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Evangelical Studies Program
Evangelical Studies Program
Evangelicalism and the Holy Spirit
October 1-3, 2025
Virtual Conference
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About The Conference

From its eighteenth-century emergence to the rise of its Pentecostal and charismatic varieties, Evangelicalism has often been shaped, differentiated, and divided by different theologies and practices in relation to the Holy Spirit. This conference will map and elucidate the varieties of Evangelical approaches to the Holy Spirit across time and place: from the early Evangelicalism of Whitefield and the Wesleys to contemporary Pentecostal uses of the past in social media, and across six continents.

Virtual Conference. Registration is required. All session times are in Central time zone.

October 1st

8:00am
Introductory Session
8:10am
D. Bruce Hindmarsh
(Regents College, Canada)
The Spirit of Early Evangelicalism
9:00am
Break
9:10am
Thomas Kidd
(Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)
The Holy Spirit and the Second Great Awakening
10:00am
Break
10:15am
Priscilla Pope Levison
(SMU Perkins School of Theology)
Dreams, Visions, Voices, and Embodied Episodes in Nineteenth-Century Holiness Women’s Call to Preach
11:00am
Break
11:10am
Kerrie Handasyde
(Pilgrim Theological College, Australia)
The Holy Spirit in the Nineteenth-Century Print Culture of Australia and the Pacific

October 2nd

8:00am
John Maiden
(Director, Evangelical Studies Program)
Reflections on 5 years of the ESP
8:10am
Andrew Atherstone
(Oxford University, UK)
Come, Holy Spirit: Pentecostal Pioneers in the late-Victorian Church of England
9:00am
Break
9:10am
J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
(Trinity Theological Seminary)
The Emotional Spirit: Evangelicalism, Its Malcontents, and the Making of African Charismatic Christianity
10:00am
Break
10:15am
John Amalraj
(Independent, India)
Acts of the Holy Spirit in the Indian Missional Movement
11:00am
Break
11:10am
Allison Kach-Yawnghwe
(Boston University)
Interdenominationally Pentecostal: YWAM, the Holy Spirit, and the Pentecostalization of World Christianity

October 3rd

8:00am
Worship
8:10am
Dongjun Seo
(Independent, South Korea)
The Holy Spirit and Capitalism: The Making of Yonggi Cho’s Pneumatology and Its Reception in the Context of Korea’s Economic Growth
9:00am
Break
9:10am
Caleb Maskell
(Independent, US)
Risk, Encounter, Discernment: The Development of John Wimber's Practical Ecclesiology
10:00am
Break
10:15am
Leah Payne
(George Fox University)
11:00am
Break
11:10am
Laura Hall
(Open University, UK)
Re-mixing the Pentecostal visual archive and creating Evangelical history: Social Media Stories
12:00pm
Concluding Remarks

Conference Registration

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