2018 SPS Annual Meeting Papers: The Good News of the Kingdom and the Poor in the Land

A PENTECOSTAL REFLECTION ON THE IMPACT OF SIGNS AND WONDERS ON THE WORLDVIEW AND LIVES OF THE POOR IN ASIA

Dave Johnson

Cleveland, TN

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AIMEE SEMPLE MCPHERSON’S PENTECOSTALISM, THE POOR, AND THE SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL

Margaret English de Alminana

Cleveland, TN

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AN EFFECTIVE EVANGELIST: THE HOMILETICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE OF RAY H. HUGHES, SR.

Andrew T. Eastes

Cleveland, TN

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AN EXAMINATION OF THE BROWNSVILLE REVIVAL THROUGH THE LENS OF ROBERT M. ANDERSON’S VISION OF THE DISINHERITED

Yvette D. Garcia

Cleveland, TN

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ANNOUNCING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR: TOWARD A RHETORIC OF WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP THROUGH SOCIAL ACTION, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND RELIEF WORK AS SPIRIT EMPOWERED

Joy E. A. Qualls

Cleveland, TN

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BEFORE AZUSA STREET: FAITH HEALING AND PROPHETIC WITNESS IN THE BORDERLANDS

Skyler Reidy

Cleveland, TN

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“BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT:” PNEUMATOLOGY, MISSIO DEI AND “THE OPTION FOR THE POOR”

Jody B. Fleming

Cleveland, TN

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"CHRIST'S FAMILY IN THE CITY": AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CASE STUDY OF IDENTITY TRANSFORMATION AMONG URBAN YOUTH AND FAMILIES, WITH AN EYE TO A PNEUMATICO-ECCLESIAL SOTERIOLOGY

Cara Pfeiffer
Joseph Pfeiffer

Cleveland, TN

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CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION IN A COUNTER CULTURAL ARENA

Jonathan Allbaugh

Cleveland, TN

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CITIES IN MOTION: MINISTRY IN LIGHT OF DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFTS

Alan Ehler

Cleveland, TN

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COMMUNALISM WITHIN THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH: THE SHARING OF COMMUNITY GOODS FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL

Justin L. Dennis

Cleveland, TN

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CRAFTED AND CO-OPTED: THE EARLY CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE’S SELECTIVE AND SELF-SERVING USE OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF JOHN WESLEY

Bernie A. Van De Walle

Cleveland, TN

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ELIJAH AS LIBERATION THEOLOGIAN?: IMAGES OF THE PROPHET IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY IRVINGISM AND IN CONTEMPORARY CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY

Michael McClymond

Cleveland, TN

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EMOTIONAL TEMPTATION, DISBELIEF, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SALVATION IN MARK: THE “GOOD NEWS” OF THE KINGDOM AS DIVINE-RATIONAL EMPOWERMENT

Richard Hicks

Cleveland, TN

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EVOLUTION’S RANDOM GENETIC VARIATION AND RELATIONAL THEOLOGY

Hanna Larracas

Cleveland, TN

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FATHERS, PHARAOHS AND FAMINE (GEN. 37-50): DEVELOPING PROPHETIC MENTORING PARADIGMS THROUGH AN EDUCATIVE READING OF THE JOSEPH NARRATIVE

Micheline Facey

Cleveland, TN

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FIRST CENTURY SOCIAL MINISTRY DEMANDS AN EARLY CHRISTOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING – A CHRISTOLOGICAL DEFENSE OF SOCIAL MINISTRY

Joey R. Peyton

Cleveland, TN

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“GIVE GLORY TO YAHWEH”: THE CONNOTATION OF THE VERB YHB IN PSALM 29

William Brown

Cleveland, TN

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GLOBAL POVERTY AND TRANSNATIONAL PENTECOSTALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Eric N. Newberg

Cleveland, TN

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GOD CHOSE THE POOR: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18–31 AND THE SOCIAL UP-HEAVAL OF THE GOSPEL

Adam G. White

Cleveland, TN

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GOD’S CONCERN FOR THE VULNERABLE: A CASE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY AT TEARFUND CANADA

Heather A. Card

Cleveland, TN

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“GOOD NEWS EMBRACING THE POOR” POVERTY AND DISABILITY IN OCEANIA

Tanya Riches

Cleveland, TN

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GOOD NEWS FROM DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Hyuntaek Oh

Cleveland, TN

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GOOD NEWS FROM THE POOR: READING JOHN 13:31-38 WITH PENTECOSTALS IN A MANAGUA BARRIO

