Jeffreys had always upheld the authority of the Bible. Consequently, although Elim was thoroughly and proudly Pentecostal, it derived its distinctiveness from a commitment to the Bible, and the pastors simply did not find BI in the Scriptures. At almost exactly the same time, the basic legal ...
During the course of the 20th century, Pentecostal and charismatic Churches came to be so successful that in the end, they influenced historic missionary Churches (Asamoah-Gyadu 2013, p. 13). They also added a new understanding to the concept of "African Christianity" which, in various ...