Author: Roger Oliveira de Mattos

Roger Oliveira de Mattos was born in São Mateus, Espírito Santo, and currently resides in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil. At 39 years old, he is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Theology at Faculdade Refidim. His purpose is to deepen his understanding of the Scriptures and teach the Word of God. He conducts research and reflections focused on the classical Pentecostal tradition and the dialogue between faith, Christian life, and theological formation. In addition to his work in the theological field, he is also a musician and drummer. Through these gifts, he seeks to serve the church, dedicating them to the glory of God.

Academic Research
Pneumatology in the Digital Age: Reimagining the Holy Spirit’s Role in Trinitarian Theology
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Rendani C. Nthakheni; Ndidzulafhi MudauPublished in: African Journal of Pentecostal Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (2025)DOI: 10.4102/ajops.v2i1.53 Abstract The authors argue that pneumatology has been quietly marginalised in contemporary Christian theology and practice, precisely as churches confront the technological and philosophical implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Drawing on historical-critical analysis, systematic theology and…
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A Sitz for the Gospel of Mark? A Critical Reaction to Bauckham’s Theory on the Universality of the Gospels
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Ernest van Eck (University of Pretoria)Published in: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, Vol. 56, No. 4 (2000)DOI: 10.4102/hts.v56i4.1802 Abstract Richard Bauckham challenged the scholarly consensus that each Gospel was written for a particular believing community, proposing instead that the Gospels were composed for open circulation among all the churches. Van Eck tests that…
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Pentecostal Hermeneutical Reconsideration of the Longer Ending of Mark 16:9–20
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Marius Nel (North-West University, South Africa)Published in: Verbum et Ecclesia, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2020)DOI: 10.4102/ve.v41i1.2089 Abstract Early Pentecostals treated Mark 16:9–20 as authoritative, reading “these signs shall follow” as both a summons to worldwide mission and a test of the authenticity of Pentecostal experience. Nel accepts the manuscript evidence — the most ancient…
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Towards a Decolonial Hermeneutic of Experience in African Pentecostal Christianity: A South African Perspective
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Mookgo S. Kgatle; Thabang R. MofokengPublished in: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4 (2019)DOI: 10.4102/hts.v75i4.5473 Abstract The authors ask what it is about the hermeneutic of experience that makes abusive prophetic practice possible in some neo-Pentecostal ministries. Rather than dismissing experience as a hermeneutical category, they trace the problem to…
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Reimagining the Practice of Pentecostal Prophecy in Southern Africa: A Critical Engagement
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Mookgo S. Kgatle (University of South Africa)Published in: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, Vol. 75, No. 4 (2019)DOI: 10.4102/hts.v75i4.5183 Abstract A critical engagement with the practice of prophecy in Southern African Pentecostalism, written from within the tradition rather than against it. Kgatle examines the commercialisation of prophetic ministry and the concentration of authority…
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Defining Elements and Challenges of a Pentecostal Hermeneutics of Experience
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Marius Nel (North-West University, South Africa)Published in: HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, Vol. 77, No. 2 (2021)DOI: 10.4102/hts.v77i2.6622 Abstract Nel examines how Pentecostals read Scripture through the lens of spiritual encounter. While Pentecostals hold a “high view” of the Bible in common with most conservative Protestants, their interpretive method distinctively expects the Spirit’s…
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Pentecostalism(s)
Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies: Reading the Movement from Outside the North Atlantic
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026October 15, 2026
The Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal published since 1998 by the faculty of the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in Baguio City, in the Philippines. It appears twice each year, in February and August, and has now passed its twenty-eighth volume — making it one of the longest-running journals of its…
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Pentecostalism(s)
The Consortium of Pentecostal Archives: Where the Movement Keeps Its Own Memory
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos August 14, 2026October 15, 2026
The Consortium of Pentecostal Archives is the largest freely accessible repository of primary Pentecostal sources in the world. Organized in 2011 as a collaborative effort among archives within the Pentecostal and Charismatic traditions, and relaunched with a rebuilt search platform in March 2023, it today offers close to 500,000 digitized pages drawn from more than…
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Society for Pentecostal Studies
The Role of Experience in the Interpretation of Miracle Narratives in Lucan Literature
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 21, 2026
Author(s): Robert R. WadholmPublished in: 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies — Trinity Theological Seminary Abstract This paper explores the role of experience in interpreting miracle narratives in Luke-Acts, advocating for a holistic hermeneutic that takes seriously presuppositions, exegetical analysis, biblical-theological synthesis, and contemporary application of miraculous texts. Wadholm surveys rationalist critiques…
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Spirit Baptism as a Distinct Subsequent Experience: A Lukan Narrative Argument from Acts 8 and Acts 10
ByRoger Oliveira de Mattos May 17, 2026August 17, 2026
Author(s): Gene CoppagePublished in: Unpublished Manuscript (Submitted for peer review) Abstract This article argues that Luke’s narrative in Acts presents Spirit baptism as a sovereign, observable, and categorically distinct event from both initial conversion and water baptism. The primary evidence is drawn from Acts 8:4–17, where the Samaritan converts — already believing and water-baptized —…
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