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Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission, Vol.2, No.1, August 2017 J Oral Roberts University Digital Showcase Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission Partner Journals 8-2017 Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission, Vol.2, No.1, August 2017 J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Kirsteen Kim William Kay Andrew Davies Emmanuel Anim See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalshowcase.oru.edu/pjtm Part of the Biblical Studies Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, and the Missions and World Christianity Commons Recommended Citation Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena; Kim, Kirsteen; Kay, William; Davies, Andrew; Anim, Emmanuel; Wall, Ruth; and Yong, Amos, "Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission, Vol.2, No.1, August 2017" (2017). Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission. 1. http://digitalshowcase.oru.edu/pjtm/1 This Full Issue is brought to you for free and open access by the Partner Journals at Digital Showcase. It has been accepted for inclusion in Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission by an authorized administrator of Digital Showcase. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Authors J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Kirsteen Kim, William Kay, Andrew Davies, Emmanuel Anim, Ruth Wall, and Amos Yong This full issue is available at Digital Showcase: http://digitalshowcase.oru.edu/pjtm/1 CONTENTS Editorial: Pentecostalism and Christian Higher Education Dr. Robert Aboagye-Mensah Articles The Spirit in the Letter: Pentecostalism and Theological Education. 4 Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Pentecostalism and the Development of Theology of the Holy Spirit. 22 Professor Kirsteen Kim Pentecostal Universities: Theory and History 33 Professor William Kay & Dr. Andrew Davies Models of Theological Education and Pastoral Formation: A Pentecostal Perspective. 43 Dr. Emmanuel Anim Competing Values and Transformative Learning: How can the competing values of academic rigor and spiritual formation be held together within 61 theological education? Proposing Transformative Learning as an educational framework to save the marriage. Dr. Ruth Wall The Anthropology of Pentecostalisms in Africa and Along Its Transformative Routes: A Review Essay. 75 Professor Amos Yong ISSN: 2343-6549 PJTM A PUBLICATION OF THE PENTECOST THEOLOGICAL PENTECOST JOURNAL OF SEMINARY, GHANA. THEOLOGY AND MISSION Vol. 2, No. 1. August, 2017 PENTECOST JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY AND MISSION (PJTM) Vol.2, No.1, August 2017 Chief Editor: Most Rev. Dr. Robert K. Aboagye-Mensah Associate Editors: Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Anim Dr. Ruth Wall Editorial Advisory Board: Apostle Professor Opoku Onyinah Apostle Dr. Alfred Koduah Apostle Dr. Daniel Walker Prof. Mercy Amba Oduyoye Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Prof. Deji Ayegboyin Prof. Allison Howell Apostle Dr. Dela Quampah Dr. Keith Warrington Dr. Cathy Ross Rev. Dr. Lord Elorm-Donkor Editorial Address: [email protected] ISSN 2343-6549 Copyright: Pentecost Theological Seminary, Ghana, 2017 An Editorial Policy The materials contained in PJTM represent the opinions of the authors, and not necessarily those of the Editors, Editorial Board or the Seminary. Printed in Ghana, by the Pentecost Press Ltd. Published in the USA in partnership with the Holy Spirit Research Center of Oral Roberts University. i PJTM Vol. 2, No. 1, August 2017 CONTRIBUTORS Prof J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Prof. Asamoah-Gyadu is Professor of Contemporary African Christianity and Pentecostal/Charismatic Theology at Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Accra, Ghana. He is a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Lausanne Theology Working Group. Prof Kirsteen Kim In 2017 Kirsteen Kim became Professor of Theology and World Christianity at the School of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA. Prior to this Prof Kim was Professor of Theology and World Christianity, Leeds Trinity University, UK. Prof William Kay & Dr Andrew Davies Professor Kay is an ordained minister with British Assemblies of God. He holds two doctorates, in theology and in education. Currently he is Professor of Theology at Wrexham Glyndur University in Wales. Dr Andrew Davies is the Director of The Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. Dr Emmanuel Anim Dr Anim is the Principal of the Pentecost Theological Seminary (PTS) in Gomoa-Fetteh, Ghana. He is a visiting lecturer at the All Nations Christian College, UK, and serves as a member of the Translations Committee of the Bible Society of Ghana. ii Dr Ruth Wall Dr Wall is a consultant adult educator and missiologist. Her PhD from University College London is in Transformative Learning. She teaches in many contexts including All Nations Christian College, UK and the Pentecost Theological Seminary, Ghana. Since 2011 she has chaired the International Missionary Training Network, a network of the World Evangelical Alliance, Mission Commission. Prof Amos Yong Amos Yong is Professor of Theology and Mission and Director of the Centre for Missiological Research (CMR) at the Fuller Theologcial Seminary, USA. Prior to this, Prof. Yong was the Dean of Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA. iii PJTM Vol. 2, No. 1, August 2017 Pentecostalism and Christian Higher Education iv CONTENTS Editorial: Pentecostalism and Christian Higher Education Dr. Robert Aboagye-Mensah 1 Articles 1. The Spirit in the Letter: Pentecostalism and Theological Education. 