Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology
The book of Acts is often referred to by many scholars and preachers when discussing Christian missions with emphasis on Acts 1:8 as the centrality of the book. Unfortunately, very little exegetical study is done on the text by scholars in relation to missions. It appears that Luke fails to provi...
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| description | The book of Acts is often referred to by many scholars and preachers when
discussing Christian missions with emphasis on Acts 1:8 as the centrality of the
book. Unfortunately, very little exegetical study is done on the text by scholars
in relation to missions. It appears that Luke fails to provide a detailed blueprint
strategies or approaches to the command for missions (witnessing) in the text.
This article therefore considers Acts 1:8 exegetically to establish its missionary
importance. In the light of this, the article assesses the mission strategies of the
Early Church, Historic Missions and Neo-Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches
in Ghana. The article contends that, a reflection on the current trend of NeoPentecostal/Charismatic approaches or strategies to missions in Ghana gives a
valuable insight of a departure from the early missionary strategies in general. The
article acknowledges that, the recent widespread involvement of Pentecostal and
Charismatic churches in the use of radio, social media, television, open-air crusades,
street evangelism, preaching in buses, prayer and prophetic meetings/conventions,
medical outreach work and social welfare are ways to fulfill missions in the light
of Acts 1:8. The article also highlights the need to broaden the understanding and
task of Christian missions to meet the challenges of the recent changing Ghanaian
Christian religious landscape. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-84d973e5d3af4ec28f05b5b89f071c902023-09-02T19:34:39ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences2720-77222021-12-01212191209https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20212121Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal MissiologyPaul Kang-Ewala Diboro 0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2826-0352Boniface Kwaku Blewusi1Department of Theology, Christian Service University College, Kumasi - Ghana.Department of Theology, Christian Service University College, Kumasi - GhanaThe book of Acts is often referred to by many scholars and preachers when discussing Christian missions with emphasis on Acts 1:8 as the centrality of the book. Unfortunately, very little exegetical study is done on the text by scholars in relation to missions. It appears that Luke fails to provide a detailed blueprint strategies or approaches to the command for missions (witnessing) in the text. This article therefore considers Acts 1:8 exegetically to establish its missionary importance. In the light of this, the article assesses the mission strategies of the Early Church, Historic Missions and Neo-Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches in Ghana. The article contends that, a reflection on the current trend of NeoPentecostal/Charismatic approaches or strategies to missions in Ghana gives a valuable insight of a departure from the early missionary strategies in general. The article acknowledges that, the recent widespread involvement of Pentecostal and Charismatic churches in the use of radio, social media, television, open-air crusades, street evangelism, preaching in buses, prayer and prophetic meetings/conventions, medical outreach work and social welfare are ways to fulfill missions in the light of Acts 1:8. The article also highlights the need to broaden the understanding and task of Christian missions to meet the challenges of the recent changing Ghanaian Christian religious landscape.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EHASS20212121.pdfmissionsmissiologyneo-pentecostal churchesearly churchstrategybook of actshistoric churches |
| spellingShingle | Paul Kang-Ewala Diboro Boniface Kwaku Blewusi Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences missions missiology neo-pentecostal churches early church strategy book of acts historic churches |
| title | Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology |
| title_full | Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology |
| title_fullStr | Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology |
| title_short | Implications of Acts 1:8 for Ghanaian Neo-Pentecostal Missiology |
| title_sort | implications of acts 1 8 for ghanaian neo pentecostal missiology |
| topic | missions missiology neo-pentecostal churches early church strategy book of acts historic churches |
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