What Forged the Pentecostal Movement?

[EA]

Did the Pentecostal movement spring up from the unchurched?

What developments brought us to the place we are today? Where was modern Pentecostalism birthed, and by whom?

What, if any, other religious movements influenced the genesis of Pentecostal theology, worship and lifestyle?

[berkeley]

um, seriously? Many branches, so to speak. Azusa being one of them...

[Falla39]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

Did the Pentecostal movement spring up from the unchurched?

What developments brought us to the place we are today? Where was modern Pentecostalism birthed, and by whom?

What, if any, other religious movements influenced the genesis of Pentecostal theology, worship and lifestyle?

Bro Ed Anglin,

This is where our family became connected to Pentecostalism in the
early 1930's, after God had raised up my paternal grandmother from her
deathbed in the 1920's From a devout family of Methodists to........!
Click on link if you wish to know more!

http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=15547

A continuation of our story from 1958 until Nov. 2008 bring us to
this point in our history. We are regularly seeing more and more souls
come to God, experiencing the same Acts 2 experience that Grandma
Lizzie and her young son, my father experienced in 1934, following the
years of The Great Depression. I received it in 1958, the same night my
brother just younger than I received it. Fifty years ago. We have a
goodly heritage. Many others have wonderful testimonies of how their
families came to know the Pentecostal experience.

http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/showthread.php?t=20312

God never and will never leave HIMSELF without witness. Jesus Christ
the same yesterday, and today, and forever!

I realize some have already read these accounts, but with new members
coming in all the time, it might be advantageous to post the links again.

Blessings,

Falla39

[Sam]

It is my understanding that the "Pentecostal" movement developed among Christians (people already saved) who wanted:
to draw closer to God
to be more like the first century church in gifts and results
more of God's tangible presence and power in their lives

maybe this is an over simplification

[EA]

I really hope this thread does not become a PCI/PAJC discussion. I really want to talk about what brought about the twentieth century Pentecostal movement.

For instance, it is evident that we are influenced by Wesleyan Holiness theology.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

Did the Pentecostal movement spring up from the unchurched?

What developments brought us to the place we are today? Where was modern Pentecostalism birthed, and by whom?

What, if any, other religious movements influenced the genesis of Pentecostal theology, worship and lifestyle?

The holiness and revivalists movements defined the roots of Pentecostalism prior to organization amongst themselves.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

... it is evident that we are influenced by Weslyan Holiness theology.

Yes, many of the folks involved came from a "holiness" background.

Among the "holiness" folks, there were lots of divisions and splits as one group would think the current organization was dead and formal and not strict enough, so they would splinter off and form another group and start the cycle over again. Some splits were Wesleyan Methodist, Free Methodist, Nazarene, Church of God (Anderson,IN), Pillar of Fire, Pilgrim Holiness, etc. Folks from these splinter groups came into the Pentecostal experience along with folks from the more mainline denominations.

[Innocuous]

It started several hundred years ago in the Pietist movement in Europe and then the confluence of the Keswick Convention in Ireland, the holiness movement of England and the US, Wesleyanism including holiness, and a desire for something 'new' all produced the Pentecostal explosion that started early 20th century. Most the original Pentecostal pioneers were holiness people and the experiential aspect of it started happening before the Civil War among Protestants and Catholics and developed theologically and practically over time until it became a 'movement' after Kansas and Azusa Street. David Reed gives a pretty good synopsis of the how it all came to be in his book "In Jesus' Name". Another good read on the subject is "Aspects of Pentecostal/Charismatic Origins" by Vinson Synan.

[Hoovie]

No doubt some Pentecostals are descendants of the pietist extremists. Some who believed the Narrow Gate was teeny tiny, ittie bittie.

Even today we have some remnants of those who slept with wooden blocks as pillows and fashioned four feet tall doorways to foster humility.

TIC?

Sometimes I wonder...

[ManOfWord]

What forged it?



GOD!