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Henry Winters Luce Professor of World Christianity,
McCormick Theological Seminary
David Daniels is the Henry Winters Luce Professor of World Christianity at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. A bishop in the Church of God in Christ, he chairs the National Board of Education for the denomination and directs the 5th Illinois-East Jurisdictional Academy for Ordination and Licensure.
Prof David received his BA from Bowdoin College, his MDiv from Yale University, and earned a PhD in Church History from Union Theological Seminary.
He served as the president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies and the co-chair of the Reformed and Pentecostal Dialogue. He has served as a commissioner for the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches, presented at the General Assembly of National Council of Churches, and has participated on consultations sponsored by the World Council of Churches.
Prof David has lectured at over 20 universities, colleges, and seminaries in the United States such as Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, Regent University, Wheaton College, and Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He has presented academic papers at conferences in Canada, Great Britain, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Senegal, South Korea, Sweden, and Switzerland.
This paper deals with Spirit-empowerment and the transformation of Christianity in Africa. Spirit-empowered Christianity is now the representative face of Christianity on the continent, and this has global implications. The enchanted African Pentecostal/charismatic formular “in the power of the Holy Ghost” is commonly used in situations needing divine interventions. Not only is the growth and dynamism of contemporary Pentecostalism explained in terms of “the power of the Holy Ghost”, but also it is in that power that Pentecostalism could be said to have spread and impacted the world. This paper explores the explosion of African Pentecostal Christianity and how it is reshaping spirituality beyond the continent today.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
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