Pentecostalism

Additional Pentecostal theologians are listed in the article entitled, "Renewal Theologians". Note: The Hornets retired Pistol Pete's number during their first game in New Orleans in honor of his basketball contributions to the area at LSU and with New Orleans' previous NBA team, the Jazz. Source: Operation World by Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk, 2000, unless otherwise indicated. The team found better support for their younger, scrappier players than they did last year when the team was better on the floor. The Apostolic Church is the fastest growing church in the world. Despite the lack of success, the team's roster was reshaped, with older veterans Baron Davis and Jamal Mashburn traded to facilitate a rebuilding process. Founded and led by David Yonggi Cho since 1958, it had 780,000 members in 2003. The team performed better in January and February, but the season was essentially over before it started with the horrendous start.

The great majority of Pentecostals are to be found in Third World countries (see the Statistics subsection below), although much of their international leadership is still North American. Pentecostalism is sometimes referred to as the "third force of Christianity." The largest Christian church in the world is the Yoido Full Gospel Church in South Korea, a Pentecostal church. The team was expected to compete for a playoff spot in the tougher Western Conference, but an 0-8 start turned into a 2-29 start, which started a watch of how bad their record could get, threatening the Philadelphia 76ers' record of a 9-73 season. Pentecostalism was conservatively estimated to number around 115 million followers worldwide in 2000; other estimates place the figure closer to 400 million. After the season, Floyd was fired and the team hired Byron Scott to be their head coach. is estimated to be more than 20 million and also including approx 918,000 (4%) of the Hispanic-American population, counting all unaffiliated congregations, although exact numbers are hard to come by, in part because some tenets of Pentecostalism are held by members of non-Pentecostal denominations in what has been called the charismatic movement. Without the shot by Wade, the 2004-05 NBA season might have been altered with Shaq perhaps going to a different team and the Heat not being bona fide NBA title contenders. The size of Pentecostalism in the U.S. An 85-77 win in game 7 moved the Heat on to round two, but more importantly, set the stage for the summer's acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal in a trade with the Los Angeles Lakers.

According to a Spring 1998 article in Christian History, there are about 11,000 different pentecostal or charismatic denominations worldwide. The teams ended up winning all their respective home games after that, but Wade's shot was the difference even though the series went 7 games, the Heat winning 4-3. The largest Pentecostal denominations in the United States today are the United Pentecostal Church, the Church of God in Christ, Church of God (Cleveland) and the Assemblies of God. They drew the Miami Heat, but Dwyane Wade's last second shot sunk the Hornets in game 1 of the series. The history of pentecostalism in Australia has been documented by Dr Barry Chant in Heart of Fire (1984, Adelaide: Tabor, 382 pages). He was replaced by Tim Floyd, and the Hornets got off to a 17-7 start, but the team reverted to form and finished 41-41, narrowly missing out on home court advantage in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. In Brazil, for example, churches founded by the Swedish Pentecostal mission claim several million members. After the season, the team decided to move in a different direction and allowed the contract of head coach Paul Silas to expire.

Swedish Pentecostals have been very missionary-minded and have established churches in many countries. They qualified for the playoffs for the fourth straight year in 2002-03, but were beaten by Philadelphia again, where Iverson again shredded them, this time dropping 55 points in one game. These congregations are all independent but cooperate on a large scale. First NBA game played in New Orleans in 23 years. As of 2005, the Swedish pentecostal movement has approximately 90,000 members in nearly 500 congregations. October 30, 2002: The New Orleans Hornets open their inaugural season in New Orleans against former New Orleans NBA team the Utah Jazz; "Pistol" Pete Maravich has his number retired during halftime. Today this congregation has about 7000 members and is the biggest Pentecostal congregation in northern Europe. The Bobcats began play in November of 2004.

Pastored by Lewi Pethrus, this congregation, originally Baptist, was expelled from the Baptist Union of Sweden in 1913 for doctrinal differences. Shortly after that, Charlotte would be awarded a new NBA franchise, the Charlotte Bobcats. In Sweden, the first Pentecostal church was Filadelfiaförsamlingen in Stockholm. In May of 2002 the Hornets were given permission to move to New Orleans, Louisiana, where they became the New Orleans Hornets. This was later followed by the Elim Church. They returned the following season by beating the Orlando Magic, but were upended by the New Jersey Nets. In the United Kingdom, the first Pentecostal church to be formed was the Apostolic Church. The Hornets, with the lineup of Davis, Wesley, Mashburn, Brown and Campbell made it back to the playoffs, where they defeated the 3rd ranked Heat and made it to the second round for the third time in franchise history.

