* 1906 – The Azusa Street Revival opens and will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement.

Following the Welsh Revival, the Azusa Street Revival in 1906 began the spread of Pentecostalism in North America.

However, since the rise of 20th century Pentecostalism, especially after 1906, there were new meanings and associations to the term — meanings that the Pentecostal Nazarenes rejected.

The origin of Pentecostalism is widely considered the 1906 Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, California.

Smith had early contact with the Pentecostal movement in Norway and Aksel Smith cooperated with Thomas Ball Barratt during the first few years after Barratt introduced Pentecostalism to Norway in 1906 – 1907.

Pentecostalism or Classical Pentecostalism is a renewal movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Since the 1960s, Pentecostalism has increasingly gained acceptance from other Christian traditions, and Pentecostal beliefs concerning Spirit baptism and spiritual gifts have been embraced by non-Pentecostal Christians in Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox churches through the Charismatic Movement.

Pentecostalism is an evangelical faith, emphasizing the reliability of the Bible and the need for the transformation of an individual's life through faith in Jesus.

The central belief of Pentecostalism is that through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, sins can be forgiven and humanity reconciled with God.

His zeal and influence in spreading Pentecostalism through the south has earned him the title of the Apostle of Pentecost to the South.

The Missionary Church has diverse roots, especially in Anabaptism ( directly through the Mennonites ), German Pietism, the holiness movement, and American evangelicalism, ( and to a smaller degree fundamentalism and Pentecostalism ).

Before the emergence of the holiness movement in the mid 19th century and Pentecostalism in the early 20th century, most denominations believed that Christians received the baptism with the Holy Spirit either upon conversion and regeneration or through rites of Christian initiation.

Pentecostalism became a larger influence through the Charismatic Movement of the 1970s, but North American and Ceylon Pentecostal Mission missionaries ( Pentecostal Church of Malaysia ) had been active from 1935.

He gives this opening statement in the book: " There is only one outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the latter days, although the streams flow through channels known as ‘ classical Pentecostalism ,’ Protestant ‘ neo-Pentecostalism ,’ and the ‘ Catholic charismatic renewal .’ In the end it adds up to one great historical phenomenon which has had a profound effect on Christianity around the world.

The three-year-long Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, California, resulted in the spread of Pentecostalism throughout the United States and the rest of the world as visitors carried the Pentecostal experience back to their home churches or felt called to the mission field.

During the advent of Pentecostalism at Azusa Street, the practice of speaking in tongues was strongly rejected by leaders of the traditional holiness movement.

The Apostolic Faith Mission on Azusa Street, now considered to be the birthplace of Pentecostalism.

Classical Pentecostalism includes any denomination or group which has origins in the Pentecostal revival that began in 1901 and is most identified with the Azusa Street Mission of Los Angeles.

Within months of the outbreak of revival at Azusa Street, Pentecostalism had reached Canada, and by 1910, there were Canadian Pentecostals on both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts, with sizable congregations in Toronto, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

In Pentecostalism, during the earliest years of the Pentecostal revivals, notably Azusa Street in Los Angeles, 1906-09 the mixing of the races was encouraged, and Jim Crow laws were defied.

These differences have led to Charismatic Christianity being categorized into three main groups: Pentecostalism, the charismatic movement, and neo-charismatic movements.

However, Oneness Pentecostalism differs significantly by rejecting sequential modalism and by the full acceptance of the begotten humanity of the Son, not eternally begotten, who was the man Jesus and was born, crucified, and risen, and not the deity.

The distinctive doctrine of Pentecostalism is that there is a second work of grace after conversion, which Pentecostals call the baptism in the Holy Spirit, that is evidenced by glossolalia (" speaking in tongues ").

* The European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism ( GloPent ) is an initiative by three leading European Universities in Pentecostal studies networking academic research on Pentecostal and Charismatic movements.

In recent years, COGIC, the Assemblies of God, and other Pentecostal denominations and ministries have dedicated themselves to reconciling and healing the vestiges of racism within Pentecostalism, which separated on racial lines in 1914, by working together in common ministries.

