TY  - BOOK
AU  - Darko, Nicholas 
TI  - Towards A Biblical Model Of Funding African Missionsthe Case Of The Church Of Pentecost In Ghana
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Johannesburg South Africa
PB  - South African Theological Seminary
N2  - The purpose of this study was to find out how the Church of Pentecost in Ghana, an African  Pentecostal  missional  Church, can  improve  its current missions-funding praxis nits African mission nations. This is because of the fast-growing phenomenon of Africa-to-Africa missions. Based on a modified form of the Osmer model of practical theology, the study first used literary exploratory and biblical analysis methods. These methods were then enhanced by qualitative case study approach to collect data, through interviews, focus group discussions, document study and personal observation, involving sixty participants from twenty African nations. Some  key  findings were: First, although the  Church  of  Pentecost practises various models of missions-funding, however it seems to identify mostly with self-supporting model of funding missions. Second, the Church has a well-structured  missions-funding practice in  Ghana, as  compared  to  other  African initiated Churches, but the implementation of the structures in the African mission nations  appears challenged. Third,  there are visible improvements in  funding missions in  the  mission  nations,  nevertheless these  improvements  need lucid definition and  standardisation  to  be  holistic, due  to  the  challenge  of  poverty  to Africa-to-Africa  missions. A critical correlation  of  the current praxis  of  funding missions, as against  biblical  guidelines resulted  in  the  formulation of  a  model, which  sought  to rediscover a  praxis that  would  be  relevant  to  Africa-to-Africa missions-funding. The  study  critically broaches the  issue  of  African-to-Africa missions-funding, using  a  comprehensive  analysis of a  case  study  of  one Pentecostal Church to incentivise the phenomenon of Africa-to-Africa missions-funding. The  recommendations  would not  only  help  the  Church  of  Pentecost-Ghana  to improve  upon  its  praxis  of  missions-funding  practice,  but  could  be  a spring board for other African churches embarking on Africa-to-Africa missions. It also  fills  an  important  gap  in  the  theology  literature,  especially  for  students  of Pentecostal missions in Africa
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