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Pentecostalism: Charles Parham
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Pentecostalism took "Spirit Baptism" and the restoration of New Testament gifts one step further. In January, 1901, holiness minister Charles Fox Parham asked the students at his Topeka Bible school to study the scriptures and determine what evidence might be given of Spirit baptism. Using the pentecost account in Acts chapter two, they concluded that speaking in tongues was the confirmation of Holy Spirit baptism. This first wave of Pentecostalism spread in the revival that followed, but remained regional, moving into Kansas, Missouri, Texas, and Arkansas.
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Holiness nuances of his pneumatology was not an obstacle for being positive towards Pentecostalism. In February, 1907, his article appears in Avots about the work of the American Pentecostal pioneers Parham and Seymour. The Azuza St. magazine Apostolic Faith is cited in an editorial titled "Pentecost with Signs Following." (26) There are various possibilities of about how Fetler obtained a copy of the Apostolic Faith: (1) during his studies in Great Britain, he was in touch with revivalist circles; (2) the Azusa mission had a committee compiling lists of people to whom the Apostolic Faith was sent free of charge. (27) At the beginning of the 20th century while pastoring the church at St. Petersburg, W. Fetler met Pastor Niblock of Aston, England. Niblock openly spread Pentecostal ideas since 1907.
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Lietuvos Sekmininkų Bažnyčia begins by tracing Pentecostalism’s roots in the trans-Atlantic revivals of the 18th and 19th centuries, resulting in a significant evangelical and Holiness movement in England and America. The traditional version of Pentecostal origins is retold, identifying Charles Parham and the Azusa Street revival as central to the emerging movement. Thomas Ball Barratt, the Methodist minister from Oslo who received the Pentecostal message while visiting New York in 1906, is commended for, upon his return to Norway, helping to nurture Pentecostal leaders across Europe. Read the rest of this entry »
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