About
Hello! My name's Jonathan Black and I'm an ordained Pastor, Teacher, and Prophet in the Apostolic Church. Originally, I’m from Northern Ireland, but nowadays I pastor a church in a village in Wales. I’m also Principal of The Apostolic Church Theology School and Director of Training for the Apostolic Church UK. Before that I was a lecturer at a Pentecostal theological college in England, minister of the Apostolic Church in Leeds, and a lecturer at a Pentecostal seminary in Belgium.
I read theology at the University of Cambridge (MA), Continental Theological Seminary/University of Wales (MTh) and the University of Chester (PhD on the Trinitarian ecclesiology of the Apostolic Church.) Hence the blog about ‘Apostolic Theology’.
Oh, and I've also written a few books, including Apostolic Theology: A Trinitarian, Evangelical, Pentecostal Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Luton: Apostolic Church, 2016) and The Lord's Supper: Our Promised Place of Intimacy and Transformation with Jesus. (You can order it here — UK, USA, Canada).
Books
Apostolic Theology: A Trinitarian, Evangelical, Pentecostal Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Luton: Apostolic Church UK, 2016), 768pp.
The Theosis of the Body of Christ: From the Early British Apostolics to a Pentecostal Trinitarian Ecclesiology (Leiden: Brill, 2020), 265pp.
The Lord’s Supper: Our Promised Place of Intimacy and Transformation with Jesus (Minneapolis: Chosen, 2023).
40 Questions About Pentecostalism (Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2024). Christian Book Award winner.
Hearing God’s Voice in Ephesians: A Theological Commentary (forthcoming).
Journal Articles and Chapters in Edited Volumes
‘Speaking Jesus: The Name of Jesus in Pentecostal Practice’, Eucharisma 2 (2024), pp.37-46.
‘Pentecostal Ecclesiology’, in David Hilborn and Simo Frestadius, ed., Anglicans and Pentecostals in Dialogue (Eugene OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023).
‘The Very Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitution in British Pentecostalism’, Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 42.2 (2022), pp. 93-109.
‘Pleading the Blood: Towards a Pentecostal Theology of Eucharistic Sacrifice’, Journal of Pentecostal Theology 31.2 (2022), pp. 242-260.
‘Sancta Sanctis: Pentecostals, Holiness, and the Breaking of Bread’, Journal of Pentecostal Theology 30.1 (2021), pp.103-122.
‘The Holy of Holies: Pentecostal Spirituality and the Breaking of Bread’, Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 13.1 (2020), pp.62-87.
‘On the Possibility of Presence: Overcoming Mere Memorialism in British Pentecostal Eucharistic Theology’, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 40.2 (2020), pp.120-131.
‘The Church as Eucharistic Fellowship: A British Apostolic Contribution toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology’, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 29.2 (2009), pp. 78-89.
Oh, and I've also written a few books, including Apostolic Theology: A Trinitarian, Evangelical, Pentecostal Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Luton: Apostolic Church, 2016) and The Lord's Supper: Our Promised Place of Intimacy and Transformation with Jesus. (You can order it here — UK, USA, Canada).
My latest book is 40 Questions About Pentecostalism (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2024), which won the ECPA Christian Book Award in the Bible Reference category in 2025.
Published Elsewhere:
Here are some of the theological things I've had published in other places.
Books
Apostolic Theology: A Trinitarian, Evangelical, Pentecostal Introduction to Christian Doctrine (Luton: Apostolic Church UK, 2016), 768pp.
The Theosis of the Body of Christ: From the Early British Apostolics to a Pentecostal Trinitarian Ecclesiology (Leiden: Brill, 2020), 265pp.
The Lord’s Supper: Our Promised Place of Intimacy and Transformation with Jesus (Minneapolis: Chosen, 2023).
40 Questions About Pentecostalism (Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2024). Christian Book Award winner.
Hearing God’s Voice in Ephesians: A Theological Commentary (forthcoming).
Journal Articles and Chapters in Edited Volumes
‘Speaking Jesus: The Name of Jesus in Pentecostal Practice’, Eucharisma 2 (2024), pp.37-46.
‘Pentecostal Ecclesiology’, in David Hilborn and Simo Frestadius, ed., Anglicans and Pentecostals in Dialogue (Eugene OR: Wipf & Stock, 2023).
‘The Very Heart of the Gospel: Penal Substitution in British Pentecostalism’, Journal of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity 42.2 (2022), pp. 93-109.
‘Pleading the Blood: Towards a Pentecostal Theology of Eucharistic Sacrifice’, Journal of Pentecostal Theology 31.2 (2022), pp. 242-260.
‘Sancta Sanctis: Pentecostals, Holiness, and the Breaking of Bread’, Journal of Pentecostal Theology 30.1 (2021), pp.103-122.
‘The Holy of Holies: Pentecostal Spirituality and the Breaking of Bread’, Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care 13.1 (2020), pp.62-87.
‘On the Possibility of Presence: Overcoming Mere Memorialism in British Pentecostal Eucharistic Theology’, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 40.2 (2020), pp.120-131.
‘The Church as Eucharistic Fellowship: A British Apostolic Contribution toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology’, Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association 29.2 (2009), pp. 78-89.