Because of his " Kingdom Identity " views ( which hold that Israel, not the church, is the bride of Christ, in contradiction to the teachings of the Westminster Confession of Faith ) and his conversion to Pentecostalism, Pastor Campbell left the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster and, he no longer continues to promote Ian Paisley and his literature due to his compromise and sell out to Irish Republicanism and to recent attendances by Paisley at ecumenical services ( he does adhere to the Presbyterian doctrine of Calvinism ), many of the clergy that Paisley moderates have attacked Campbell, such as Reverend T. A.

Instead of the mainstream charismatic label, however, the movement has preferred the term Empowered Evangelicals ( a term coined by Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson in their book of the same name ) to reflect their roots in traditional evangelicalism as opposed to classical Pentecostalism.

Today, the revival is considered by historians to be the primary catalyst for the spread of Pentecostalism in the 20th century.

Most of the ministers of the Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Fire-Baptized Holiness Church and the Holiness Free Will Baptist Churches were swept into Pentecostalism by this revival.

One controversy involves Oneness Pentecostalism, which is opposed by all the Protestant churches.

In a book review by Henry Lederle, Synan ’ s 2001 book The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal was described as “ a lasting contribution to the recording of Pentecostalism ,” and a book that is “ poised to become the standard work of reference for the historical development of the various Pentecostal and Charismatic awakenings of the twentieth century .” This book, which Lederle calls Synan ’ s “ magnum opus ,” contains 15 chapters, seven of which were written by Synan and the remaining eight chapters by contributing authors.

This action resulted in the first major split within Canadian Pentecostalism and the creation of the Apostolic Church of Pentecost in 1921 by former PAOC members.

Pentecostalism stresses the " Baptism of the Holy Spirit " and the use of supernatural spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in unknown tongues, and is fired by a strong millennialism ( expecting the return of Christ at any moment ; this feature was also characteristic of many others of the newer mission groups ( especially Holiness and Adventist ones ).

Eastern Orthodox by tradition ( belonging to either the Romanian Orthodox or Bulgarian Orthodox churches ), many Ursari are adhering to Protestant movements such as Pentecostalism.

* Menzies, William W. " The Reformed Roots of Pentecostalism ".

Together with William J. Seymour, Parham was one of the two central figures in the development and early spread of Pentecostalism.

Examples include the Latter Day Saint movement of Joseph Smith, Jr. and Pentecostalism.

* Oneness Pentecostalism is a grouping of denominations and believers within the Pentecostal movement with various non-trinitarian views.

As a result, Acts is particularly influential among branches of Christianity which place particular emphasis in the Holy Spirit, such as Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movement.

20th century Pentecostalism was not the earliest instance of " speaking in tongues " in church history, but earlier examples are few ; in church history and writing after the New Testament, it had never been regarded as orthodox until the rise of Pentecostalism.

During the 20th century, glossolalia would primarily become associated with Pentecostalism and the later charismatic movement.

Contemporary Christian worship, as often found in Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, may include the use of contemporary worship music played with electric guitars and the drum kit, sharing many elements with rock music.

Like other forms of evangelical Protestantism, Pentecostalism adheres to the inerrancy of scripture and the necessity of accepting Christ as personal lord and savior.

This empowerment includes the use of spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues and divine healing – two other defining characteristics of Pentecostalism.

Comprising over 700 denominations and a large amount of independent churches, there is no central authority governing Pentecostalism ; however, many denominations are affiliated with the Pentecostal World Fellowship.

The term foursquare refers to the four fundamental beliefs of Pentecostalism: Jesus saves according to John 3: 16, baptizes with the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2: 4, heals bodily according to James 5: 15, and is coming again to receive those who are saved according to 1 Thessalonians 4: 16 – 17.

The fundamental requirement of Pentecostalism is that one be born again.

The security of the believer is a doctrine held within Pentecostalism ; nevertheless, faith and repentance are necessary for salvation and remain necessary for the continuance of that salvation.

A notable exception is Oneness Pentecostalism, most adherents of which believe both water baptism and Spirit baptism are integral components of salvation.

Pentecostalism is a holistic faith, and the belief that Jesus is Healer is one-fourth of the full gospel.

* Blumhofer, Edith L. The Assemblies of God: A Chapter in the Story of America Pentecostalism, Volume 1 — To 1941.