Unlike "Classical Pentecostals," who formed strictly Pentecostal congregations or denominations, Charismatics adopted as their motto, "Bloom where God planted you.". Brown. From the late 1950s onwards, the Charismatic Movement, which was to a large extent inspired and influenced by Pentecostalism, began to flourish in the mainline Protestant denominations, as well as the Roman Catholic church. Jones led the league in steals, but in the offseason he and Mason were shipped to the Miami Heat in exchange for small forward Jamal Mashburn and power forward P.J. This influence included evangelistic emphasis, C&MA doctrine, Simpson's hymns and books, and the use of the term 'Gospel Tabernacle,' which evolved into Pentecostal churches being known as 'Full Gospel Tabernacles.'. The team returned to the playoffs, where they were shredded by Allen Iverson of the Philadelphia 76'ers. Because of this, Simpson and the C&MA (an evangelistic movement that Simpson founded) had a great influence on Pentecostalism, in particular the Assemblies of God and the FourSquare Church. His number was retired on February 9, and was a sad note in the franchise's history.

It was common for Pentecostal pastors and missionaries to receive their training at the Missionary Training Institute that Simpson founded. The lineup of Wesley, Jones, Mason, Coleman and Campbell tore through much of the season, but on January 12, 2000 Bobby Phills was killed in a tragic automobile accident. During the beginning of the twentieth century, Albert Benjamin Simpson became closely involved with the growing Pentecostal movement. 1999-2000 was a return to prominence, with the addition of free agent Derrick Coleman and third overall draft pick point guard Baron Davis to the mix. The unification of white and black movements led to the restructing of the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America to become the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America. The team finished tied with the Knicks for the last playoff spot, losing the tiebreaker. This unification occurred in 1998, again in Memphis, Tennessee. 1999 was turbulent, with Rice being traded to the Lakers for Eddie Jones and Elden Campbell, both Geiger and Divac leaving in free agency, and Bogues leaving the team for good.

In 1994, Pentecostals returned to their roots of racial reconciliation and proposed formal unification of the major white and black branches of the Pentecostal Church, in a meeting subsequently known as the Memphis Miracle. With Wesley, Phills, Rice, Mason and Divac, the Hornets romped through the regular season, with Rice finishing sixth in scoring and earning all-NBA third team honors and the team making it all the way to the second round of the playoffs for the second time in franchise history, being stopped by Jordan and the Bulls. When the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was formed in 1948, it was made up entirely of Anglo-American Pentecostal denominations. The team picked up a new free-agent backcourt in point guard David Wesley and shooting guard Bobby Phills. This lasted until 1924, when the church split along racial lines (see Apostolic Faith Mission). 1997-98 was also successful. The first decade of Pentecostalism was marked by interracial assemblies, "...Whites and blacks mix in a religious frenzy,..." according to a local newspaper account. The team also spotted the best season of their history, making it back to the playoffs.

By the third week in April, 1906, the small but growing congregation had rented an abandoned African Methodist Episcopal Church at 312 Azusa Street and organized as the Apostolic Faith Mission. Rice was also the allstar game MVP, setting several scoring records. On April 18, 1906, the Los Angeles Times ran a front page story on the movement. The new-look Hornets were apparently even better, however, with Divac and Geiger providing the best center combo in the league, Mason averaging a double-double and all-NBA third team honors, Bogues back at the point, and Rice having the finest season of his career, finishing third in the league in scoring and earning all-NBA second team honors. The attending pastor, William J. Seymour, also claimed that he was overcome with the Holy Spirit on April 12, 1906. The offseason was again marked by vast changes, as Anderson declined to resign with the team, Johnson was shipped to New York for power forward Anthony Mason, and lottery draft pick guard Kobe Bryant was traded to the Lakers for center Vlade Divac. The expansion of the movement started with the Azusa Street Revival, beginning April 9, 1906 at the Los Angeles home of Edward Lee, who experienced what he felt to be an infilling of the Holy Spirit during a prayer session. Geiger and Johnson tied for the team lead in rebounds, while Johnson and Rice provided balanced but high-powered scoring, with all-star guard Kenny Anderson running the point for the injured Muggsy Bogues.

