The Month of April in Pentecostal History
 

The Month of April in Pentecostal History
16 April 1906–Howard Goss filled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost on train ride from Orchard, Texas.

18 April 1906—Great San Francisco earthquake. Aftershocks in Los Angeles helped increase attendance at the Azusa meetings.

23 April 1905—First Pentecostal service held by Charles Fox Parham in Orchard, Texas, marking the introduction of the Apostolic Faith to the state.

2-12 April 1914—General meetings of Pentecostal saints in Hot Spring, Arkansas. The gathering became the 1st General Conference of the Assemblies of God.

14 April 1913—Beginning of World Wide Apostolic Faith Camp Meeting in Arroyo Seco, California. The baptismal service at this meeting spawned the prayerful study of the Scriptures that resulted in the restoration of the revelation of the Mighty God in Christ.

April 1930—Pentecostal Church Incorporated began publishing their own Sunday School literature.

12 April 1931—Garfield Thomas Haywood, first Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World and pastor of Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church in Indianapolis, Indiana died.

17-20 April 1945—The General Boards of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ and the Pentecostal Church Incorporated met in St. Louis to plan the organizational merger. The name “United Pentecostal Church” was agreed upon at this meeting.

April 1949—Property purchased at Gravois Avenue and Christy Park Boulevard in St. Louis for headquarters of the United Pentecostal Church.

28 April 1954—Dedication service was held for the new United Pentecostal Church headquarters on South Grand Boulevard in St. Louis, Missouri. Ralph G. Cook was the speaker.

April 1961–United Pentecostal Church held first International Youth Week, with a week’s services scheduled worlwide.

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thank you for posting these things.

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Glad you like it, Brother. As Napoleon once said:

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon." -Napoleon Bonaparte

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Interesting.:thumbsup

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Not to mention the 2006 Azusa Centennial in LA!!

:tic

Was anyone else there? I've never seen so many Charismatics!
Thousands upon thousands...in the parking lot, in the lobbies of the Convention Center, in room after room, on the elevators....
I must confess I was kinda disappointed. I thought I was going to a Pentecostal meeting, but I musta been confused, LoL :toofunny

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In my opinion

Apostolic/Charismatic/Pentecostal

are all interchangeable terms for Christians who believe in and/or who have experienced the enduement of power, or the clothing with power, or the Promise of the Father, or the Baptism in the Holy Spirit that many in the first century church did.

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More and more nowadays is this becoming the case, but historically Apostolics are a subset of Pentecostals, and the terms Charismatics/Pentecostals refer to two different but related movements. There have been important theological differences and certainly "church culture" differences, but the distinctions are eroding as time goes by.

You know this, Sam! :winkgrin

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I know that some folks who call themselves Apostolic believe that they are different from what they consider Pentecostal or Charismatic.

We had a pastor who told us "Don't tell people you are Pentecostal. Pentecostal has 57 varieties. Tell people you are Apostolic."

A UPC church a couple miles from my home has their church and church sign visible from I275. The sign says
Calvary Church
The Apostolic Pentecostals.

Some folks who consider themselves "Apostolic" because of belief in Jesus' name baptism and classify those who do not use that formula as Pentecostal or Charismatic.

I said, "In my opinion...." and that is my opinion.

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Calling this two distinctions is somewhat misleading, seeing how Pentecostals have a hard time finding an identity of themselves, as do Charismatics. There are sub-groups upon sub-groups. When you think you have it all pegged down, you find yourself chasing definition again. Pentecostal/Charismatics share a rich history, are virtually indistinguishable, except for the identification of "non-Pentecostal churches experiencing the 'charismatic renewal'" - but in reality, this is only a subset of Pentecostalism in general, which never really had a true theology. It has been fought over with multiple articulations and drafts since the beginning. Some funny and goofiness in our history as well. Some that, quite frankly, embarrasses me, until I realize there's just as much in the present day that is equally disturbing.

As far as the "line being blurred." I contend that it was never clear. I think you may be speaking from what is a Classic Oneness Pentecostal (then we have to break even that down to be specific -- Holiness/Wesleyan-influenced) community. The irony there is the position of this group was never settled. It began as one thing, morphed into another, and another undercurrent of change is happening now.

Yes, history is something we can learn from.

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Yes, the "Apostolic" tag was a further panic for the Jesus Only group to separate themselves and distinguish themselves from their fellow brothers "of the Spirit." However, there are "Jesus Only" people (should we call them that) that don't identify as "Apostolics." Apostolic is not complete without "Apostolic Pentecostalism" which is to say, "Oneness."