Researching classical Pentecostal local church leadership, with an emphasis on how the interactions between leaders and followers can support the development of church communities that are authentic, growing, charismatic, and safe.

Working within the field of Practical Theology, the reserarch first develops a new model of theological refelction based on the narrative about the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2. It then describes the current experience of Pentecostal leadership before drawing together the voices of Scripture, local church commuinities, and other academic disciplines from which leadership is 're-scripted'. Finally, aspects of how Penecostal leadership are affirmed or challenged through the conversation are noted and suggestions made as to revisions that might help support the development of authentic, growing, charismatic, and safe Pentecostal churches.

2024

• E-pub ahead of printAoG Leadership and Culture: The Emerging Ecclesiology of a Precarious Denomination by William D. Foster
  Seager, J., 20 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

2023

• PublishedEvangelicals engaging in practical theology: theology that impacts church and world edited by Helen Morris and Helen Cameron
  Seager, J., 9 May 2023, In: Practical Theology. p. 313-314 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
• PublishedTowards a distinct classical Pentecostal method of practical theology
  Seager, J., Nov 2023, In: Practical Theology. 16, 6, p. 734-746 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedReimagining discipleship pathways for pluralist societies: Faith development theory and the theology of Christian formation in conversation
  Seager, J., 1 Sept 2022, In: Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity. 43, 2, p. 190-208 18 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review