Description: An examination of how the idea of apostleship has become increasingly influential in charismatic and evangelical circles, and what implications this has for the global church in the 21st century.
Review Quotes: This is a thoroughly well-researched book on the role of apostles in the contemporary Charismatic Movement that will be a benchmark for years to come. The subject is topical and relevant and equally engaging of both sides of the argument in Evangelical and Pentecostal scholarship. A must-read! Allan Anderson, University of BirminghamI take this to be an important book because it brings together ideas that, if they reach their final fruition, will alter the shape and state of the worldwide church in the twenty-first century. I cannot, of course, be sure of this, and none of us can with any certainty predict what adventures and adversities will reveal themselves. If the theological examination to which apostolicity has been subjected by McNair Scott is fair, and if apostolicity is indeed valid, then the twenty-first-century church is going to incorporate a reality that will eventually have an impact on its normative functioning and effectiveness. William K. Kay, University of Chester; Glyndwr University"Increasingly from the 1970s, there has been a great deal of discussion around the theme of charismatic apostles [...] This volume endeavours to investigate and appraise the idea, seeking answers to some key questions pertinent to the Church environment of Britain and the USA." Stephen Hunt, Modern Believing, 56.3, July 2015"...this is an informative and instructive volume with plenty to interest the reader. Pentecostal and Charismatic leaders in particular would do well to read it both carefully and prayerfully."-Barry Chant, Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Vol. 18, 2016"This book will be useful not only for researchers mapping the present shape of Charismatic and Pentecostal church-streams, but for anyone concerned with the (whole) Church's future, whether clergy, laypeople, or perhaps even apostles!"-Aaron P. Edwards, Theological Book Review, Vol. 27 No.1, 2016