How Pentecostalism Is One Of The Major Denomination Of Protestant Christianity That Originated From The 19th Century

After World War II ended, Branham held his first healing revival meeting in 1946. They were sensational and well documented. They initiated the modern healing revival. His meetings were conducted mostly in Oneness Pentecostal groups who did not believe in the Trinity. In 1947 he met Gordon Lindsay and Branham’s ministry became known among the Pentecostals. According to Gordon Lindsay, "Branham filled the largest stadiums and meeting halls in the world."

It was out of this study that led Parham to the conclusion this was the biblical way a person received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Parham moved to Houston Texas and started a church and bible school. It was at this school where a student name William Joseph Seymour, a black man attended the training sessions that Parham taught. Because of the laws of segregation at the time Seymour was forced to sit in the hallway and listen to the teachings of Parham. Seymour desired

The Protestant Reformation was a pivotal time of European history that occurred during the 16th century. The Protestant Reformation was comprised of people called “reformers” that challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church’s ability to define Christian practice (“The Reformation”). The Protestant Reformation was revolutionary due to the fact that the reformers preached against everything the Catholic Church had been teaching. Some famous reformers are John Calvin and Martin Luther. However, Martin Luther-- to some--- is named the most successful and influential reformer of the 16th century. Martin Luther was tremendously effective and influential due to how resourceful he was, and his teachings spread across Europe swiftly.

Kathryn Kuhlman was born in Missouri on May 9, 1907 to a Methodist mother and a Baptist father. When Kathryn was at the age of fourteen, she went to a Methodist church with her mother and encountered the Holy Spirit for the first time. Kathryn recounts her testimony in a video and she said, “We were sitting there, it was time for the last song and I was holding the old fashion Methodist hymnal, whether anyone has ever been converted in that church before or since I’ll never know, but when the last song was being sung and I was holding that old fashion Methodist hymnal in my hand, I was only fourteen years of age, sometime happened to me. I cannot tell you one word the preacher said, not one. But I only know that in that moment, the Holy Spirit came upon me, I did not recognize, I did not even know there was such a thing as a holy spirit, and I began to shake. I began to tremble. So much so that I had to lay the hymnal down in the pew.” In that moment she became a believer of Christ.

By 1917 Church Of God In Christ congregations were organized in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn. Evangelists were also at work in Harlem. In 1935 a storefront church was opened at 137th and Lenox Avenue, placing Bishop Mason’s message before the largest urban black population in America.

Modern Pentecostalism can find its roots in the early 20th century revivals of the practices of Spirit-infilling, ecstatic worship, and a strict adherence to the literal interpretation of the Bible. Some consider one of the appeals of the Pentecostal movement in its early years, as well as today, to be an inclusive, "whosoever may" attitude of multiculturalism and evangelism (Longman, 2012). Though Pentecostal organizations exist that are predominantly Caucasian, Black, or Hispanic, a growing trend of incorporating all ethnicities within one congregation has led to a dramatic increase in multicultural congregations within several of the established

It also became one of the centers of black conversion. Philadelphia was one of the biggest free black communities of the colonies and it became an early center where African Americans could practice religious freedom. While on the tour we walked past Philadelphia’s first African American church, Mother Bethel Church, established in the late eighteenth century. This church was founded by a slave named Richard Allen and has a long history of civil rights issues. It was one of the first churches to let African Americans practice their faith

Speaking in tongues is an interfaith phenomenon that has roots in the bible, but also has branches in the environment I was raised in. Growing up in a Church of God in Christ church, which is the third largest pentecostal denomination in the world, every Sunday morning and Friday night I would witness people ecstatically break out into tongues after catching the holy spirit. This piqued my interest in its origin and meaning to the pentecostal church. Glossolalia, also known as speaking in tongues, is a vital aspect of the pentecostal COGIC church. Looking into glossolalic origins such as where it came from and its purpose can provide insight into the practices of the pentecostal COGIC church.

The Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movement are similar to some extent although the Pentecostal movement developed earlier and moved away from the mainstream church. In contrast, those in the Charismatic movement, at least in the formative years of the movement, remained in their respective denominations.

Although the Protestant Reformers (i.e., Luther, and Zwingli) challenged the Roman Catholic Church to return to Scripture as the primary source of Christian theology, members of other groups believed Luther and Zwingli failed to include the New Testament teachings on the difference between the church and society. As a result, a group of Protestant radicals led by Georg Blaurock and Conrad Grebel founded a new congregation that became known as the Anabaptist. The split occurred when the radicals could not convince Zwingli to agree with their views on the connection between the civic community and the religious community. Consequently, the Anabaptist and later the Mennonites expanded on the Protestant Reformation. In

The early American colonies were founded and settled by Great Britain. Accordingly, Church of England was the state sponsored religion in this area. Most individuals identified themselves at Protestants and most of the settlers considered themselves church members. Even with these facts the Anglican Church struggled to keep its base in the colonies and to move into newly settled areas. This happened because of the church leadership, several church practices, and the topography of the colonies.

Hi Christopher, Excellent post this week on the Protestant Reformation, and its influence on America. Today we enjoy being able to choose what to believe and having rights to speak out against those in government if we do not agree with them. In the past for many, any actions to disagree with the state or those in power would lead to serious consequences. We owe a lot to the protestant Reformation and the ideas that came from the movement. Without these changes in the peoples thinking and those who migrated to this country, America would be unrecognizable, as we know it now.

The first picture shows a church that is full of paintings and sculptures, this is a photo of the Catholic Church. In the Catholic Church they worshiped relics and used many statues and other pieces of art. Along with the use of relics, the Catholic Church used the bible to teach and preach about God, whereas the protestant Church did not. The second picture is of a church that is mostly empty, this shows the protestant church, because they did not use relics and they focused on their relations with god.

During sixteenth century Europe a wave of religious dissatisfaction swept the European continent. There were cries for the restructuring of the Catholic Church. These cries grew into more than just a simple remodeling of the Catholic faith they grew into the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther is credited for the reformation movement against the Catholic Church that began in 1517.

The Azusa Street revival of 1906 to 1909 was an event that popularised the practice of charismatic worship first in the United States and eventually throughout the Christian world. However, representations of the revival in the early years of the 20th century were biased, and distorted the events that occurred. Early believers portrayed the revival as an eschatological narrative in which the power of God came down to earth and revolutionised the church, especially with the gift of tongues. Pentecostal historians later mythologised Azusa Street representing the revival as the birthplace of Pentecostalism. On the other hand, conservatives portrayed the events of the revival as unbiblical and sinful, while secular critics depicted the revival