Abstract This article presents a comprehensive review of the scholarship on the International Roman Catholic-Classical Pentecostal Dialogue ( IRCCPD ), tracing its development across more than fifty years since its inception in 1972. It maps the research landscape into three key dimensions—historical, theological, and methodological—and situates each contribution within its historical and dialogical context. Special emphasis is placed on the progression of the IRCCPD —from addressing mutual misunderstandings to fostering substantive theological reflection. The article further explores the dialogue’s engagement with major theological themes, including ecclesiology, pneumatology, missiology, and spirituality. Last, it highlights emerging methodological concerns and calls for deeper engagement with the IRCCPD and other ecumenical dialogues involving Pentecostal perspectives.
Prophecy has been a vital component of Pentecostalism from the beginning. Empirical studies on charismatic prophecy have lamented the lack of effective discernment processes to evaluate the validity of prophetic messages. Solutions to the question of discernment are further complicated by cultural orientation toward individualism or collectivism. This article explores how the individualism-collectivism syndrome impacts prophetic discernment, with attention given to voices from Scripture, the Pentecostal academy, everyday prophets, indigenous cultures, and social scientists. Following the distinct classical Pentecostal method of practical theology developed by James Seager, this article concludes with a proposal for a biblically faithful discernment process that can be implemented in both individualistic and collectivistic cultures.
Abstract This article is a rereading of Acts 1:8 through the lens of collective trauma, migration, and postcolonial theology. While traditionally interpreted as a programmatic verse of missionary expansion, Acts 1:8 is here reframed as a theological response to the early Christian community’s experience of violence, displacement, and marginalization. Drawing on collective trauma theory and postcolonial interpretation, I argue that Acts 1:8 narrates the story of a wounded people in which the Holy Spirit functions not as an agent of conquest but as the Spirit of Resilience—accompanying displaced migrants, reshaping their identity, and empowering witness through suffering. This reading challenges triumphalist narratives and invites the Church today to embrace the Spirit’s movement toward vulnerability, empathy, and solidarity with the displaced in their wounds. Acts 1:8 is thus reclaimed not as a charter for expansion but as a sacred invitation to reimagine mission from the margins.