Laura Jean Torgerson

Cleveland, TN

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HAGGADAH: THE GOD OF HEALING, RESTORATION, AND RENEWAL

Alaine Thomson Buchanan

Cleveland, TN

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HANNAH AT PENTECOST: ON RECOGNIZING SPIRIT PHENOMENA IN EARLY JEWISH LITERATURE

Reed Carlson

Cleveland, TN

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“HE RAISES THE POOR FROM THE DUST”: GOD, THE WORSHIPING COMMUNITY, AND THE POOR IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS

Lee Roy Martin

Cleveland, TN

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“HE WILL JUDGE THE POOR WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS”: THE ROLE OF YAHWEH’S SPIRIT IN ISAIAH 11:1-5 AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR A PENTECOSTAL PNEUMATOLOGY

Lian Mung

Cleveland, TN

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IN THE END GOD UN-CREATED THE WORLD: ORDER & CHAOS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION

Steven Félix-Jäger

Cleveland, TN

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INDICTMENT OF PARTIALITY AND REDIRECTION (JAMES 2:1-13)

J. Lyle Story

Cleveland, TN

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INTERPRETING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES: HOW ESCHATOLOGY SHAPED ASSEMBLIES OF GOD SOCIAL ETHICS

Daniel D. Isgrigg

Cleveland, TN

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LEADING FROM THE PEW: THE LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF CHURCH MOTHERS —SYNOPSIS OF FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS

Jane R. Caulton

Cleveland, TN

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MICAH 6:8: GOOD NEWS FOR THE POOR OF THE LAND

R. Jerome Boone

Cleveland, TN

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MOTIVATED BY (SPIRIT-FILLED) ANGER: AN AFFECTIVE PENTECOSTAL PROPOSAL FOR FIGHTING INJUSTICE

Joel D. Daniels

Cleveland, TN

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“Not Drunk as You Suppose”: Inviting the Poor to Drink New Wine in the Luke–Acts Continuum

Scot Loyd

Cleveland, TN

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NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT: RECEIVING ACTS 19:11-12 IN THE CANADIAN PENTECOSTAL TRADITION

Martin W. Mittelstadt

Cleveland, TN

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PENTECOSTAL EPISTEMOLOGY AND INSTITUTIONAL LEGITIMACY

Kyle Monroe Smith

Cleveland, TN

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PENTECOSTAL ROOTS OF ORAL ROBERTS’ HEALING MINISTRY

Vinson Synan

Cleveland, TN

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PENTECOSTALISM AND NARRATIVES OF MODERNITY

L. William Oliverio Jr.

Cleveland, TN

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PHILOSOPHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS FOR DATING THE BIBLICAL ADAM

Paul Oxley

Cleveland, TN

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"PIERCING THE VEIL" AND AFRICAN DREAMS AND VISIONS: IN QUEST OF THE PNEUMATOLOGICAL IMAGINATION

Anna M. Droll

Cleveland, TN

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PNEUMATOLOGICAL HOPE OR DISPENSATIONAL DOOM? A PENTECOSTAL ESCHATOLOGY BASED ON EZEKIEL 36:16—39:29 AND REVELATION 19:11—21; 20:7—10

Alicia Jackson

Cleveland, TN

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POSTMODERN PENTECOSTAL EPISTEMOLOGY DEFEATED?: A CONSTRUCTIVE INVESTIGATION THROUGH THE LENS OF POSTLIBERALISM

Yoon Shin

Cleveland, TN

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POVERTY, DEPENDENCY THEORY AND THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF EL SALVADOR

DeLonn Rance

Cleveland, TN

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POVERTY, PEDAGOGY, AND PRAXIS

Adrian E. Hinkle

Cleveland, TN

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“POWER ENCOUNTER”: THE POWER OF TAIWANESE MIDDLE CLASS CHARISMATICS AND THE POWER OF KENOSIS

Judith C. P. Lin

Cleveland, TN

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REDEFINING “THE TWELVE”: THE FOURTH GOSPEL'S ELEVATION OF OUTCASTS TO APOSTLES

Mark L. Trump

Cleveland, TN

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REFLECTING EL ROI: HOW THE CHURCH ADDRESSES THE INTERSECTIONALITY BETWEEN RACE, GENDER, AND POVERTY

Shannon Polk

Cleveland, TN

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SALVIFIC BEAUTY: AN AESTHETIC THEOLOGY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

