About Europe-Asia Pentecostal Summit

Post-Summit Statement

With each of the GPV events, a subsequent set of affirmations will be developed, summarising the interactions between scholars and further reflections by the leadership of City Harvest Church. These affirmations will be made available here through event videos. A partnership with Regnum Books UK will also allow the proceedings to be published in both print and open access formats. Our goal is to facilitate the continual expansion of rich Pentecostal theological reflection, available globally and accessible to everyone.

All digital resources from this event and future collaborations will be hosted on GPVoices.org.

Statements of Affirmation (Tentative)*
Session 1 - Dr Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen
“Does the Spirit Blow Where It Wills?”: Pentecostals and the Struggle of Discerning the Holy Spirit among Religions

We resolve to view effective Pentecostal leadership as a contextual, complex, and relationally dynamic process where influence is granted through co-discernment with the congregation.

Session 2 - Dr Truls Åkerlund
Perspectives on Pentecostal Leadership: Contextuality, Complexity, and Constructiveness

We resolve to recognise the Spirit’s workings beyond the church, even among other religions, without compromising on our Christological beliefs and succumbing to theological pluralism and universalism.

Session 3 - Dr Jean-Daniel Pluss
After 30 Years of Ecumenical Engagement, What Next? Lessons learned and Future Challenges in a Secularized and Polarized World

We resolve to actively pursue ecumenical dialogue and relationships to offer a united and credible Christian witness in a world shaped by secularization, pluralism, and polarization.

Session 4 - Dr Daniela Augustine
Pentecost as the Future of Creation

We resolve to live as Spirit-bearers, embodying the ongoing Pentecost as God’s sanctuary in the world—loving both humanity and the non-anthropic other as signs of creation’s redemption and reconciliation in Christ, that God may be all in all.

Session 5 - Dr Sanna Urvas
Observation of worldviews beneath unhealthy deliverance and exorcistic practices in Pentecostal communities

We resolve to develop a balanced doctrine of demonology and healthy deliverance practices in our Pentecostal communities.

Session 6 - Dr Ulrik Josefsson
Pentecostals in societal engagement: a theology for social transformation

We resolve to integrate practical, Spirit-empowered Christianity, rooted in biblical and theological foundations, with concrete, incarnational engagement with society for authentic transformation.

Session 7 - Dr Wolfgang Vondey
The Church as Scandal of Salvation

We resolve to fully identify with the life and gospel of Christ, the scandal of the divine Word in the flesh, and to manifest the Spirit-filled life as His corporate Body in the public domain by living out the transforming power of the Holy Spirit in our own authentic human brokenness.

Session 8 - Dr Joseph Dimitrov
A Spirit-Driven Ecclesiological Tenacity: Tested and Proven Response to Hostility and Afflictions

We resolve to affirm the role of the Paraclete in the midst of persecution and opposition, and recognize that the church is a prophetic community, together with its ecclesial life and charismata manifestations, testifies of hope and eschatological salvation. 

*The affirmations will be confirmed by the end of 2025.
Themes of Europe-Asia Pentecostal Summit

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.
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