The Century of the Holy Spirit : 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001

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“The man who is generally recognized as the formulator of Pentecostal doctrine and the theological founder of the movement was Charles Fox Parham (1873–1929).⁶ His doctrine of tongues as the ‘Bible evidence’ of the baptism in the Holy Spirit would directly lead to the Azusa Street revival of 1906 and the creation of the world Pentecostal movement.” (Page 42)

“Seymour and Parham could well be called the ‘cofounders’ of world Pentecostalism.” (Page 5)

“The first Pentecostals, in the modern sense of the word, can be traced to Parham’s Bible school in Topeka, Kansas, in 1901.” (Page 3)

“Robert Pearsall Smith, an American evangelist whose wife, Hannah Whitall Smith, also became known as a popular speaker and author. Smith carried the Pentecostal terminology gaining currency among holiness believers to the point of doctrinal change. This new Keswick emphasis displaced the concept of the second blessing as an ‘eradication’ of the sinful nature in favor of a ‘baptism in the Holy Spirit’ as an ‘enduement of power for service.’ The experience anticipated by the ardent seekers at Keswick was cast not so much in terms of cleansing as in the anointing by the Spirit. Further, the Spirit-filled life was not a ‘state of perfection’ but a ‘maintained condition.’” (Page 29)

“I laid my hands upon her and prayed,’ Parham later recalled of the event. ‘I had scarcely completed three dozen sentences when a glory fell upon her, a halo seemed to surround her head and face, and she began speaking the Chinese language and was unable to speak English for three days.’” (Page 1)