Parham left Topeka and began a revival ministry which led to a link to the Azusa Street Revival through William J. Seymour whom he taught in his school in Houston, although because Seymour was African American, he was only allowed to sit outside the room to listen. In the offseason the team dealt Mourning to the Miami Heat for guard Glen Rice and center Matt Geiger. Parham, a minister of Methodist background, formulated the doctrine that tongues was the "Bible evidence" of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit. The next few years were marked by injuries to Johnson and Mourning, though they did get back to the playoffs in 1994-95, only to be beaten by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Although the 1896 Shearer Schoolhouse Revival in Cherokee County, North Carolina might be regarded as a precursor to the modern Pentecostal movement, the commonly accepted origin dates from when Agnes Ozman received the gift of tongues (glossolalia) at Charles Fox Parham's Bethel Bible College in Topeka, Kansas in 1901. However, they lacked the experience and depth to defeat the New York Knicks. Modern Pentecostalism began around 1901. It was good enough for fifth in the Eastern Conference and a playoff spot, where they upset the Boston Celtics with Mournings famous series-winning shot.

This same holds true for the Oneness Pentecostal towards trinitarian churches. The Hornets now had twin 20-10 threats in Johnson and Mourning, who with Gill formed perhaps the league's top young trio. The major trinitarian Pentecostal organizations, however, including the Pentecostal World Conference and the Fellowship of Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches of North America, have condemned Oneness Theology as a heresy and refuse membership to churches holding this belief. In 1992-93, the team won the second pick in the draft, using it to draft center Alonzo Mourning from Georgetown. They also believe that God has revealed Himself in different roles rather than three distinct persons. Kendall Gill led the club in scoring, with over 20 points per game. This is for their belief that the original Apostles baptized converts in the name of Jesus. Johnson had an impact season, finishing among league leaders in points and rebounds, and winning NBA rookie of the year.

Oneness Pentecostals, are sometimes known as Jesus-Name, "Apostolics", or by their detractors as "Jesus only" Pentecostals. For the 1991-92 season, the Hornets drafted power forward Larry Johnson from UNLV with the number one overall pick. The largest Pentecostal Oneness denomination in the United States is the United Pentecostal Church. For the 1990-91 season, the team picked up guard Kendall Gill in the NBA draft, and got slightly better, but still managed to win the NBA Draft lottery and the rights to the number one overall pick. Some Pentecostal churches hold to "Oneness theology", which decries the traditional doctrine of the Trinity as unbiblical. The team also had sharpshooting rookie Rex Chapman, who was also an instant scoring threat. The idea that one is not saved unless one speaks in tongues is rejected by most major Pentecostal denominations. Tripucka was Charlotte's top scorer for the franchise's first two seasons.

Advocates say that the Pentecostal position aligns closely with Luke's emphasis in the book of Acts and reflects a more sophisticated use of hermeneutics. The team was led by guard Kelly Tripucka, who provided instant points. Critics charge that this doctrine does not mesh well with what they believe to be Paul's criticism of the early Corinthian church for their obsession with speaking in tongues (see 1 Corinthians, chapters 12-14 in the New Testament). 1988: The franchise plays its first game as the Charlotte Hornets. This, however, would be a minority perspective. Oct. This would be the only case where a believer would be filled with the Holy Spirit, but not exhibit the so-called "initial physical evidence" of speaking in tongues. The current head coach is Byron Scott.

Some ministers and members admit that a believer might be able to speak in tongues, but for various personal reasons (such as a lack of understanding) might not. The New Orleans Hornets are a National Basketball Association team based in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Most major Pentecostal churches also accept the corollary that those who don't speak in tongues have not received the blessing that they call "The Baptism of the Holy Spirit" (this claim is uniquely Pentecostal and is one of the few consistent differences from Charismatic theology). David West. Speaking in tongues, also known as glossolalia, is the normative proof of the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Jackson Vroman. One of the most prominent distinguishing characteristics of Pentecostalism that separates it from Evangelicalism is its emphasis on the work of the Holy Spirit. Smith.

For the Pentecostal, the Scriptures are a primary reference point for communion with God and a template for reading the world. J.R. Jackie David Johns, in his work on Pentecostal formational leadership, states that the Scriptures hold a special place in the Pentecostal worldview in that the Bible is held as a book in which the Holy Spirit is always active; to encounter the Scriptures is to encounter God. Lee Nailon. Dr. Bostjan Nachbar. Reason is esteemed as a valid conduit of truth, but Pentecostals do not limit truth to the realm of reason. Jamaal Magloire.

