Around the world, Christian individuals and churches preach and practice healing and transformation, and regard them as a natural part of their religious life. Especially in what is often referred to as Pentecostal or Charismatic Christianity, they are seen as defining phenomena and therefore widely discussed in research. The aim of this special issue is to incorporate this wider discussion into missiological circles, the Mission Studies journal and the International Association for Mission Studies community. Most of the articles in this special issue were presented during a study group at the IAMS General Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2016. During the conference a name-change of the study group was discussed that would better reflect the interests of the current study-group members and match the rapid growth of research on Pentecostal/Charismatic forms of Christianity. The group noted that there was no other study group working specifically within this research area, while at the same time “Healing/Pneumatology,” the old name of the group, seemed like an obscure name. A name-change would open up the group for all IAMS members interested in questions related to a variety of Pentecostal/Charismatic expressions in Global Christianity, not just “healing” and “spirits.” At the same time the change is firmly in line with the history of the study group. The study group suggested a new name: “Pentecostal/ Charismatic Expressions in Global Christianity,” which was later confirmed by the IAMS executive committee in early 2017. The IAMS website explains the definition and the task of this new group as follows:

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在世界各地，基督徒个人和教会宣讲并实践医治和转化，并将其视为他们宗教生活的自然组成部分。特别是在通常被称为五旬节派或灵恩派的基督教中，它们被视为定义现象，因此在研究中被广泛讨论。本期特刊的目的是将这一更广泛的讨论纳入宣教界、宣教研究期刊和国际宣教研究协会社区。2016 年 8 月，在韩国首尔举行的 IAMS 大会的一个研究小组期间，本特刊中的大部分文章都发表了。会议期间讨论了研​​究组的更名，以更好地反映当前研究组成员的兴趣，并与五旬节派/灵恩派基督教研究的快速增长相匹配。该小组指出，没有其他研究小组专门在该研究领域内开展工作，同时该小组的旧名称“愈合/气动学”似乎是一个不起眼的名字。更名将使所有对与全球基督教中各种五旬节派/灵恩派表达相关的问题感兴趣的 IAMS 成员开放该小组，而不仅仅是“治愈”和“精神”。同时，这种变化与研究组​​的历史是一致的。该研究小组建议了一个新名称：“全球基督教中的五旬节/魅力表达，