4 Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu 2. Pentecostalism and the Development of Theology of the Holy Spirit. 22 Professor Kirsteen Kim 3. Pentecostal Universities: Theory and History 33 Professor William Kay & Dr. Andrew Davies 4. Models of Theological Education and Pastoral Formation: A Pentecostal Perspective. 43 Dr. Emmanuel Anim 5. Competing Values and Transformative Learning: How can the competing values of academic rigor and spiritual formation be held together within theological education? Proposing Transformative Learning as an educational framework to save the marriage. 61 Dr. Ruth Wall 6. The Anthropology of Pentecostalisms in Africa and Along Its Transformative Routes: A Review Essay. 75 Professor Amos Yong v PJTM Vol. 2, No. 1, August 2017 Theme for Next Issue: Pentecostalism and Models of Mission vi EDITORIAL We are pleased to share with you the second edition of the Pentecost Journal of Theology and Mission (PJTM). We are indeed delighted and encouraged by the enthusiastic uptake of our first issue, July 2016, on Pentecostalism, Migration and World Christianity. An aim of the PJTM is to provide a space for critical reflection on contemporary issues of theology and mission from Pentecostal perspectives that will have practical and transformative impact on the life of the individual, the church and society. The Editors have discovered that such a “space” does not exist without its creation, and the work of creation itself has to be intentionally and persistently attended to among the plethora of tasks and concerns that fill our diaries and our desks. However, we are convinced that the PJTM offers a meaningful and important contribution to theological reflection and therefore are committed to hold open a place for Pentecostal voices to be heard. This second issue addresses the theme Pentecostalism and Christian Higher Education, a theme chosen for its relevance to current debates and concerns about Theological Education. This collection of articles forms a unique set of insights into biblical, theological, historical, educational, pastoral and spiritual concerns of Christian Higher Education and more specifically, Pentecostal Theological Higher Education. The first article from a Ghanaian theologian, Professor J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, provides a scholarly Biblical exposition of the relationship between the experience of the Holy Spirit and theological education. His paper, “The Spirit in the Letter: Pentecostalism and Theological Education” passionately advocates maintaining a healthy balance between the pursuit of Christian Higher Education and Christian spirituality. In short, he is calling for Christian Higher Education that holds together rigorous academic study and Holy Spirit empowered experience. 1 PJTM Vol. 2, No. 1, August 2017 Theologian Professor Kirsteen Kim is a seasoned scholar of Pentecostalism. Her paper on “Pentecostalism and the Development of Theology of the Holy Spirit”, the second in this issue, written with characteristic clarity, provides an historical overview of the contribution of Pentecostalism to the development of pneumatology, and is an essential reading for all emerging scholars whether in the global North or South. The third article is from two British writers, Professor William Kay and Dr Andrew Davies, both are scholars of Pentecostalism and higher education. Their paper “Pentecostal Universities: Theory and History” explores the history of the university and Pentecostal higher education, and highlights some of the specific challenges for Pentecostal Universities including the development of a curriculum that integrates faith and knowledge, the kinds of teaching methods that are needed and the role of the Holy Spirit. The fourth article, “Models of Theological Education and Pastoral Formation: A Pentecostal Perspective”, by Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Anim, the Principal of the Pentecost Theological Seminary (PTS), theologian and scholar, explores five types of Theological Education. Anim helps to make the distinction between formal theological education and pastoral formation and traces the history of different approaches to theological education.
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