Books by Martin W Mittelstadt
Canadian Pentecostal Reader: The First Generation of Pentecostal Voices in Canada, 1907–1925, Feb 11, 2021
The term ‘North American Pentecostalism’ may now be shelved beside other phrases that have lost t... more The term ‘North American Pentecostalism’ may now be shelved beside other phrases that have lost their meaning. With the publication of the Canadian Pentecostal Reader, there is Canadian primary source material ready at hand to challenge the prevailing idea of a homogeneous continental Pentecostal experience that originated at the Azusa Street revival in Los Angeles. Mittelstadt and Courtney have made available in one book the earliest newsletters of Canadian Pentecostalism (1907–1925), with each publication introduced by sections on ‘The People’ and ‘The Publication.’ The historical background work is commendable and revealing: the authors have uncovered little-known Canadian pioneers and their publications. Within these pages you will hear Pentecostal themes delivered with a Canadian accent. These emphases reflect the northern sensibilities of Canadian Pentecostals influenced not only by those south of their border but also by those across the pond in Britain. Canadian Pentecostalism owes a debt to the authors for their commitment to the painstaking transcription process from original publication to book format. They deliver to us the standard resource for early Canadian Pentecostalism. – Van Johnson, Dean, Master’s Pentecostal Seminary and Director of the MTS in Pentecostal Studies, Tyndale University, Toronto, Ontario
Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of Biblical Studies at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri.
Caleb Howard Courtney (MTS, Tyndale University) is an independent scholar and secondary school teacher in Sarnia, Ontario.
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Pentecostal and Mennonite contributors to this volume have been enriched by mutual hospitality. T... more Pentecostal and Mennonite contributors to this volume have been enriched by mutual hospitality. Through friendships across their respective traditions, they have shared and received the benefits of theological, experiential, and ministry convergence. In celebration of their common journeys, they offer their collective lives as Mennocostals. You will enjoy inspiring, honest, and vulnerable accounts of formation and ministry from academics, pastors, and missionaries. If you find these Mennocostal stories compelling, you will invariably want to discover your own story alongside and beyond the stories in this volume.
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“With both personal testimony and historical analysis, Mennocostals demonstrates not only that Mennonites and Pentecostals have often interacted in the past, but also that much greater future cross-fertilization would be very productive and significant for both groups. This book will nurture that highly desirable future.”
—Ronald J. Sider, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry, and Public Policy, Palmer Seminary at Eastern University, author of Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger.
“Since the day of Pentecost the winds of the Spirit have blown in unexpected ways. In rich and vivid detail this collection of personal essays beautifully captures the encounter of two theological traditions, and the mutual renewal that is possible when both are attentive to the surprising stirrings of the Holy Spirit. Read it and be inspired!”
—John Roth, Professor of History, Goshen College
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Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition , 2021
As a relatively new methodology, reception history continues to gain traction in biblical, theolo... more As a relatively new methodology, reception history continues to gain traction in biblical, theological, and philosophical studies. Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition furthers the conversation with groundbreaking analysis of how the Pentecostal tradition read, interpreted, viewed, and performed Scripture. Included in this volume are twelve essays by global scholars who bring their methodological, biblical, and theological expertise to Pentecostal readings of Scripture. Each contributor documents not only how Pentecostals received the Scriptures, but also provide insights and analysis for these interpretations in their respective communities. This volume will serve as an excellent foundation for students and seasoned scholars interested in better understanding Pentecostal reception with all of its theological and hermeneutical implications.
Daniel D. Isgrigg (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is Assistant Professor and Director of the Holy Spirit Research Center and Archives, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of New Testament at Evangel University, Springfield, MO, USA.
Rick Wadholm, Jr (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is an independent scholar based in Ellendale, ND, USA.
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This work is volume 1 in a new series entitled FRAMEWORKS. The series is dedicated to interdisci... more This work is volume 1 in a new series entitled FRAMEWORKS. The series is dedicated to interdisciplinary studies on the integration of faith and learning. Given Jesus' command to "love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength," the time is ripe for confessional scholarship and education across the disciplines. We implore God's Spirit to change us through the great works of history and literature alongside developments in science, psychology, and economics--and all of this--through intense engagement with the Scriptures. We want to celebrate God's work across the disciplines. We seek the likes of psychologists in conversation with philosophers, ethicists with historians, biblical scholars with rhetoricians, scientists with economists, environmentalists with neurologists. As these conversations continue across the disciplines, the "framework" from which to draw our individual and collective testimonies will only enlarge. We invite you to think, behave, preach, sing, pray, research and indeed to live this multi-faceted journey with us. If indeed our stories are never complete, we invite future contributors and readers to join us in pursuit of deeper personal and collective transformation.
