CPM Press

CPM Press is the publishing arm of the Center for Pentecostal Ministry. The latest volume, Encountering the Living Word: Relational Inductive Bible Study, is an introduction to inductive Bible study written from a decidedly Pentecostal perspective. CPM plans to publish a series of Bible study guides based on the methods presented in the Encountering text. You can also look for an abridged primer on Relational Inductive Bible Study. 

Encountering the Living Word

Encountering the Living Word: Relational Inductive Bible Study was written out of the authors's deep conviction that there is a critical need for a rebirth of serious Bible study among Pentecostals. The Bible is the Word of God in the form of human literature, and it is a vessel of the living presence of God, a human book, and a spiritual book. It should be studied with both in mind. This book offers a decidedly Pentecostal model for engaging both natures of the Bible.​

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I am Not a Poet

This book is a collection of poems, each written by the author. They were composed over a period of more than twenty years. Most were not written to be read by others. They were instead exercises in self-discovery. The author began writing them at a point of great despair. His faith was under tremendous strain. Everything he thought he knew about God and his self was being challenged at the core of his being. He thought he had been faithful. He was doing his part, but God wasn’t doing His, or so it seemed. Like Jacob long ago, he was wrestling with God and God was winning. Out of those experiences, he discovered some truths about himself, his God, and the Christian life.​

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The Pedagogy of the Holy Spirit

 Early Christian literature reveals that the church perceived its teaching ministry, indeed its entire existence, as being under the close supervision of the Holy Spirit. However, little attention has been given in modern times to the role of the Holy Spirit in church pedagogy. This doctoral dissertation sets forth an inter-disciplinary descriptive analysis of pedagogical issues associated with the Holy Spirit in the literature of early Christianity, and it offers a brief paradigm for Christian education based upon that analysis. The method of this study was to ask a series of questions from the perspectives of historical theology and pedagogy.