

Download or read book African Pentecostalism and Eschatological Expectations written by Marius Nel and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pentecostalisation of African Christianity has been called the “African Reformation” of the past thirty years. African Pentecostalism is a diverse movement characterised by its emphases on Spirit baptism, divine healing, charismatic worship and eschatological expectations. This work investigates its eschatological systems in terms of its unrealised expectation of the second coming of Christ, and suggestions are presented for the movement to keep its eschatology at the heart of its impetus. This is accomplished through a hermeneutical awareness of the distinctiveness of Pentecostalism as a restorationist movement. Written for pastors, church leaders and believers, this book discusses the literalistic way of reading the Bible in most of the classical Pentecostal components of African Pentecostalism, supporting their premillennialist and even dispensational eschatological views. It suggests a new Pentecostal hermeneutics developed by scholarship in the past forty years, in line with significant elements of the way in which early Pentecostals read the Bible. This new hermeneutical awareness implies new and exciting ways of thinking about eschatology that will enrich and enlighten African Pentecostalism in its hope for the second coming of Christ.

African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience

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Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
ISBN 13 : 3863097130
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience by : Biri, Kudzai

Download or read book African Pentecostalism, the Bible, and Cultural Resilience written by Biri, Kudzai and published by University of Bamberg Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume, based on a PhD thesis submitted to the University of Zimbabwe, investigates the resilience of Shona religion and culture among ZAOGA Pentecostal Christians. Whereas the Pentecostal ideology suggests that 'old things' have passed away, it appears that 'old things' continue to have high significance for the 'new'. The book demonstrates how belief in avenging spirits, witches and witchcraft, value of words spoken prior to death, the role, status and significance of women, belief in unnatural events, liturgy and salvation have remained relevant to the lives of ZAOGA Shona converts. The patterns of continuity, discontinuity, extension, collaboration, contradiction, re-interpretation and rejection between Shona traditional religion and culture and ZAOGA are explored, challenging the framing of African Pentecostalism as a mere imitation and parroting of US theology. The conclusion is that while ZAOGA self-consciously presents itself as a sophisticated, trans-national and progressive Pentecostal movement, members continue to wrestle with Shona indigenous beliefs and practices. An African womanist framework is adapted to challenge ZAOGA to promote the well-being of women." --

The Prosperity Gospel in Africa

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725266628
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis The Prosperity Gospel in Africa by : Marius Nel

Download or read book The Prosperity Gospel in Africa written by Marius Nel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africans’ prevailing interest in the prosperity gospel is not only connected to the influence of American prosperity teachers reaching a worldwide audience through their imaginative use of the media, but is also related to the African worldview and African traditional religion, and its lasting influence on contemporary Africans and the way they think about prosperity, as well as their interest in prosperity in post-colonial Africa. The research from a classical Pentecostal perspective about the impact of the prosperity message on Africa is necessary, timely, and relevant because of its influence in the African Pentecostal movement and its potential to harm the faith of believers, leading to the potential disillusionment of Christian believers who put their trust (and money) in formulas and recipes that seemingly only work for others, especially the prosperity leaders who lead by example with incredulous riches and wealth.

Pentecostalism and charismatic worship from an african perspective

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Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668114455
Total Pages : 16 pages
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Book Synopsis Pentecostalism and charismatic worship from an african perspective by : Gyaviira Kisitu

Download or read book Pentecostalism and charismatic worship from an african perspective written by Gyaviira Kisitu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Theology - Systematic Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Religion philosophy and classics), course: Masters, language: English, abstract: Scholarship on Pentecostalism and charismatic forms of worship has described Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in African as part of “a rapidly growing form of African Christianity;” that as a movement, “it is fast becoming one of the most significant expressions of Christianity on the continent...”( Anderson, 2001:167). This growth can be identified with many factors. Among these, is the issue of biblical interpretation, which compared to the mainline churches follows, distinct approaches. Despite this growth, the way in which most Pentecostal interpretations extract meanings from the text also points to certain hermeneutical challenges. Some of these challenges have been expressed in Herholdt (1998) model of Biblical hermeneutics. This work attempts to discuss two of Herholdt facets model of hermeneutics. It points out how hermeneutics has come to be singled out as one of challenges faced by these churches. An attention has been put on how these models may have contributed to the rapid growth of Pentecostalism and how still they can pose a challenge to sustain the currently experienced growth.