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"This inaugural volume of the Frameworks series marks it as a go-to set of books for those working in Christian universities. Its contributors here connect the liberal arts tradition to Christian formation in provocative and thoughtful ways, and Lewis and Mittelstadt's editorial oversight is suggestive for how interdisciplinarity will continue to facilitate the integration of Christian faith and learning in the present higher education ferment." Amos Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
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Legacy: 75 Years at Manhattan Beach Camp, 2014
A History of Manhattan Beach Camp, the District Camp for the Manitoba/NW Ontario District of the ... more A History of Manhattan Beach Camp, the District Camp for the Manitoba/NW Ontario District of the Assemblies of God. Introduction by Marty Mittelstadt. Testimonies - Collected and Edited by Marty Mittelstadt. Formatted by MBRC Camp Director Craig Doerksen. Published by Friesen Printers in Altona, MB.
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I am at work, church, or a coffee bar, and someone strikes up a conversation. Immediately after t... more I am at work, church, or a coffee bar, and someone strikes up a conversation. Immediately after the exchange of names, the default question becomes: "And what do you do?" The stereotypical response assumed by both parties centers on employment. As an advisor of students and a mentor in various contexts, I struggle with a popular question, namely, "What is God's call upon your life?" and the automatic response, "I want to be a [pick one] teacher, pastor, scientist, journalist, etc.." Instead, I inquire something akin to "What is God saying/where is God working in your life?" or "What is your story?" Seldom do these questions lead people to speak about their families. Until I probe them, students gravitate toward career preparation. In this chapter, I suggest an answer that links our vocation to family. Since every person participates in family, calling serves less as a quest and more as a daily vocation that includes lifelong responsibilities to family. In a world bent on the question, "To what or where am I called?", the call to family changes the question: "To whom are you called?"
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“A Personal Pentecostal Response to the Death Penalty.” Unpublished Paper Presented for the Compa... more “A Personal Pentecostal Response to the Death Penalty.” Unpublished Paper Presented for the Compassion Symposium @ Evangel University in Springfield, MO (September 20, 2019).
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“A Pentecostal Vision for the Common Good: Lukan Politics Then and Now” in Politics of the Spiri... more “A Pentecostal Vision for the Common Good: Lukan Politics Then and Now” in Politics of the Spirit. Pentecostal Reflections on Public Responsibility and the Common Good. Edited by Daniela Augustine and Chris Green. Lanham, MD: Seymour Press, 2023.
The professor walks into the room and asks his students to write a short paragraph on the scheduled topic: “How would you describe the convergence of Pentecostals, Luke-Acts, and the common good?” In my classes, I make students aware of the well-documented Pentecostal proclivities toward Luke-Acts. Not only have our Pentecostal scholars mined Luke-Acts for applied theologies such as hospitality, women, disabilities, peace, nonviolence, immigration, and ecumenism, but they are adding regularly to a growing body of scholarship on Luke’s umbrella motif of social justice. In this essay, I attempt the threefold convergence, namely a Pentecostal vision for social responsibility by way of Luke-Acts. My proposal is an invitation for further study into a topic surely too voluminous for a short essay. A further reason for such an impossible task stems from my belief that Luke tells a complicated story for believers who must tread a delicate web of political ambiguity. Given such ambiguity, I suggest that Luke’s story should inspire contemporary Pentecostals to imagine an array of political responses. Pentecostals should simultaneously challenge and affirm our societies; and they ought to do so through adoption, interrogation, and/or extension of private and public practices concerning the common good.
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“Manifest Lament: Pentecostals, Lukan Hospitality, and Indigenous Decolonization” in Celebrating ... more “Manifest Lament: Pentecostals, Lukan Hospitality, and Indigenous Decolonization” in Celebrating Life in Community: Social Ethics and the Church, Essays in Honour of Murray Dempster. Edited by Kenneth Archer, Daniela Augustine, and Zachary Tackett. Oxford, UK: Regnum Press, 2023.
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Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 2023
Willie Jennings on the Tongues of Pentecost: A Prophetic Messenger for Pentecostals. A Revie... more Willie Jennings on the Tongues of Pentecost: A Prophetic Messenger for Pentecostals. A Review Essay” in Journal of Pentecostal Theology, Forthcoming.
