Francis is a scholar whose work explores how migration and religion shape identity transformation across generations. Grounded in Pentecostalism and Missiology, his research examines Pentecostal faith based social practices, moral economies, and refugee adjacent forms of care, solidarity, and material support. His scholarship highlights how religious communities mobilize spiritual, social, and material resources in contexts of displacement and transnational movement. His publications include: Worldviews and Conflict of Spiritualities (Brill), Pentecostalism and Materiality (Brill), Pentecostal Social Vision (Religion)
Ideal for scholars and students of world Christianity, missiology, Pentecostal and Charismatic studies, and African theology, as well as practitioners engaged in faith based social action and development.