An African Pentecostal Hermeneutics

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532660863
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Book Synopsis An African Pentecostal Hermeneutics by : Marius Nel

Download or read book An African Pentecostal Hermeneutics written by Marius Nel and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The face of African Christianity is becoming Pentecostal. African Pentecostalism is a diverse movement, but its collective interest in baptism in the Spirit and the result of Pentecost in daily living binds it together. Pentecostals read the Bible with the expectation that the Spirit who inspired the authors will again inspire them to hear it as God’s word. They emphasize the experiential, at times at the cost of proper doctrine and practice. This book sketches an African hermeneutic that provides guidance to a diverse movement with many faces, and serves as corrective for doctrine and practice in the face of some excesses and abuses (especially in some parts of the neo-Pentecostal movement). African Pentecostalism’s contribution to the hermeneutical debate is described before three points are discussed that define it: the centrality of the Holy Spirit in reading the Bible, the eschatological lens that Pentecostals use when they read the Bible, and the faith community as normative for the interpretation of the Bible.

Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135456704
Total Pages : 1908 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (354 download)

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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set by : KEVIN SHILLINGTON.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set written by KEVIN SHILLINGTON. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

African Pentecostalism and World Christianity

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725266377
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis African Pentecostalism and World Christianity by : Nimi Wariboko

Download or read book African Pentecostalism and World Christianity written by Nimi Wariboko and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last fifty years, the history of World Christianity has been disproportionally shaped, if not defined, by African Pentecostalism. The objective of this volume is to investigate and interrogate the critical junctures at which World Christianity invigorates and is invigorated by African Pentecostalism. The essays of the thinkers gathered here examine the general relationships between World Christianity and Africa and the specific interplays between World Christianity and African Pentecostalism. Scholars from multiple disciplines, continents, and countries evaluate how the theological scholarship and missional works of eminent African intellectual Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu have contributed to the scholarly understanding of how Global Christianity has been mediated by its reception in Africa. They also investigate how African Pentecostalism has been shaped by its contact with the diverse forms of Christianity in Africa and the rest of the world. With contributions from: Opoku Onyinah Harvey C. Kwiyani Kirsteen Kim Craig S. Keener Charles Prempeh Kenneth R. Ross Trevor H. G. Smith Vivian Dzokoto Chammah J. Kaunda Felix Kang Esoh Patrick Kofi Amissah Caleb Nyanni Marleen de Witte Oluwaseun Abimbola Philomena Njeru Nwaura Faith Lugazia Dietrich Werner Allan H. Anderson

African Pentecostalism

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019971293X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Book Synopsis African Pentecostalism by : Ogbu Kalu

Download or read book African Pentecostalism written by Ogbu Kalu and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across Africa, Christianity is thriving in all shapes and sizes. But one particular strain of Christianity prospers more than most -- Pentecostalism. Pentecostals believe that everyone can personally receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit such as prophecy or the ability to speak in tongues. In Africa, this kind of faith, in which the supernatural is a daily presence, is sweeping the continent. Today, about 107 million Africans are Pentecostals -- and the numbers continue to rise. In this book, Ogbu Kalu provides the first ever overview of Pentecostalism in Africa. He shows the amazing diversity of the faith, which flourishes in many different forms in diverse local contexts. While most people believe that Pentecostalism was brought to Africa and imposed on its people by missionaries, Kalu argues emphatically that this is not the case. Throughout the book, he demonstrates that African Pentecostalism is distinctly African in character, not imported from the West. With an even-handed approach, Kalu presents the religion's many functions in African life. Rather than shying away from controversial issues like the role of money and prosperity in the movement, Kalu describes malpractice when he sees it. The only book to offer a comprehensive look at African Pentecostalism, this study touches upon the movement's identity, the role of missionaries, media and popular culture, women, ethics, Islam, and immigration. The resulting work will prove invaluable to anyone interested in Christianity outside the West.

Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 2

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Publisher : Living Stream
ISBN 13 : 1536016012
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 2 by : John A. Campbell

Download or read book Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 2 written by John A. Campbell and published by Living Stream. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the second of a two-part work that evaluates the teaching of justification by faith from the early church to modern times in light of the Scriptures and the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. Part 2 continues the evaluation begun in part 1 by examining the teaching of justification by faith from the mid-sixteenth century to the twenty-first century. Throughout these centuries numerous accounts of this foundational Christian truth have been offered, and many controversies have been and continue to be fought. Beginning with the Lutheran tradition in the opening chapter, the authors identify the contributions and shortcomings of each of the major Christian traditions. While many of the Christian traditions have contributed some light to the church's understanding of justification by faith, the authors contend that most of them have fallen short of the truth that in justification God approves the believers solely on account of their union with Christ as righteousness through faith.

Globalizing Linkages

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666732656
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis Globalizing Linkages by : Wanjiru M. Gitau

Download or read book Globalizing Linkages written by Wanjiru M. Gitau and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-04-18 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the important contemporary but unexplored themes for Christianity in Africa today is its ongoing connections to a broader Christian and non-Christian world. This is quite apart from the idea of mission connections or reverse mission from Africa to elsewhere, or any mission-themed global connection. In much existing scholarship, Africa seems to only have recently been drawn into the orbit of global relations, but there is a long-standing relationship with the wider world, people linking from different regions at different times for varied reasons. This volume explores the theme of two thousand years of connections—and how the global sensibility has shaped Christianity on the continent for two thousand years.

Religion in Sociological Perspective

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Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506366058
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis Religion in Sociological Perspective by : Keith A. Roberts

Download or read book Religion in Sociological Perspective written by Keith A. Roberts and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors are proud sponsors of the 2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Religion in Sociological Perspective introduces students to the systems of meaning, structure, and belonging that make up the complex social phenomena we know as religion. Authors Keith A. Roberts and David Yamane use an active learning approach to illustrate the central theories and methods of research in the sociology of religion and show students how to apply these analytical tools to new groups they encounter. The Seventh Edition departs from previous editions by emphasizing that the sociology of religion is an ongoing conversation among scholars in dialogue with existing scholarship and the social world. This perspective is established in the new second chapter, "Historical Development of the Sociology of Religion." Other chapters feature important voices from the past alongside the views of contemporary sociologists, and conclude with a glimpse of where the sociology of religion might be heading in the future. At every opportunity, the text has been enriched by research and examples that are meant to challenge parochial limits in the sociology of religion, pushing beyond Christianity, congregations, beliefs, national borders (especially the United States), and even beyond religion itself (to take nonreligion more seriously). Included with this title: The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. A student activity guide includes chapter specific exercises linked to resources within the ARDA.

A History of the Church in Africa:

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Publisher : Africa's Hope Discovery Series
ISBN 13 : 9781643080130
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of the Church in Africa: by : Jerry Spain

Download or read book A History of the Church in Africa: written by Jerry Spain and published by Africa's Hope Discovery Series. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A History of the Church in Africa: A Survey from a Pentecostal Perspective highlights the background, beginning, and development of the church of Jesus Christ in Africa from a pentecostal perspective. The course demonstrates how African Christianity is vital to the larger picture of Christian history. The author uses the analogy of a river to illustrate the plan of God. He also explores the concept of the kingdom of God and discusses how the African church witnessed to God's mission (missio Dei) by expanding to North Africa along the Nile corridor and to other locations below the Sahara desert. The course also examines the reasons why the church collapsed for the most part in North Africa and Nubia but survived in Ethiopia. The author believes that lessons must also be learned about medieval African Christianity. In addition, this course examines the reasons for the European settlement in Africa and the impact this had on the spread of Christianity. Special attention is given to the history of the Pentecostal movement. Questions addressed include the following: What is the relationship of past, present, and future events in the African church? What are the long-term effects resulting from seeing the African church as a missionary church? What is the strategic place of the African church in the end-times?