Kelvin Onongha
Kelvin Onongha, PhD, DMin, is a professor of World Missions, Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria
Articles by Kelvin Onongha
Qualitative church growth
August 2024
In an age when membership growth in many evangelical Christian denominations has either plateaued or is in decline, the Seventh-day Adventist Church appears to be an outlier, experiencing steady membership growth on many fronts and in diverse…
Dealing with the demonic
April 2020
Some time ago, The Economist featured a story indicating an upsurge in cases of exorcisms in France and some other neighboring nations.1 It reported about an exorcist who earned up to about $182 per hour for his services and another…
Prayer as praise: Towards a theology of prayer for mission engagement
November 2019
Prayer is one religious discipline that has received much attention through the ages. Christians have placed a great deal of emphasis on the necessity of prayer for maintaining a close relationship with God. But another function of prayer…
Stand up, speak up, shut up: Lessons from a picketing prophet
May 2018
In increasing intensity, the cry for justice, equity, and freedom for the oppressed, deprived, and marginalized is spreading around the world. Also, more classes and categories of society are lending their voices and marching in protest against…
A conspiracy of silence: Power for missions today (Part 2 of 2)
December 2014
The Adventist Church has not been entirely left out in the discussion on the need for the power of the Holy Spirit in the experience of the church. Church historian LeRoy Froom, writing more than 60 years ago, stated, “The church is up to…
Signs, wonders, and the Adventist Church (Part 1 of 2)
October 2014
A quick reading of The Acts of the Apostles is enough to make one ask, “Whatever happened to the church?” for Ellen White shows…
How to Increase the Power of your Preaching Through Stories
April 2014
Jesus is perhaps the greatest Storyteller in history. He told stories not to entertain crowds, not to carry on a philosophic dialogue with seekers and skeptics, and not to establish…
