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(August 2021) Editor David M. Johnson, Dmiss Board of Referen Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies ISSN 0118-8534 Vol. 24, No. 2 (August 2021) Editor David M. Johnson, DMiss Board of Reference Wonsuk Ma (Korea), Simon Chan (Singapore), Roji T. George and Josfin Raj (India), Robert P. Menzies (Northern Asia), Sang Yun Lee (Korea), Jacqueline N. Grey (Australia), Edwardneil Benavidez (Philippines), Olga Zaprometova (Russia), David Singh (India/UK) Book Review Editor: Adrian P. Rosen, PhD. Editorial Committee: Frank McNelis (Senior Editor), Stuart Rochester, Rosemarie Daher Kowalski, Debbie Johnson, Joy Varnell, Catherine McGee, Jon Smith, and Kimberly Snider Layout Editor: Mil Santos The ASIAN JOURNAL OF PENTECOSTAL STUDIES is published twice per year (February and August) by the Faculty of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, P.O. Box 377, Baguio City 2600, Philippines. The current and all past editions of the Journal can be downloaded free at www.aptspress.org. Views expressed in the Journal reflect those of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Journal or the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary. © Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, 2021 Copyright is waived where reproduction of material from this Journal is required for classroom use or course work by students. THE JOURNAL SEEKS TO PROVIDE A FORUM: To encourage serious thinking and articulation by Pentecostals/Charismatics in Asia in all disciplines within the field of Pentecostal studies; to promote interaction among Asian Pentecostals/Charismatics and dialogue with other Christian traditions; to stimulate creative contextualization of the Christian faith; and to provide a means for Pentecostals/Charismatics to share their theological reflections. (Continue on back inside cover) Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies Volume 24, Number 2 (August 2021) EDITORIAL Dave Johnson 1-3 A Pentecostal Response to Buddhism ARTICLES Alan Johnson 5-23 Some Introductory Thoughts on a Pentecostal Response to Buddhism Jason Morris 25-38 Buddhism in Vietnam Alan Johnson 39-52 Signs and Wonders Necessary But Not Sufficient Mark Rodli 53-69 Mobilizing Laity to Witness: A Pentecostal Perspective Darin R. Clements 71-89 “We Are Glad You Are Here”: Teaching in the Local Church in Cambodia BOOK REVIEWS Monte Lee Rice 91-93 Augustine, Daniela C., The Spirit and the Common Good: Shared Flourishing in the Image of God Allan Varghese 94-98 Henning Wrogemann, A Theology of Interreligious Relations Dave Johnson 99-102 Kenneth R. Ross, Francis D. Alvarez, and Todd M. Johnson, editors, Christianity in East and Southeast Asia Stephen P. Todd 103-106 Gene L. Green, Stephen T. Pardue, and K. K. Yeo editors, All Things New: Eschatology in the Majority World Lora Angeline Embudo Timenia 107-109 Timoteo D. Gener and Stephen T. Pardue, editors, Asian Christian Theology: Evangelical Perspectives Faith Lund 110-113 Robert P. Menzies, Christ-Centered: The Evangelical Nature of Pentecostal Theology Adrian P. Rosen 114-117 Gregg R. Allison and Andreas J. Köstenberger, The Holy Spirit, Theology for the People of God Darin R. Clements 118-121 Robert Oh, Gap and Eul: Korean Patron-Client Dynamics in Church Planting in Cambodia Alan R. Johnson 122-125 Christopher Flanders and Werner Mischke, editors, Honor, Shame, and the Gospel: Reframing Our Message and Ministry Contributors 126 [AJPS 24.2 (August 2021), pp. 1-3] A Pentecostal Response to Buddhism by Dave Johnson This is a dream come true. Ever since becoming the managing editor of the AJPS in 2012, I have wanted to dedicate an edition to this important subject. My thanks to my friend, fellow missiologist, and missionary colleague, Alan Johnson (no relation) for helping me put this edition together. Any mistakes or other weaknesses are entirely my responsibility. In the opening essay, Johnson notes that there are around 1.29 billion Buddhists in the world, making them one of the largest unreached blocs of people anywhere on the globe.1 With the notable exceptions of Korea, Cambodia and, more recently, Bhutan, 2,000 years of church history and a century of Pentecostal missions have failed to significantly change the situation and progress remains slow. Nevertheless, there are many missionaries, pastors and church members, past and present, who believe that we can change the map. This is our modest contribution toward that end. Alan Johnson leads off with an essay explaining what we mean by a “Pentecostal” response to Buddhism. In doing, he asks and seeks to answer three critical questions, “Why is a response by Pentecostals needed by the Buddhist world,” “why is a uniquely Pentecostal response needed” and “whose Pentecostal response are we looking at?” He concludes his essay by posing a fourth question, “Where do we go from here in shaping a Pentecostal response to the Buddhist world?” Second, global worker Jason Morris discusses Pentecostal engagement with Buddhism in Vietnam. He briefly sketches the history of Buddhism there which came directly from India, not through China as many assume. As it did elsewhere, Buddhism in Vietnam, which is a blend of the Mahāyāna and Theravāda traditions, became mixed in with the animism that predated it, as it spread throughout the country. For Morris, Pentecostal missions in Vietnam calls understanding the Vietnamese worldview and Buddhism as it is actually practiced in Vietnam. Furthermore, he calls for Pentecostals to share the gospel 1Mark Durene, Change The Map: Impacting the Buddhist World Through Prayer and Action. (Bangkok: by the author, 2021), 19. 