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| rented stones folly for short term missions school |
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| lead a prayer service that studied the baptism in the holy pirit in which the first woman Agnes Osman received the gift. |
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| First woman to speak in tongues. |
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| Leader of the protestant reformation |
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| Left his library which eventually became a college |
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| A mansion rented out by Parham to serve as a Bible school. He discussed with his students the evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit as speaking in tongues |
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| What happened when Parham and his students began to pray for the baptism of the Holy Spirit? |
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| Agnus Ozman began speaking in tongues at an all night prayer meeting |
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| What are early church’s influences on the Pentecostal church? |
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Martin Luther- Bible is authority
Early church was liturgical |
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| Who were the Puritans and what did they contribute? |
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People from churches that tried to Purify Christianity
Founded churches with preaching
Harvard founded to train ministers |
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| What happened to the 3rd Generation of Puritans? |
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| Lost their religious fervor |
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| Who were the main catalysts to the 1st Great Awakening? |
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Jonathan Edwards- Delivered sermons on Justification, Wrote “ Surprising Narrative of the Work of God,” famous sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
George Whitefield- outdoor preacher and great communicator, 70-80% of Americans heard him in person, knew Benjamin Franklin, ran an orphanage with integrity, and died as most well known American in history at that point |
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| Who and what made up the phases of the 2nd Great Awakening? |
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Phase 1- Began in Kentucky, Cane Ridge Camp Meeting was the greatest meeting at that time period, led to huge revival
Phase 2- Charles Finney- Armenian theologist, began in Rochester NY rented out auditoriums and preached like a lawyer, began the practice of altar calls |
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| A critique of Christianity by applying rationalism, it de-emphasized holiness in an attempt to break down barriers between Christian and secular society |
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| What are the five major influences of Pentecostalism? |
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| Holiness, Fundamentalism, Dispensationalism, Restorationism, and Divine Healing |
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| Why did the holiness movement arise? |
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| To counteract liberalism, holiness churches sprang up across America, but weren’t connected because holiness leaders didn’t want to split the local church |
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| What is the 2nd Blessing and what does the AG believe about it? |
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It’s an experience that comes after Salvation which is sanctification and was supported by Phoebe Palmer
AG believes you are sanctified at Salvation |
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A response to Liberalism
Sent out a pamphlet with the 5 fundamental of Christianity
Bible is true, but can’t be applied today
There have been no miracles since the time of apostles |
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| What are the 5 fundamental truths? |
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Innerancy of Scripture
Deity and virgin birth of Christ
Atonement
Resurrection
2nd coming |
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| Why isn’t the AG fundamentalist? |
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Fundamentals blasted Pentecostals
Pentacostals identify more with Evangelicals
Fundamentalists highlights wrongs while Evangelicals highlight love |
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| Has fundamentalism contributed anything to AG? |
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| What is Dispensationalism and what are the 2 most important dispensations? |
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History is made up of 7 theological time periods (dispensations) that have different rules as purported by Scofield
Takes Bible literally
The two most important dispensations are law ( OT and merely reveals God’s character) and grace (were under this dispensation now)
The kingdom dispensation believed in a pre-tribulation rapture which was supported by Parham |
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| What is Restorationism and what is its shortcoming? |
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We need to restore the church to its NT form
Shortcoming is that it completely ignores church history |
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| Who were the proponents of Divine healing? |
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AJ Gordon- Baptist preacher who said healing is in Christ’s atonement as taken from Isaiah 53, but didn’t push it a lot
AB Simpson- key to him was the centrality of Christ as the healer, opened a healing home, founded the Christian Missionary Alliance, led the Nyack missionary school revival. Held four cardinal doctrines concerning Christ as: Savior, Healer, Sanctifier (AG Baptism of HS), and Coming King Even though he never received the baptism of the HS he believe “Seek not, forbid not”
Dowie- emphasized the importance of faith in healing. Founded Christian community in Zion, Illinois. Establishes the Apostalic Christian Catholic Church, believes he’s a modern day Elijah, but is pushed out of power because of financial mismanagement |
