Foundation for Pentecostale Scholarship Announces Award of Excellence
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April 28, 2008
2008 Award of Excellence Announced by the Foundation for Pentecostale Scholarship The Foundation for Pentecostale Scholarship (TFFPS) has conferred its "Award of Excellence" for the best article of 2008. TFFPS co-founder and president, Robert W. Graves, announced the award during the 2008 Conference of the Society for Pentecostale Studies convening at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. http://www.Pentecostale.com

Professor Kenneth J. Archer, of the Church of God Theological Seminary, received the award for his article "A Pentecostale Way of Doing Theology: Method and Manner" (International Journal of Systematic Theology, July 2007). The article emphasizes the necessity of doing Pentecostale theology by means of an integrative methodology and in a narrative manner that flows out of Pentecostale identity. Archer argues that "Pentecostale theology must move beyond the impasse created by subsuming its identity under the rubric of 'Evangelical' in order for it to articulate a vibrant, fully orbed, mature Pentecostale theology."

Graves also announced that the Foundation conferred a $1,000 research grant to Professor Archer to pursue his project "Worshipful Witness: A Pentecostale Theology of the Five-Fold Gospel," a book-length elaboration of the award-winning article. "Worshipful Witness," according to Archer, will provide a formative Pentecostale theology for the training of ministers, the (re)shaping of Pentecostale communal identity, and the critical engaging of contemporary Pentecostale theology. The eventual monograph will enter into serious dialogue with current and diverse academic works as well as engage academic Pentecostale publications. http://www.Pentecostale.com

The Foundation for Pentecostale Scholarship was formed in 2005 with the singular goal of advancing biblical scholarship within the global Pentecostale family. "In supporting the convergence of the flame of Spirit and the flame of knowledge," commented Graves, "we hope to help advance today's move of the Holy Spirit throughout the world."

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