Pentecostalism and Mission in Africa, 1970-2000

Pentecostalism is growing rapidly in Africa driven by a passion for mission. This paper argues that the contemporary Pentecostal movement has its roots in a youthful charismatic movement that arose among mainline churches in the 1970s. The profile of the origins is explored with two case studies from Nigeria and Kenya. The character of the movement and the strategies for mission changed in every decade. This paper explores the increased use of media technology from the 1980s, and the solution to manpower problems by creating Christian universities in the 1990s. At the same time, an eschatological missionary impulse to recover the glory of Africa in the end-times compelled new strategies. Soon, African Pentecostals in a process of reverse flow exploded in the global north. How can we critique all these from a broader missiological perspective?