Although Pentecostals are concerned with orthodoxy ("correct belief"), they are also concerned with orthopathy ("right affections") and orthopraxy ("right reflection or action"). George Lynch. Pentecostals embrace a transrational worldview. Maciej Lampe. While there is cross pollination with other movements, Pentecostals differ from Fundamentalists by placing more emphasis on personal spiritual experience and, in most cases, by allowing women in ministry. Casey Jacobsen. Theologically, most Pentecostal denominations are aligned with Evangelicalism in that they emphasize the reliability of the Bible and the need for conversion to faith in Jesus. Dan Dickau.

Charismatic Christians, at least in the early days of the movement, tended to remain in their respective denominations. Speedy Claxton. Pentecostalism is similar to the Charismatic movement, but developed earlier and separated from the mainstream church. Brown. The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. P.J. Al Sharpton - American politician, civil rights activist, and Pentecostal minister. Chris Andersen.

Andrea Mason - leader of the Family First Party of Australia in the Federal Election of 2004. 13 Bobby Phills. Steve Fielding - Family First Party Leader and Senator from Victoria. 7 Pete Maravich. Andrew Evans - Founder and most influential member of the Family First Party and Member of the South Australian Legislative Council. 6 (Sixth Man) -- The Fans. Stockwell Day - prominent Canadian politician. Baron Davis.

Frederick Chiluba - former President of Zambia. Glen Rice. John Ashcroft - former Attorney-General of the United States. Alonzo Mourning. Luis & Aileen Torres - Pastors of Centro De Adoracion Nuevos Comienzos, Passaic, New Jersey, US. Larry Johnson. Rev Mohan - Pastor New Life Assemblies Of God Church, chennai, India. Rex Chapman-First player signed by the franchise.

Vincent Leoh [1957- ]- General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia; Senior Pastor of Glad Tidings Assembly of God, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Muggsy Bogues. Sophia Tan Luang Keng - Founding and Senior Pastor of Living Spring Fellowship, based in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Larry Schoonover is also Senior editor of the Apostolic Herald (http://apostolicherald.com). Larry Schoonover - Senior Pastor of New Life Pentecostal Church (http://newlife-apostolic.com) in Puyallup, Washington.

Ouriel de Jesus - Senior Pastor of World Revival Church (http://www.godsrevival.com), the center of the revival in Boston, MA, and the president of the 70 some odd congregations planted by his ministry around the world. Brian Houston - Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. Wayne Hughes - Senior Pastor of the Takapuna Assembly of God, New Zealand. In 2002, he conducted the largest known evangelistic crusade in history, in Lagos, Nigeria, attended by six million people.

Reinhard Bonnke (1941-) - German evangelist known for his huge crusades, mostly in Africa but also elsewhere. Luis Cabral (1965-) - Portuguese evangelist, now based in New Zealand. Jack Hayford - Founding Pastor of Church on the Way in Van Nuys, California. David Yonggi Cho (1936-) - Senior Pastor of the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea.

Currently Associate Pastor of Times Square Church, New York. David Wilkerson (1931-) - author of The Cross and the Switchblade and numerous other books. Ward. M.

C. Jimmy Swaggart. Pat Robertson. Oral Roberts.

Kathryn Kuhlman. Kenneth Hagin Sr. Kenneth Copeland. Morris Cerullo.

Dan Betzer. Jim Bakker. Gordon Fee - New Testament Scholar. Rufus Hollis Gause (born 1925).

Derek Prince (1915-2003) - probably the world's best-known Pentecostal theologian. Donald Gee (1891-1966). Rex Humbard (b.1919) The first successful TV evangelist of the mid 1950s, 1960s, and the 1970s and at one time had the largest television audience of any televangelist in the U.S. Oral Roberts (b.1918) Healing Tent Evangelist who made the transition to televangelism.

Allen (1911-1970) Healing Tent Evangelist of the 1950s and 1960s. A. A. Jack Coe (1918-1956) Healing Tent Evangelist of the 1950s.

Branham (1909-1965) Healing Evangelists of the mid 20th century. William M. Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976) American female evangelist who brought Pentecostalism into the mainstream denominations. Aimee Semple McPherson(1890-1944) American Female Evangelist and organizer of the Four Square Gospel Church.

Seymour (1870-1922) Azusa Street Mission Founder. William J. Charles Fox Parham (1873-1929) Father of Modern Pentecostalism. David du Plessis.

Smith Wigglesworth. John Alexander Dowie (1848-1907). Australia: 0.4 million. Papua New Guinea: 0.4 million.

Oceania: 3.3 million