Samuel Koranteng Pipim | US Based Ghanaian Author

 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