For some reason, I find myself regularly invited to the role of a Pentecostal reviewer on Lukan scholarship. In so doing, I never cease to be amazed at the contributions to Lukan studies by my Pentecostal peers. With roughly a half-century of scholarly contributions behind us, we are no longer on the fringe of Lukan scholarship. At the same time, I am an avid advocate for non-Pentecostal Lukan scholars who deserve the utmost attention of our Pentecostal scholars, students, and pastors. Willie Jennings is such a scholar. I shared with several friends that I had not read a commentary from cover to cover in a long time until I encountered Jennings’ page-turning commentary on Acts. When Chris Green invited me to this conversation, I did not hesitate. Jennings’ Acts commentary should be a gamechanger
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Prepared for PCCNA / USCCB Dialogue in September 2023 at University of Notre Dame. To be Publishe... more Prepared for PCCNA / USCCB Dialogue in September 2023 at University of Notre Dame. To be Published in Spiritus: ORU Journal of Theology, Forthcoming.
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Prepared for the PCCNA/USCCB Exploratory Dialogue @ University of Notre Dame (Sept 2023) for Spir... more Prepared for the PCCNA/USCCB Exploratory Dialogue @ University of Notre Dame (Sept 2023) for Spiritus (Oral Roberts Journal), forthcoming
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The Theology of Amos Yong and the New Face of Pentecostal Scholarship, 2013
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Pneuma, 2023
For Pneuma: Journal for the Society for Pentecostal Studies
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Handbook of Pentecostal Christianity, 2012
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Pneuma, 2021
In this presidential address, I outline a history of pentecostal/charismatic reception. I explore... more In this presidential address, I outline a history of pentecostal/charismatic reception. I explore different ways that pentecostal/charismatic believers have received, appropriated, and used Acts 8 throughout our history. I propose that a reception of more than one hundred years of pentecostal musings over Acts 8 provides a snapshot of our extended pentecostal family. I suggest up front that this family history exposes pentecostal/ charismatic notions about the nature of biblical interpretation. I conclude with general observations from my research and suggest further implications for students and scholars interested in reception history.
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Books by Martin W Mittelstadt
Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of Biblical Studies at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri.
Caleb Howard Courtney (MTS, Tyndale University) is an independent scholar and secondary school teacher in Sarnia, Ontario.
Endorsements
“With both personal testimony and historical analysis, Mennocostals demonstrates not only that Mennonites and Pentecostals have often interacted in the past, but also that much greater future cross-fertilization would be very productive and significant for both groups. This book will nurture that highly desirable future.”
—Ronald J. Sider, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry, and Public Policy, Palmer Seminary at Eastern University, author of Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger.
“Since the day of Pentecost the winds of the Spirit have blown in unexpected ways. In rich and vivid detail this collection of personal essays beautifully captures the encounter of two theological traditions, and the mutual renewal that is possible when both are attentive to the surprising stirrings of the Holy Spirit. Read it and be inspired!”
—John Roth, Professor of History, Goshen College
Daniel D. Isgrigg (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is Assistant Professor and Director of the Holy Spirit Research Center and Archives, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of New Testament at Evangel University, Springfield, MO, USA.
Rick Wadholm, Jr (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is an independent scholar based in Ellendale, ND, USA.
Endorsement
"This inaugural volume of the Frameworks series marks it as a go-to set of books for those working in Christian universities. Its contributors here connect the liberal arts tradition to Christian formation in provocative and thoughtful ways, and Lewis and Mittelstadt's editorial oversight is suggestive for how interdisciplinarity will continue to facilitate the integration of Christian faith and learning in the present higher education ferment." Amos Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
Papers by Martin W Mittelstadt
The professor walks into the room and asks his students to write a short paragraph on the scheduled topic: “How would you describe the convergence of Pentecostals, Luke-Acts, and the common good?” In my classes, I make students aware of the well-documented Pentecostal proclivities toward Luke-Acts. Not only have our Pentecostal scholars mined Luke-Acts for applied theologies such as hospitality, women, disabilities, peace, nonviolence, immigration, and ecumenism, but they are adding regularly to a growing body of scholarship on Luke’s umbrella motif of social justice. In this essay, I attempt the threefold convergence, namely a Pentecostal vision for social responsibility by way of Luke-Acts. My proposal is an invitation for further study into a topic surely too voluminous for a short essay. A further reason for such an impossible task stems from my belief that Luke tells a complicated story for believers who must tread a delicate web of political ambiguity. Given such ambiguity, I suggest that Luke’s story should inspire contemporary Pentecostals to imagine an array of political responses. Pentecostals should simultaneously challenge and affirm our societies; and they ought to do so through adoption, interrogation, and/or extension of private and public practices concerning the common good.
