Levels of Membership

Full Member: $50 Annually
Requirements: Hold an earned graduate degree from a recognized institution of higher education, currently engaged in Christian education (administrative or instructional), or have made significant literary contributions to Pentecostal literature and journalism. Applicants without an earned graduate degree should submit a statement of qualifications for consideration by the membership committee. Must subscribe to the Society's Statement of Purpose, which follows:

To support fully, to the extent appropriate for an academic society, the statement of purposes of the World Pentecostal Fellowship, which reads as follows:

(a) To encourage fellowship and facilitate co-ordination of effort among Pentecostal believers throughout the world.

(b) To demonstrate to the world the essential unity of Spirit-baptized believers, fulfilling the prayer of the Lord Jesus Christ,

(c) To cooperate in an endeavor to respond to the unchanging commission of the Lord Jesus, to carry His message to all people of all nations.

(d) To promote courtesy and mutual understanding, “endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace, until we all come in the unity of the faith”

(e) To afford prayerful and practical assistance to any Pentecostal body in need of such.

(f) To promote and maintain the scriptural purity of the (World Pentecostal) Fellowship by Bible study and prayer.

(g) To uphold and maintain those Pentecostal truths, “most surely believed among us.”

Associate Member: $50 Annually
Requirements: Hold an earned graduate degree from a recognized institution of higher education, currently engaged in Christian education (administrative or instructional), or have made significant literary contributions to Pentecostal literature and journalism. Applicant without an earned graduate degree should submit a statement of qualifications for consideration by the membership committee. Cannot hold elected office.

Student Member: $25 Annually
Requirements: Must be enrolled in an institution of higher learning. Cannot hold elected office.

Retired Member: $25 Annually
Requirements: Must be retired from full-time employment. May be retired at Full or Associate level based upon meeting the above listed requirements.

All levels of membership receive two issues of our scholarly journal, Pneuma; two issues of our Newsletter; and a copy of the annual conference program. Membership runs from January 1 - December 31 regardless of the time of application. Applications received after October, will be applied to the following year. All levels of membership are eligible to present papers at the annual conference.

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Join The Society for Pentecostal Studies

To apply:

• Download the SPS Membership Application (MS Word, 1147 KB), complete it electronically, and submit the completed document by
  e-mail attachment.
  
  OR
  
  
• Download the SPS Membership Application (PDF, 36 KB), print the form, complete it manually, and mail the completed form to:
  
  
  The Society for Pentecostal Studies
  c/o Dan Neary
  Northwest University
  P.O. Box 579
  Kirkland, WA 98083-0579

Payment:

Once the application form has been submitted, payment for membership dues may be made online. If using cash or check, it should be sent in U.S. currency to:

The Society for Pentecostal Studies
c/o Dan Neary
Northwest University
P.O. Box 579,
Kirkland, WA 98083-0579

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Renew Membership

A secure e-form is available which permits members to renew annual membership dues online.

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Members Only Area

The Members Only area of the web site is available only to current members of the society via user name and password provided upon acceptance into the society and upon annual renewal of membership. The Members Only area includes online access to Pneuma, The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies, and other resources.

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