Pentecostalism

A foundation must be laid before anything is built. Once the foundation is laid, various people come and set the frame, install electricity and plumbing, and tape and float the sheet rock. In addition, the home must be furnished with appliances and furniture. As with any home, additions and remodeling often occur once the home is built and occupied. My spiritual formation has taken a similar approach. In my earlier years, a strong foundation was laid that have served me throughout my life.…

Cross-Cultural Church visit has its own uniqueness it can be a beginning of a new relationship. In today’s time it is essential to be more contemporary in order to reach all people. Most church have different ways of worship, especially in other countries. Nigeria Church of Christ, in America, has services like Pentecostal. The only different is that they dance to the alter. The dance is a symbol of joy, this would be an expression to tell a person whom had not had the pleasure to visit or…

Pneumatology or charisma is the study of the gifts that God gives to Christians in order to do His work on earth (Thompson 2001, pp 1135). The Holy Spirit is the actual giver of these gifts at the time a person makes a conscious decision to become saved and edify God. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit at the time of Pentecost with the sign gifts in order to confirm the works of the Apostles [(Sons 1973) (1Cor. 2:17)]. Also this was a way prove to the Jews that God and Christ were real, as well to…

The saints go marching on Smith Wigglesworth born on June 8, 1959 in a small village called Menston located in Yorkshire England to John and Martha Wigglesworth; little did they know that their son would become one of the Generals in the great army of the Lord. Wigglesworth was born in whales at a time when a man named Booth had distanced himself from organized religion and started the Salvation Army, and the people of Whales were praying for a mighty move of God. Little did the people of Whales…

All of my life, I have been a Catholic. Before I was even able to do anything on my own, I was baptized as a baby into this faith. Growing up, I went to church weekly with my parents and sisters. In my younger years, I never understood why I was here. It was hard for me to pay attention during mass. I didn’t care much for what an old Caucasian man had to say. But, for my parents’ sake, I sat quietly and did whatever I had to. It wasn’t until my later teenage years that I came to truly…

Jesus Camp is a documentary film released in 2006 where directors Hedi Ewing and Rachel Grady document the events of an Evangelical children 's camp located near Devils Lake, North Dakota. The documentary focuses on the camp its self and the Evangelical Movement, but also on its leader, Becky Fischer, and three of the children in the documentary, Levi, Rachel, and Tory. This film is meant to provide a supposed un-biased look into the camp, and also the Evangelical faith its self. Clearly however…

Religion can play a big role in society, belief that allows individual traditional heritage religion passed down to another. Religion is a form of symbol that is freedom to save your soul to be at peace with the leader of your belief. Religion can branch out to numerous belief believe, such as non-denominational Christian church that is not part of larger denominations; and Pentecostal church is traditional holiness movement baptism. For example, Non-denominational Christian believes in a wide…

I was standing in the middle of the hall at Church on the Rock in Toronto, Canada, a completely foreign environment where I knew no one other than my father who stood beside me throughout a religious experience that has in some sense, changed my outlook on Christianity. From a young age my father had instilled the importance of faith within our household, motivating my family and I to attend church every Sunday and most importantly, to read the Bible and apply the principles to our daily life.…

IV. Guglielma and her Familiga: In response to the possibility of the Guglielmites “spiritual dreams” being crystalized into heresy through the inquisition, Barbara Newman writes: But certain tenets and practices appear to have been shared by all: a reverence for Guglielma as a uniquely Spirit-filled person, even physical embodiment of the Spirit; an interest in gender complementarity; a belief in the priestly capabilities of women; an inclusive ecclesiology embracing the ultimate salvation of…

Pentecostalism developed towards the end of the 19th century. During this time there was a lack of interest to traditional religion. This was brought about due to the emotional modes of religious expression such as praying in unison, , enthusiastic singing and sermons on simple biblical themes giving way to ordered, robotic services where Mass would be carried out by uninteresting ministers in lecture centres. As large, popular Protestant churches turned into churched for the upper-middle class,…