The core principles of the Global Pentecostal Summit as a foundation:

• Locate significant Pentecostal scholarly events in the context of a vibrant Majority World church with global influence.
• Provide a vibrant example of a local church that honours scholars whose gifts are offered to the Church
• Demonstrate the powerful constructive collaboration generated when Western and Majority World Pentecostal scholars work together as equal partners.
• Provide scholarly reflection on the contribution that Pentecostalism is making to the continuing vibrancy of Global Christianity.
• Facilitate the necessary focus of Pentecostal scholarship that empowers the enduring effectiveness of the local church globally.
  
  

The themes that we will focus our scholarly efforts:

• The work of the Holy Spirit outside the Church, particularly in the non-Christian religions of the world.
• The question of the continuity of the Church with the life of Jesus, in what the Scriptures call the “scandal of Christ.”
• The event of Pentecost as the future of humanity, as the church embodies the eschatological destiny of all creation in which Christ is “all in all.”  
• The challenge of understanding the unique nature of Pentecostal leadership and the dynamic between leaders and followers that encourages and discourages the growth of the Church.
• The challenge of worldviews that impact deliverance and exorcistic ministry in Pentecostal communities.
• The biblical foundations necessary to empower communities facing adversity and persecution.
• The value of Pentecostals being involved in ecumenical relationships across the broad spectrum of Christian traditions.
• The practices of Pentecostal Christians in the quest to be good citizens in civil society.