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  • Robert Menzies

    Robert P. Menzies, PhD (University of Aberdeen, Scotland), has lived and served in China for over twenty years. Robert is currently the Director of Synergy, a rural service organization located in Kunming, China. He is editor at the Asian Center for Pentecostal Theology and the author of Speaking in Tongues: Jesus and the Apostolic Church as Models for the Church Today (CPT Press, 2016), Pentecost: This Story is Our Story (Gospel Publishing House, 2013), Making Pentecost Your Story: 50 Days of Reflection and Prayer (Xanesti Creative Solutions, 2015), Spirit and Power: Foundations of Pentecostal Experience (Zondervan, 2011), The Language of the Spirit: Interpreting and Translating Charismatic Terms (CPT Press, 2010), Empowered for Witness: The Spirit in Luke-Acts (Sheffield, 1995), and co-editor of Pentecostalism in Context: Essays in Honor of William W. Menzies (Wipf & Stock, 2008), The Spirit and Spirituality: Essays in Honor of Russell P. Spittler (Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2004), Robert Menzies, Christ-Centered: The Evangelical Nature of Pentecostal Theology (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2020), and Robert Menzies, The End of History: Pentecostals and a Fresh Approach to the Apocalypse (Hong Kong: Asian Center for Pentecostal Theology, 2022).

    Recent Posts
    Three Books I am Excited About
    Why Pentecostal Churches Are Growing
    Fenggang Yang: “Xi Jinping is Not Trying to Make Christianity More Chinese”
    Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Conversation with readers
    Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 3: Gaining Perspective
Biblical Studies, Summer 2025

Three Books I am Excited About

by Robert Menzies August 25, 2025 0
I want to introduce to you three books that have just been published. I am excited about these books because I feel that each one, in a unique way, will make a significant... Read more.
Acts Bible Commentaries Books Craig S. Keener Glen Menzies Robert Menzies Romans The Crimson Thread Timothy Dresselhaus Word And Spirit
Ministry, Summer 2024

Why Pentecostal Churches Are Growing

by Robert Menzies August 5, 2024 0
In 2009 the University of Southern California established the Pentecostal and Charismatic Research Initiative (PCRI) with a $6.9 million grant from the John Templeton... Read more.
Church In China Churches Global South Growing Healing Latino Pentecostalism Pentecostal Revival Robert Menzies
Ministry, Winter 2024

Fenggang Yang: “Xi Jinping is Not Trying to Make Christianity More Chinese”

by Robert Menzies February 12, 2024 0
Missionary-scholar Robert Menzies looks at what one China scholar says about recent changes in religious policy in China: this is not an attempt to make churches... Read more.
Chinese Christianity Fenggang Yang House Churches Xi Jinping
Church History, Summer 2023

Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Conversation with readers

by Robert Menzies September 15, 2023 0
The editors of PneumaReview.com are always glad to hear from our readers. We want to encourage interactions with our writers whenever possible. Thank you for leaving... Read more.
Asia China Chinese Conversation House Churches Pentecostal Predominantly Robert Menzies
Church History, Winter 2023

Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 3: Gaining Perspective

by Robert Menzies June 12, 2023 0
Is the Church in China Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 3: Gaining Perspective: A Contextual Assessment   The strong Pentecostal orientation of the Church in... Read more.
Asia China Chinese Church House Churches Menzies Pentecostal Perspective
Church History, Summer 2022

Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 1: Introduction

by Robert Menzies June 1, 2023 0
Is the Church in China Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 1: Introduction By Robert P. Menzies The Wind of the Holy Spirit Will Blow Everywhere From the East coast... Read more.
Asia China Chinese Church House Churches Pentecostal Robert Menzies
Church History, Summer 2022

Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Author’s Preface

by Robert Menzies May 30, 2023 0
Author’s Preface: “Is the Church in China Predominantly Pentecostal? An Answer from the ‘Golden Years’ of the Chinese House Church Movement”... Read more.
Asia China Chinese Church House Churches Pentecostal Persecuted Preface Robert Menzies
Church History, Fall 2022

Robert Menzies: Is the Chinese Church Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 2: The House Church Networks

by Robert Menzies November 21, 2022 0
Is the Church in China Predominantly Pentecostal? Part 2: The House Church Networks: A Theological Assessment China for Christ (Fang Cheng) Let us begin with what... Read more.
Asia China Chinese Church House Churches Networks Pentecostal
Ministry, Winter 2017

The Future of the Church in China: Why China’s House Churches will Prevail

by Robert Menzies February 21, 2017 0
If you are a Christian from North America or Europe, when you enter the Holy Trinity Church in Kunming, China, the architecture of this beautiful, stately structure... Read more.
China Chinas Church Churches Featured Future House Prevail
In Depth, Winter 2016

Introducing the Asian Center for Pentecostal Theology

by Robert Menzies March 26, 2016 0
PneumaReview.com editor Raul Mock asked Robert Menzies to tell us about himself and the new Asian Center for Pentecostal Theology (ACPT). I have provided below what... Read more.
Asian Center Introducing Pentecostal Theology
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