GRAND RAPIDS, MI — One Kregel Academic title was among the 2025 Christian Book Award® winners announced on April 29 during the ECPA Leadership Summit in Nashville, TN.
40 Questions About Pentecostalism, written by Jonathan Black, edited by series editor Benjamin L Merkle, received the award in the Bible Reference Works category.
In the characteristic question-and-answer style of the 40 Questions series, Jonathan Black provides an accessible overview of the historical, theological, biblical, and experiential factors that make Pentecostalism a vibrant and worldwide Christian movement. Accompanied by several endorsements, author and scholar Fred Sanders shares his thoughts on the title:
“This is a remarkable resource for understanding Pentecostalism…Black serves up a properly theological account, posing all the right questions and giving clear answers documented from Scripture and from a dazzling survey of international Pentecostal primary texts…I cannot imagine a better book to equip Christians for constructive conversations about these issues, under the guidance of the one Spirit (Eph 4:4).”
—Fred Sanders, Torrey Honors College at Biola University
The 2025 Christian Book Awards® were presented at the ECPA Leadership Summit in Nashville, TN. A complete list of winners can be found here.
The Christian Book Award program recognizes the highest quality in Christian books and Bibles and is among the oldest and most prestigious awards program in the religious publishing industry. Presented annually to the finest in Christian publishing since 1978, the Christian Book Award program honors the “best of the year” in twelve categories.
Kregel Academic, an imprint of Kregel Publications, is an evangelical Christian publisher that aims to develop and distribute—with integrity and excellence—trusted, biblically based resources that lead individuals to know and serve Jesus Christ.
