Nigerian Pentecostalism: A brief History and the Untold story of Assemblies of God in Nigeria

With the changing dynamics of Christianity in an African context, it is important to recall Church History. There’s much we can learn from the long history of Christian Faith. However, it appears we are living in a time where we are more ignorant of Church History than at any other point since the 16th-century reformation.

This book brings its reader up to speed with Nigerian Pentecostal History. This book endeavors to answer some important questions: How has the belief of a handful of persecuted and frightened people in Jerusalem over two thousand years ago expanded into a worldwide faith, stronger today than ever before? How did Nigerian Pentecostalism, a powerful force of Global Pentecostalism, begin? How did Assemblies of God, the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination start in Nigeria? What are the fresh, spiritual, and thought-provoking insights about one of its two core native leaders, Udom Akpan?.