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| Who is Parham and what does he believe? |
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Came to the conclusion that the evidence of the baptism of the HS is speaking in tongues
Believed in dispensationalism, restorationism, holiness movement, and divine healing
Healed a woman named Mary Arthur at a healing service
Goes to Galina, KA and Houston for healing crusades and decides to hold another Bible college in Houston |
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African American who sits in on Parham’s Bible School and believes in baptism of the holy spirit which he takes to Los Angeles
Seeks the baptism of the holy spirit at a small house meeting after he’s kicked out of a holiness church and as more and more people receive the baptism Seymour decides he needs a new place to hold the people which he finds on Azusa St. |
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| What is the name of Seymours newsletter and who edits it and later takes it along on an evangelism trip with another woman? |
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| It’s called the Apostolic Faith Newsletter and it was edited by Clara Lum who later took it on an evangelism trip with Florence Crawford |
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| What was the Azusa St. experience like? |
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Services were spontaneous
The mission was run on complete faith as well as preached
Everyone was equal in the Spirit
Marked by profound spiritual experiences |
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| What was the Azusa St. experience like? |
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Services were spontaneous
The mission was run on complete faith as well as preached
Everyone was equal in the Spirit
Marked by profound spiritual experiences |
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| Journaled on Azusa St and gave eyewitness accounts about it |
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| Journaled on Azusa St and gave eyewitness accounts about it |
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| What brought an end to the Azusa St. Revival? |
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Criticism-
Parham doesn’t like the apparent disorganization, the belief of Seymour that tongues may not be a missionary language, or racial mixture
William Durham- opens a mission in Chicago after going to Azusa and is invited to preach at Azusa while Seymour goes on tour. Durham preaches against sanctification as the 2nd work of grace and that baptism of HS is preparation for ministry to Seymour padlocks him out
Lack of Unity
Mailing list gets taken by Lum and Crawford
Other missions spring up around LA and the country
Decline of Passions |
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| Holiness preacher who reads Apostolic Faith and is baptized in the HS by Seymour. He takes the message back to NC and starts the Azusa revival of the Souh |
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| He’s slain in the Spirit at a Cashwell service and then takes Pentecost back to the Church of God Cleveland |
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| Evangelist who founded a Black holiness church and cofounded the Church of God in Christ which now has over 5 million members |
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| How do fundamentals see Pentecostals? |
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| They believe that miracles ended at the time of the Apostles and that Pentecostals were overemotional |
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| What were the problems with a lack of organization in the early Pentecostal church? |
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Partisanship- people were creating kingdoms
Danger of false ministers
Danger of false teaching
The need to give oversight to missions
Practical needs- risk of being sued, not recognized by government |
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| Who founded the Christian Missionary Alliance and what was its stance on speaking in tongues? |
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| AB Simpson- “Seek not, forbid not” |
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| Where was the first council meeting and who held it? |
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| Hot Springs, Arkansas and it was held by Ian Bell (former Southern Baptist pastor and editor of “Word and Witness) and Howard Goss |
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| What are the 5 reasons that Goss and Bell believed made a denomination necessary? |
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Doctrinal clarification
Create a spirit of cooperation
Cooperate for effective world missions
Chartering for legal purposes
Consider starting a training school (CBI and Gospel Publishing) |
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| Who preached the first service and what did he speak about? |
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| Pinson and spoke about God’s command for order and organization in Israel |
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| What happened at the first meeting |
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| Ian Bell was elected chairman and resolutions and proposals were written out |
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| Who is TK Leonard and what did he do? |
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| Wrote separate proposals from the general council and when they were both presented they were almost identical which was seen as God’s confirmation |
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| What did the passed proposal say? |
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Voluntary cooperation
AG isn’t a denomination but a fellowship
Decided on official name of General Council of the AG
Decided on annual (now biannual) councils
They elected Ian Bell Chairman, JR Roswell secretary
Made “Word and Witness” and Christian Evangel their official voice
Passed a resolution to deny credentials to anyone who has been divorced and remarried |
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