Video: Global Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism: Convergences and Challenges, Part 2—Spring 2017 Nyvall Lecture

North Park Theological Seminary welcomes Dr. Amos Yong, Professor of Theology and Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, for the David Nyvall Lectures. His graduate education includes degrees in theology, history, and religious studies from Western Evangelical Seminary (now George Fox Seminary) and Portland State University, both in Portland, Oregon, and Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, and an undergraduate degree from Bethany University of the Assemblies of God. He has authored or edited over forty volumes. He and his wife, Alma, have three children – Annalisa, a senior at Point Loma University (San Diego, California); Alyssa, a graduate of Vanguard University (Costa Mesa, California); and Aizaiah (pronounced like the biblical Isaiah, also married to Neddy), who works in the Office of Diversity at Vanguard University and is a PhD (practical theology) student at Claremont School of Theology (Claremont, California) – and one granddaughter (Serenity Joy, from Aizaiah and Neddy). Amos and Alma reside in Pasadena, California.

n this follow-up session, Dr. Amos Yong explores how evangelical and pentecostal/charismatic streams converge across the Global South while retaining meaningful differences. He clarifies what he means by “Pentecostalization”—not just lively worship but a thicker pneumatology that shapes mission, ecclesiology, and public witness—and explains how evangelical commitments (biblical authority, catechesis, institutional depth) can serve as necessary guardrails for rapidly growing charismatic movements. He also revisits the lecture’s historical arc, noting how 20th-century renewal movements diversified beyond Western centers and became deeply contextual in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

The Q&A then focuses on live tensions: prosperity teaching and socioeconomic ethics; distinguishing contextualization from syncretism; the place of healing/deliverance and discernment of spirits; nationalism and political entanglements; gender, leadership, and theological education; and practical pathways for mutual “reception and correction” between evangelicals and pentecostals. Yong emphasizes slow, local theological formation, reciprocal partnerships (North–South and South–South), and cultivating accountable charismatic practice within robust discipleship so that Spirit-empowered mission remains both culturally attuned and gospel-rooted.

Timestamps

• Framing the Q&A and scope — ~00:00

• What “Pentecostalization” does (beyond style) — ~02:00

• Shared evangelical–pentecostal DNA (Scripture, conversion, mission) — ~06:00

• Contextualization vs. syncretism in the Global South — ~10:00

• Prosperity teaching: discernment and social ethics — ~14:00

• Healing/deliverance and pastoral accountability — ~18:00

• Nationalism, power, and public witness — ~22:00

• Women’s leadership and formation pipelines — ~26:00

• Theological education for fast-growing movements — ~30:00

• Mutual reception/correction between traditions — ~34:00

• Practical next steps for churches & seminaries — ~38:00

• Final charge and closing — ~42:00