Frank D. Macchia

Frank D. Macchia is professor of Christian theology at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He is also the Associate Director of the Center for Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at Bangor University, Wales. He holds the Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary (at Columbia University) and the Doctor of Theology from the University of Basel (Switzerland). He has served as president of the Society of Pentecostal Studies and for more than a decade as senior editor of Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies. He was for years a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Christian Churches (USA) and has participated in a few bilateral dialogues between church traditions. He has written and lectured widely in systematic theology, especially in the areas of the Holy Spirit, Christology, and salvation.