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Acknowledgements
My heart overflows with a deep sense of gratitude to God Almighty, for in Him I
live and move and have my being, and He is the prime source behind the
completion of this work.
I could not have achieved this task without the assistance and support of a number
of people and institutions. I am immensely grateful and indebted to Prof. Allan
Anderson, my supervisor, for his thorough guidance and valuable insights, and
also his pastoral care and concern. I have benefited from his vast knowledge of
global Pentecostalism, and his efficient scholarship.
I am thankful to Prof. Werner Ustorf for the useful comments on my research
proposal in the initial period. I also extend my thanks to Prof. Martin Stringer for
the valuable advice given regarding the field research. I acknowledge my
gratefulness to both Dr. Richard Burgess and my friend Jerry who read my work
carefully, and gave useful suggestions and correction of my writing. I am also
grateful for the interaction of the faculty members and fellow post-graduate
students of the Centre for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at the University of
Birmingham, which in various ways assisted my work.
Studying at the University of Birmingham would not have been possible without
the encouragement of the late Dr. Thomas Mathews who was a major source of
inspiration for my research, and his untimely demise has made its own impact
along the journey. I acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr. Finny Philip, the