"Joey" Alan Le

Cleveland, TN

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SAUL’S GOD: THE ONTOLOGICAL DISTINCTION OF ELOHIM IN 1 SAMUEL 10

David E. Basher

Cleveland, TN

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SOCIAL JUSTICE IN FIRST ISAIAH: A PENTECOSTAL PERSPECTIVE

Jacqueline Grey

Cleveland, TN

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“SOUNDS OF THE POOR THAT DEIFY THE RICH”: PENTECOSTAL ORAL LITURGY AS PRIMARY THEOLOGY

Monte Lee Rice

Cleveland, TN

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SPIRIT-EMPOWERMENT OF THE POOR IN SPIRIT: DR. NICHOLAS NIKOLOV AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BULGARIAN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD IN 1928

Dony K. Donev

Cleveland, TN

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STRENGTH IN WEAKNESS: TOWARD AN UNDERSTANDING OF SUFFERING THROUGH 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9

Stephanie Germain

Cleveland, TN

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TEXTS ARE EVENTS, NOT OBJECTS: DISINHERITING DERRIDA’S MISREADING OF SAUSSURE

John C. Poirier

Cleveland, TN

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THE EUCHARIST AND PENTECOSTAL ECCLESIOLOGY

Drenda N. Butler

Cleveland, TN

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THE FAILED WAR ON POVERTY: WHY THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT ADDRESS POVERTY

Phil Kallberg

Cleveland, TN

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THE FEAST OF FOWLS AND THE MARRIAGE SUPPER: A PENTECOSTAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEALS OF THE APOCALYPSE

Stetson Glass

Cleveland, TN

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The Holy Spirit and Immigration in the Book of Acts: A Guide and Framework for Ecclesial and Beloved Christian Communities in the 21st Century (Acts 2:1–13)

Israel Kamudzandu

Cleveland, TN

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THE IRONY OF POVERTY AMIDST CLAIMS OF ABUNDANCE IN AFRICANA PENTECOSTAL SETTINGS? IN THE PRESENT BUT LOOKING BACK AND FORWARD

Madipoane Masenya (ngwan'a Mphahlele)

Cleveland, TN

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THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND AS MINISTRY TO THE POOR

Trevor Grizzle

Cleveland, TN

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THE LIBERATING SPIRIT OF JUDGES (OTHNIEL, GIDEON, JEPHTHAH, AND SAMPSON)

Rick Wadholm Jr.

Cleveland, TN

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THE MINISTRY AND MISSIONAL OUTCOMES OF HEARING, RECOGNISING AND RESPONDING TO GOD’S VOICE IN THE AUSTRALIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

Tania Harris

Cleveland, TN

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THE POSTMODERN REJECTION OF NATURAL THEOLOGY AND A PENTECOSTAL WAY FORWARD

Andrew I. Shepard

Cleveland, TN

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THE PRACTICALITY OF HOLINESS: A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION OF CLASS, RACE, AND GENDER WITHIN BLACK HOLINESS PENTECOSTALISM, BISHOP IDA BELL ROBINSON, AND THE MOUNT SINAI HOLY CHURCH OF AMERICA

Dara Coleby Delgado

Cleveland, TN

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THE PROSPERITY GOSPEL IN TEXAS: THE CASE OF KENNETH COPELAND

J. Gordon Melton

Cleveland, TN

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THE RIGHT TO HARD WORK: THE DEMISE OF AN AMERICAN PENTECOSTAL SOCIAL ETHIC

Matthew Aric Smith

Cleveland, TN

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THE VISIONARY STRUCTURE OF EZEKIEL: A NARRATIVE THEOLOGICAL APPROACH

Lisa R. Ward

Cleveland, TN

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THY KINGDOM COME: THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM MANIFESTED IN BOLIVIA

Rhonda Garrison Haynes

Cleveland, TN

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“TIME WOULD FAIL TO TELL OF HEROIC SISTER DEANE”: HONG KONG’S ANNA M. DEANE AND THE PROGRESSIVE PENTECOSTAL MYTH

Alex R. Mayfield

Cleveland, TN

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TO KNOW YAHWEH IS TO CARE FOR THE POOR

Wilhelm J. Wessels

Cleveland, TN

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TO SET THE CAPTIVES FREE TOWARD A PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY OF PROPHETIC PREACHING

Sloan C. Parker

Cleveland, TN

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TRUST GOD TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIFFERENCE: THE ECONOMIC AND OPPORTUNITY COSTS OF BEING FEMALE AND A PREACHER

Andrea S. Johnson

Cleveland, TN

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WHEN HELPING IS NOT HELPFUL

Melodee R. Alexander

Cleveland, TN

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WHERE SHALL WE STAND? JEREMIAH 40 AND READERLY PERSPECTIVE IN THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH

Jared S. Runck

Cleveland, TN

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