Transmitting the Spirit in Missions: The History and Growth of the Church of Pentecost

Transmitting the Spirit in Missions: The History and Growth of the Church of Pentecost discourses on how Pentecostalism in general has been involved in the current growth, mission, and changing face of global Christianity. It argues that African Pentecostals particularly are an integral part of the global expansion of Christianity in this century. Specifically, this book engages the history and growth of the Church of Pentecost, an African Pentecostal denomination from Ghana, to demonstrate how African Pentecostals have taken their spirituality into their own hands and planted churches in their home country, as well as other parts of the globe. The focus of this book is that African Pentecostals have achieved this feat through the experiential power and reliance of the Holy Spirit and the indigenous factor. The specific highlight is that this book is an updated analysis of the history, growth, and missions of the Church of Pentecost. Although this work is transformed from a PhD thesis, the content is presented accessibly to both the academia and general church populace, both pastors and the laity.

Amos Jimmy Markin is an apostle of the Church of Pentecost and its evangelism director. Markin is a lecturer at the Pentecost Theological Seminary and a regular resource person at conventions and conferences in his native country, Ghana, and abroad. His passion in ministry includes intercessory prayer, evangelism, discipleship, and leadership empowerment. He takes delight in preaching the gospel of Jesus.

Markin has been in the service of the Lord Jesus as a minister of the Church of Pentecost since 1991. His twenty-seven-year ministerial journey has taken him to many communities across Ghana and many countries around the globe. He currently lives in Accra, Ghana, and is married to Mrs. Mavis Markin, with whom they are blessed with four biological children: Loretta, Jeshurun, Coretta, and John Kingsley.



J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu is Professor of Contemporary African Christianity and Pentecostal Theology at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana.