TITLE:
The Rising Paradigm of Pentecostapreneurship in Nigeria: Impacts on National Development
AUTHORS:
Ngozi N. Iheanacho, Chidiebere A. Ughaerumba
KEYWORDS:
Pentecostalism, Pentecostapreneurship, Evangeconomics, Church, Nigeria, National Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Philosophy,
Vol.6 No.3,
August
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: For over four decades now, the Pentecostal brand of Christianity has remained on steady rise and boom in Nigeria. The churches flourish as vibrant business enterprises—the founders and leaders—operate in the praxis of entrepreneurs. The number of such churches operating in the frame of pentecostapreneurship is so many that investigation into the phenomenon is necessary. Relying on phenomenological method of enquiry, skewed in qualitative analysis, the paper identified the pentecostapreneurship praxis as veritable socio-economic activity for national development. The operational strategies revolve around crusade, revival and outreach programmes.