Pentecost in My Soul: Explorations in the Meaning of Pentecostal Experience in the Early Assemblies of God

by Edith Blumhofer

Publisher:

Gospel Publishing House

, 1989

Overview

Through their lives and their writings these men and women passed on to thousands their understanding of the Pentecostal experience. They were pastors, missionaries, evangelists, educators. Women and men, single and married, they had identified with various denominations until they experienced Pentecost in their souls. With that, they all discovered new loyalties, renewed purpose, and fuller Christian devotion. These are their stories in their own words.

Key Features

• Highlights leaders at various levels in the denomination’s history
• Offers insights into the considerable contributions of women
• Addresses historical, experiential, and theological issues within Pentecostalism

Contents

• J. Roswell and Alice Reynolds Flower
• Carrie Judd Montgomery
• Ernest Swing Williams
• Fred Vogler
• Mary Anna Arthur
• Alice E. Luce
• Noel Perkin
• Zelma E. Argue
• Joseph and Helen Wannenmacher
• Marie and Robert Brown
• Charles S. Price
• William W. Simpson
• Victor G. Plymire
• Peter Christopher Nelson

Top Highlights

“One stressed Spirit baptism as ‘enduement with power for service’ and thus focused on various forms of evangelistic outreach; the other regarded the experience as primarily heralding the ‘reign of Christ’ within individual believers and thus emphasized a spirituality of being (or character) rather than doing (or deeds).” (Pages 9–10)

“This is the foundation of faith: the pure in heart see God, faith is begotten of God, it is matured in Him; we can do all things through Christ, not only having faith for the little things, but faith to go forth and do the works that Jesus did, realizing ‘that as He was, so are we in this present world.’” (Page 210)

“But the experience apparently added a dimension to her spirituality that nurtured a quest for Christlikeness and ‘overcoming,’ for to Luce as to others, Pentecostalism came to mean enablement to be as well as to do in the last days.” (Page 135)

“Spirit baptism had strong Christocentric overtones. It resolved inner turmoils and energized Christian witness. Most basically, however, it intensified ‘personal communion with our Lord.’” (Page 157)

“But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him’—Hebrews 11:6.” (Page 46)

Product Details

• Title: “Pentecost in My Soul”: Explorations in the Meaning of Pentecostal Experience in the Assemblies of God
• Author: Edith Blumhofer
• Publisher: Gospel Publishing House
• Print Publication Date: 1989
• Logos Release Date: 2019
• Pages: 265
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Assemblies of › Membership; Pentecostal churches › Membership; Experience (Religion)
• ISBNs: 0882436465, 9780882436463
• Resource ID: LLS:PENTECOSTMYSOUL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:11:59Z

About Edith Blumhofer

Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer, was an associate professor at the Assemblies of God Theo­logical Seminary and Evangel College in Springfield, Missouri. She received her Ph.D. in American Religious History from Harvard University written articles for several periodicals and is a member of the American Society of Church History, the American Historical Association, and the Society for Pentecostal Studies.