For some reason, I find myself regularly invited to the role of a Pentecostal reviewer on Lukan scholarship. In so doing, I never cease to be amazed at the contributions to Lukan studies by my Pentecostal peers. With roughly a half-century of scholarly contributions behind us, we are no longer on the fringe of Lukan scholarship. At the same time, I am an avid advocate for non-Pentecostal Lukan scholars who deserve the utmost attention of our Pentecostal scholars, students, and pastors. Willie Jennings is such a scholar. I shared with several friends that I had not read a commentary from cover to cover in a long time until I encountered Jennings’ page-turning commentary on Acts. When Chris Green invited me to this conversation, I did not hesitate. Jennings’ Acts commentary should be a gamechanger
Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of Biblical Studies at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri.
Caleb Howard Courtney (MTS, Tyndale University) is an independent scholar and secondary school teacher in Sarnia, Ontario.
Endorsements
“With both personal testimony and historical analysis, Mennocostals demonstrates not only that Mennonites and Pentecostals have often interacted in the past, but also that much greater future cross-fertilization would be very productive and significant for both groups. This book will nurture that highly desirable future.”
—Ronald J. Sider, Distinguished Professor of Theology, Holistic Ministry, and Public Policy, Palmer Seminary at Eastern University, author of Rich Christians In An Age Of Hunger.
“Since the day of Pentecost the winds of the Spirit have blown in unexpected ways. In rich and vivid detail this collection of personal essays beautifully captures the encounter of two theological traditions, and the mutual renewal that is possible when both are attentive to the surprising stirrings of the Holy Spirit. Read it and be inspired!”
—John Roth, Professor of History, Goshen College
Daniel D. Isgrigg (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is Assistant Professor and Director of the Holy Spirit Research Center and Archives, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USA.
Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of New Testament at Evangel University, Springfield, MO, USA.
Rick Wadholm, Jr (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is an independent scholar based in Ellendale, ND, USA.
Endorsement
"This inaugural volume of the Frameworks series marks it as a go-to set of books for those working in Christian universities. Its contributors here connect the liberal arts tradition to Christian formation in provocative and thoughtful ways, and Lewis and Mittelstadt's editorial oversight is suggestive for how interdisciplinarity will continue to facilitate the integration of Christian faith and learning in the present higher education ferment." Amos Yong, Professor of Theology & Mission, Fuller Theological Seminary
The professor walks into the room and asks his students to write a short paragraph on the scheduled topic: “How would you describe the convergence of Pentecostals, Luke-Acts, and the common good?” In my classes, I make students aware of the well-documented Pentecostal proclivities toward Luke-Acts. Not only have our Pentecostal scholars mined Luke-Acts for applied theologies such as hospitality, women, disabilities, peace, nonviolence, immigration, and ecumenism, but they are adding regularly to a growing body of scholarship on Luke’s umbrella motif of social justice. In this essay, I attempt the threefold convergence, namely a Pentecostal vision for social responsibility by way of Luke-Acts. My proposal is an invitation for further study into a topic surely too voluminous for a short essay. A further reason for such an impossible task stems from my belief that Luke tells a complicated story for believers who must tread a delicate web of political ambiguity. Given such ambiguity, I suggest that Luke’s story should inspire contemporary Pentecostals to imagine an array of political responses. Pentecostals should simultaneously challenge and affirm our societies; and they ought to do so through adoption, interrogation, and/or extension of private and public practices concerning the common good.
For some reason, I find myself regularly invited to the role of a Pentecostal reviewer on Lukan scholarship. In so doing, I never cease to be amazed at the contributions to Lukan studies by my Pentecostal peers. With roughly a half-century of scholarly contributions behind us, we are no longer on the fringe of Lukan scholarship. At the same time, I am an avid advocate for non-Pentecostal Lukan scholars who deserve the utmost attention of our Pentecostal scholars, students, and pastors. Willie Jennings is such a scholar. I shared with several friends that I had not read a commentary from cover to cover in a long time until I encountered Jennings’ page-turning commentary on Acts. When Chris Green invited me to this conversation, I did not hesitate. Jennings’ Acts commentary should be a gamechanger
Prepared for SPS 2022 Vanguard University
In the spirit of “Reading Luke-Acts” in the Pentecostal and Mennocostal traditions, I have an insatiable desire to discover further convergence between Luke’s story not only among traditions, but also across cultural and genre lines. In earlier publications, I have examined how specific individuals and communities “read” the Lukan story. For this project, I invite students to “hear” Luke via song. “Spotifying Luke-Acts” is a collection of songs and a complementary booklet with album artwork and lyrics. Students will come face to face with various themes that present both challenges and opportunities for convergence between Luke and recent artists and performers.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0CYlhp5HszkklPgxLFmV62?si=f9271c8282c44da9