pentecostalism
- Created by: maddiecorfield
- Created on: 25-01-18 12:41
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- Pentecostal Christianity
- Overview
- Movement involving many churches
- Derived from day of Pentecost - Holy Spirit descended and led to disciples speaking many languages
- Believe this was not one off event - can and does happen everyday.
- Began among poor and disadvantaged in USA 1901
- Speaking in tongues
- Speaking in a language unknown to speaker - miracle
- Evidence of baptism of the Holy Spirit
- 1901 - Ozman spoke in tongues and did not speak English for several days
- Monotheistic
- Rooted in experience - bible is word of God.
- Accept all mainstream Christian beliefs.
- Importance in believers direct experience of God - believers must experience a once-for-all spiritual event
- Don't baptise infants as young children aren't able to recognise their need for salvation.
- Membership
- Strong in black churches and 'mega churches'
- South Korea - 1 church where 250,000 attend every Sunday
- Just under 1 million in UK, and over 20 million in USA
- Estimated 10% of Christians
- Strong in developing world
- Strong in black churches and 'mega churches'
- Gifts of the Spirit
- Supernatural abilities given to believers by God - heal the sick and perform miracles.
- May handle snakes during service - gift of the spirit if done successfully.
- Worship
- Less formal and more emotionally expressive - worship with heart, body and soul.
- Brings about experience of Gods presence, very dramatic and active - may dance and sing.
- Can involve healing, trances and speaking in tongue.
- Sunday morning services - possibly throughout week also, dependent on Church to Church.
- Women
- Dress modestly - don't wear anything that might make a man lust. No low shirts, makeup, jewellry.
- Only skirts - pants make the contours of a womans body visible
- No short hair.
- Biblical passages forbidding women from usurping authority over men. A woman can teach if she submits to a mans leadership.
- Although women can be in power, men have the overall power.
- 'God given gender differences are to be protected and celebrated.'
- Dress modestly - don't wear anything that might make a man lust. No low shirts, makeup, jewellry.
- Overview
- Maddie Corfield
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