Dr.
Samuel Koranteng Pipim came to the US
from Ghana to pursue a PhD
in theology from St. Andrews
University, USA.
A gifted scholar, he had an engineering degree from his native country, Ghana and had
led a non-denominational Charismatic youth movement there. In the US he was
influenced by The Seventh Day Adventist ideology and became a member of that
church. He played a key role in the 1990s Adventist debate over Bible’s
authority and interpretation. This debate spawned with the publication of Alden
Thompson’s publication Inspiration: Hard Questions, Honest Answers and was
answered by seven scholars, including Samuel Pipim in a book titled Issues in
Revelation and Inspiration.
An
evangelical publication Reformation & Revival Journal described one of
Pipim’s work Receiving the Word as a provocative Adventist assessment of the
various methods of the pros and cons of various methods of Bible study. In this
Pipim advocates his church’s methodology of Bible study from the 1980s and
advises students to not rely presuppositions and deductions associated with
historical-critical method. While some have rejected this work of Pipim
labeling it as fundamentalist, others have found it acceptable.
Dr.
Samuel Koranteng Pipim
has written over a dozen books but is not just a prolific writer; he is also a
powerful speaker and has even participated in science-religion discussions.
He’s been an outspoken critic of the racially divided church of North America. As a Seventh-Day Adventist, he has
ministered to the African youth through an organization called ALIVE (Africans
Living In View of Eternity), which is sponsored by CAMPUS (Center for Adventist
Ministry to Public University Students) a division of Michigan Conference
Public Campus Ministries Department. Dr. Pipim continues to do good work
through various organization. To know more about his works, visit http://drpipim.org and http://eaglesonline.org
