As the millennium approached, the number of independent African Pentecostal churches in Britain increased rapidly. Having assimilated classical Pentecostalism and the charismatic movement, and having begun to find ways of working with the Caribbean Pentecostal denominations, it remained to be seen how UK evangelicalism would fare with African Pentecostals. This book looks at the intricacies of the relationship at a time that provided ample opportunities to weigh the benefits and challenges of integration from every possible angle.

This scholarly and engaging collection of essays examines the changes in academic disciplines; features of the geographic regions and nuances of the cultural issues related to global Pentecostalism. This book, comprising a sweeping range of well-documented articles on Pentecostal theology, hermeneutics, Missiology and the social sciences, provides the student of Pentecostalism with a fresh insight into the issues and opportunities confronting Pentecostals as they head into the new millennium. Here is a window of contemporary scholarship that discloses vigorous engagement with critical issues. The editors have provided a resource that promises to stimulate further research and reflection.

This is a pioneering study in pentecostal Spirit-baptism as an ecumenical power to transform Christian life and witness. Crowe begins by describing the conditions that changed the Assemblies of God from a grass-roots revival movement into a high-profile, quasi-evangelical denomination. He then discusses the American Catholic charismatic renewal, the largest lay movement of the twentieth century. Crowe argues for Spirit-baptism's power to unite and galvanize such theologically divided pentecostals. He envisions Spirit-baptism as God's gift to unite all Christians. Pentecostal Unity is the result of three years of research that included visits to pentecostal communities throughout the country and interviews with charismatic and pentecostal leaders.