2 | Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 24.2 (August 2021) through a paradigm of truth, grace—an unknown concept in Buddhism, and power. In the third article, Signs and Wonders: Necessary But Not Sufficient, which is reprinted by permission (Johnson, Alan R. "Signs and Wonders: Necessary but Not Sufficient." In Seeking the Unseen: Spiritual Realities in the Buddhist World, edited by Paul DeNeui, Seanet Series, ed. Paul DeNeui. Pasadena, California: William Carey Library, 2016, 239-254), Alan Johnson, drawing on thirty-five years of missionary experience among folk Buddhists in Thailand, contends that signs and wonders are necessary among the Thai, but are not sufficient in and of themselves to bring people to Christ. He begins by defining what he means by the concept of power encounter and concludes by theorizing why more than a power encounter is needed in the Thai religious milieu. Our thanks to William Carey Library for their permission to reprint this article. Fourth, Mark Rodli correctly notes that church growth in Thailand has been quite small. He contends that at least part of the answer may lie in Pentecostal theology and praxis. He then goes on to explain in what way an implemented Pentecostal theology may the efficacy of efforts in mobilizing laity for witness by looking at the Protestant theological idea, with which Pentecostals agree, of the priesthood of all believers according to I Peter 2:4-10. Furthermore, he explains how this can be lived out in the honor/shame culture of Thailand where patron/client relationships are the norm. Finally, Darin Clements concludes this edition with an article, drawn from his PhD dissertation at APTS, on non-formal Christian education among Assemblies of God churches in Cambodia (AGC). Most of the members of AGC are first-generation Christians in a majority-Buddhist nation. The approach of the AGC is to proclaim the Good News on its own terms without using Buddhist forms or directly referring to the surrounding Buddhist worldview. The main content of the article presents the findings of the research and discusses implications from those findings that could prove helpful to nonformal CE in similar contexts. The article also includes a four-level model for thinking about nonformal CE and a detailed descriptive model of nonformal CE among AGC churches. While this edition is a dream come true, it did not come together as well as I hoped. Despite our best efforts to do so, we were not able to include any Asian authors here and did not achieve our goal of maintaining a balance between Asians and Westerners in this regard, although all of the western authors here have had significant experience in working among Buddhists, two of them for twenty years or more. I apologize for this unintended omission. A Pentecostal Response to Buddhism | 3 Before closing, let me mention the Change the Map prayer movement that is focused on the Buddhist world. Pioneered by Assemblies of God missionaries Mark and Janie Durene, this is a movement focused on intercessory prayer for Buddhists. You can visit their website at www.prayforbuddhists.com. I signed up to join this prayer movement. I hope you will too. As always, I welcome your feedback. You can reach me through our website, www.aptspress.org. Warmly in Christ, Dave Johnson, DMiss Managing Editor 4 | Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 24.2 (August 2021) [AJPS 24.2 (August 2021), pp. 5-23] Some Introductory Thoughts on a Pentecostal Response to Buddhism by Alan Johnson When I heard Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies (AJPS) was doing a theme issue on Pentecostal responses to Buddhism, a number of questions immediately came to mind. It seemed to me that the phrase “a Pentecostal response to Buddhism” begged for three clarifications: 1. Why is a response by Pentecostals needed for the Buddhist world? 2. Why is a uniquely Pentecostal response needed? 3. Whose Pentecostal response are we looking at? I begin with the following caveat: I am not a trained theologian, preferring rather to call myself an armchair theologian, meaning that (a) I love the Bible, having read it repeatedly and deeply; (b) I love exegetical commentaries and biblical theology work; and (c) I have been thinking about these things for nearly 40 years now. Being a Pentecostal missionary and practitioner for over three decades in the Buddhist world, my thoughts here grow out of my experiences of working in Thailand plus my interactions with others working in the Buddhist world.
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