ICE - Pentecostalism Worksheet

Name ___________________________ ICE: Pentecostalism - View Ryan Reeves video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzT3pRu2FkY Reeves says that Pentecostalism is both unique and familiar. U_____________ in that it claims to have recovered biblical experiences and teaching that had been lost since NT times; indeed there were not "Pentecostals" on the Mayflower nor any who signed the Declaration of Independence nor any involved in the Civil War. However it is also F______________ in that there are _________ million Pentecostals and Charismatics around the world today: about 279 million are who called classical Pentecostals . It is easier to describe the historical origins of Pentecostalism than it is to describe contemporary Pentecostals due to its linguistic and cultural diversity. There is no single definition to this phenomenon today. Definitions of the Three W________ of this complex 20th century movement: (1) C_____________ Pentecostals early 1900s - Begins with revivalistic preaching on the book of Acts with a message of the miraculous. Acts was viewed as prescriptive and not just descriptive. Begins in the early 1900s out of the Holiness movement and in North America particularly out of the Azusa Street revival in Los Angeles led by a black preacher, William J. Seymour. It began racially mixed but quickly received harsh criticism for that feature both in the press and by even some in the early movement (e.g. Charles Parham). Reeves says that many of these came from poor backgrounds [most Pentecostal historians today disagree with that observation]. As far as speaking in tongues and physical manifestations of the Spirit, these were known throughout church history both in the Western and Eastern churches; certainly that was true of the two great revivals earlier in American history. What is true is that these features were an I_________________ and not never-before seen phenomenon. Outsiders attacked and shunned this new movement. (2) Charismatic R_______________ Movement 1950s-1960s - Pentecostal experiences flowed into many mainline denominations and university settings. Many of these people remained in their faith tradition (whether Methodist, Presbyterian, Anglican/Episcopal, Catholic, etc.) and "added" their Pentecostal experiences to their own theology, liturgy, and ecclesiology. So a classic Pentecostal is one who attends a Pentecostal church and adheres to its beliefs. In its early years the cultural mores (for women: uncut hair, no makeup, no jewelry) were the same as the fundamentalist Holiness movement mores from which it came. Reeves says, "It did not just drop out of the thin air" but came from earlier religious movements in North America and Western Europe [Gary McGee calls these predecessors, "radical evangelicals"]. The charismatic renewal movement was more "modern" in its cultural mores and educational backgrounds. (3) The Neo-C______________________ Movement 1980s-today - It has been called the "signs and wonders" movement. Notable for large, non-denominational churches and tele-evangelist ministries. Their culture mores are more inline with popular culture. (4) Fourth Wave? - Currently, there are many in the PC (Pentecostal Charismatic) circles who have called for a more intellectually nuanced understanding of Pentecostalism. Amos Yong, formerly at Regent University and presently at Fuller Seminary) is an example. Origins of Classic Pentecostalism : Again, it is incorrect to declare that the Azusa Street revival was the place for something entirely new in the religious world. Its theology and experiences had predecessors in such places as people as the Walsh revival of 1900s and Presbyterian Edward Irving of London in the 1830s. It was Charles Fox P____________ 1873-1929 whose focus was (1) ministry to the poor and under-educated and (2) taught the Bible school in Topeka, Kansas, preached that the Holiness doctrine of the baptism of the Holy Spirit was evidenced by speaking in tongues. Parham had some unorthodox ideas about eschatology and race; nevertheless, it was his HS teaching that became his legacy for he taught William J. S___________ 1870-1922 the doctrine. Seymour was born in Louisiana, the son of a slave; lost a eye to smallpox; moved to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and finally Houston. It was at Houston where he studied under Parham. In 1906 Julia Hutcins