HOLINESS ROOTS

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HOLINESS ROOTS
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Methodist Holiness Movement
John Wesley - An Anglican priest who experienced
his evangelical conversion in a meeting at
Aldersgate Street (London) in 1738 where, as he
said, my heart was strangely warmed. This he
called his new birth. -Synan, 2
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Catholic Apostolic Movement
Edward Irving became pastor at the Church of
Scotland (Presbyterian) church at Regent Square,
London England. Irving and his friends suggested
the possibility of a restoration of the gifts of
the Spirit in the modern church. He led the first
attempt at charismatic renewal in his Regents
Square Presbyterian Church in 1831. He later
formed the Catholic Apostolic Church.
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The Keswick movement began in 1875 and was named
after the town in the Lake District in England
that became its main center. Each July,
conventions would be held with the same central
message of sanctification by faith. Although it
claimed to be without a tradition, it is evident
that the Keswick movement found its roots in the
Wesleyan holiness stream. The difference lay in
the fact that its founders sought to make the
teaching palatable to Calvinists as well as
Arminians.
British Keswick Movement (1875)
KEY FIGURES IN KESWICK MOVEMENT Hannah Whitall
Smith William E. Boardman D.L. Moody A.B.
Simpson A.J. Gordon
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HOLINESS ROOTS
Methodist Holiness Movement
Catholic Apostolic Movement
British Keswick Movement (1875)
Irving taught his parishioners to seek the Holy
Spirit, and that if they did, the Spirit would
become manifest in them, and the signs and
miraculous gifts, such as speaking in tongues and
prophecy, would be restored to the Church through
them.
Entire sanctification or perfect love was the
second blessing or baptism with Spirit.
The baptism with the Spirit was an enduement with
power for service
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PRE-PENTECOSTALIST HISTORY For those who want to
know where Pentecostal revivals sprang from,
look here A Pre-Pentecostalist Time Line An
Azusa Time Line Pentecostalism Lives After Azusa
on some movements some relevant Web links
between early church and Reformation
European Research Network on Global
Pentecostalism (GloPent) www.glopent.net
http//pewforum.org/surveys/pentecostal/
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• What does it mean to be Pentecostal?

• What happened at Pentecost?
• Filled with the Spirit Acts 18
• Empowered for Service/Witness
• Not about Holiness

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• Luke stresses growth of the Kingdom
  Geographically and numerically. And the Word of
  the Lord grew
• Luke assumes that people are growing in Christ,
  but that is not his focus.
• Reality check You cant write everything in
  one letter
• Ask - To whom was he writing? What was
  agenda/purpose?

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• What does it mean to be Pentecostal?

• Paul Matters of the interior domain
• Key word BEING
• Lifestyle is important as doing.
• Quality of Christian life.
• Eph 518 Do not get drunk on wine, which
  leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the
  Spirit.
• Pauls emphasis is Fruit Gal. 522-3 Love,
  joy peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
  faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

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• What is a Pentecostal?
• A witness of the modern world that the power
  of Pentecost is available for our age.
• Most would add tongues.
• BHS is an empowerment for service (Ac18)
• Normative Biblical pattern (Ac 24)

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What is a Pentecostal?

• Two Unique Elements of Pentecostal
  Theology/Doctrine
• The experience of Spirit separate from
  regeneration
• The accompanying Biblical sign of tongues
• Dennis Bennet (Episcopalian) Do you have to
  speak in tongues? No, but you will.
• Glossolalia three values
• Evidential value Pentecostal personal
• Prayer aid Charismaticpersonal
• Gift of the Spirit Prophetic public