Original Writing

[freespiritchurch]

I'm teaching a church history class in a seminary where students will not be familiar with Pentecostalism. I'm looking to include primary sources (original writings) from Pentecostal history. I'm including Frank Bartleman's description of Azusa Street, a selection of short articles on healing from prominent healers, and a passage from Oral Roberts. But I need one more, and would be interested in suggestions.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

Smith Wigglesworth was a prominent early Pentecostal as was John Alexander Dowie

 

[Biblicist]

As your from North America then you should check on the material by the Pentecostal historian Vinson Synan, his material is highly regarded by all.

A very helpful resouce can be found at The Pneuma Review where they post a lot of articles by Pentecostal and charismatic scholars and commentators.

As the Pentecostal and charismatic movements have a combined membership of almost 500 million members (see Pew forum) across every continent, then you might want to limit your research to just North America.

 

[ByTheSpirit]

Roberts Liardon is a good early Pentecost author and historian too

 

[AGTG]

The Book of Acts

 

[ByTheSpirit]

Modern Pentecostalism is a long way from the Acts church...

 

[Bob Carabbio]

I'm teaching a church history class in a seminary where students will not be familiar with Pentecostalism. I'm looking to include primary sources (original writings) from Pentecostal history. I'm including Frank Bartleman's description of Azusa Street, a selection of short articles on healing from prominent healers, and a passage from Oral Roberts. But I need one more, and would be interested in suggestions.

Assuming you're talking about "Modern Pentecostal Practice" then Dennis Bennet's "They Speak with other tongues" deals with the "Charismatic outpouring" of 1960 which was independent of the "Pentecostals", and initially OPPOSED by them bitterly.

And there was the SPLIT in 1916 between the Pentecostal Sabellianists under R.E. McAlister, and the Assemblies of God (which started in 1914).

 

[parsley]

Sam Kinison was apparently a former Pentecostal preacher. (-; A little contrast.

Derek Prince (1915-2003)

William Joseph Seymour (1870-1922) The Words that Changed the World: Azusa Street Sermonsby William J. Seymour and Larry Martin

 

[musicalpilgrim]

Smith Wigglesworth was an 19 century English pioneer of the pentecostal revival who had a great healing ministry, and visited Azuza Street. ...there is quite a lot about him on the web;
A great man of God; I find his books inspiring.

[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif]'Smith would pray and the blind would see, and the deaf were healed, people came out of wheelchairs, and cancers were destroyed'.[/FONT]

Oh to see that kind of a ministry now!