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... Each denomination has it’s own intrigue and interest, but no denomination may be more intriguing, or draw more interest than that of the Pentecostal denomination. The Pentecostal denomination is one of the fastest growing, if not THE fastest growing, denomination in America. ... As with other denominations, there are sub denominations under the Pentecostal denomination as a whole. There is Church of God, Assemblies of God, Pentecostal Holiness, and most non-denominational churches fall under the Pentecostal umbrella. ...
I was raised in a Pentecostal church, before joining another church which was a more conservative Pentecostal church, the Church of God. A thing that I noticed in the church was a lack of history, or teaching concerning the Pentecostal movement, when and where and how it began. ...
Therefore, in this paper, I will answer the questions that I have wondered for a while, which are: when did the Pentecostal denomination begin? Who were the early leaders of the Pentecostal denomination? ... What are the positions or the attitudes towards the Pentecostal denomination then, and today? And also to look at the present day Pentecostal denomination in light of these answers. I would like to look at all of these questions in light of the Pentecostal movement as pertaining to it’s place in Church History. Before we can truly understand the Pentecostal or charismatic movement of the last century, we have to understand the spiritual enthusiasts throughout Church History.
Towards the end of the 2nd century, a movement broke out under the leadership of Montanus, and the movement was called Montanism. ... This movement claimed that it was the medium for the final stage of God’s revelation(Culpepper) Tertullian, one of the greatest theologians of the early centuries, was a proponent of Montanism because he appealed to prophecies, visions, and the interpretation of tongues which Montanism held. ...
Next in the history of the Pentecostal movement, is Pietism. ... In an indirect way, Pietism birthed the Moravian missionary movement and to the Methodist revival.
The leader of the Moravian movement was Count Zinzendorf. ... The zeal also resulted in many missionaries going out from the church into world, long before the Protestant missionary movement under William Carey. ...
Both the Holiness and Pentecostal movements look to John Wesley as their spiritual father. ... This doctrine, with slight variation, became the centerpiece of the Holiness movement and later the Pentecostal movement. ...
In April 1831, a short lived tongues movement broke out in England. ... His hand in the movement led to him being deposed in May, 1832. Later he became one of the founders of the Catholic Apostolic Church, which combined Catholics with Pentecostal tendencies. ...
Next is the Holiness Movement. The movement got it’s start among Methodist who became dissatisfied with the Methodist church because of their perception of it’s tendencies toward liberalism, it’s departure from it’s the Holiness teachings of Wesley, and it’s compromise of worldly culture. ... With all this in place, the ground was set for the Pentecostal movement.
The original Pentecostal organization was the Church of God. It is the oldest of all the Pentecostal denominations. ... The Spurlings called themselves the Latter Rain Movement, based on Joel 2:28. ... Zealous evangelism and missionary work were traits of the Latter Rain Movement. While the Latter Rain Movement was established before the turn of the century, January 1, 1901 is considered to be the birthday of the modern Pentecostal movement, and Charles Parham was the father of it. ... Under Seymour, the Pentecostal movement spread to California and beyond. ... The Pentecostal movement started among society’s disenfranchised, including janitors, servants, day workers, and poor people, both black and white(Cox)
As the word spread about the church, all kinds of people were coming to the church. ...
Having looked at the history of the Pentecostal movement, I want to examine the teachings and doctrine of the movement. The five major teachings of the early Pentecostal movement were 1. ... the personal premillennial rapture of the saints at the second coming of Christ(Bartleman) Today, these teachings are still the basis of most Pentecostal denominations, with some variation. ... As I stated before, just as there are different denominations under a more general denomination like Baptists, Presbyterians, and others, there are different Pentecostal denominations because they do not all agree on the same doctrines.
Approximate Word count = 3544
Approximate Pages = 14.2
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