1.1F(a) Early Pentecostals Differences & Similarities

1.1F(a) Early Pentecostals Differences & Similarities

1. Some were wealthy, some poor

   • most working class
   • Most lacked formal ministerial training, but some had degrees

2. Doctrine Differences

   • tongues as required evidence of Baptism
     • The nature of sanctification
       • The view of God as Trinity

3. Why organizations forms, although fear of quenching the Spirit

   • After Azusa, Wesleyan-holiness joined Pentecostal
     • New orgs adopted reformed revivalist Keswick views (AG)
       • Forms of church government varied.
         • As more problems surfaced in the Pentecostal movement, more organization were formed to provide accountability, cooperation, doctrinal standards and fellowship.
           • Still a large number of pentecostals refused to join any organizatiaon for fear human rules would quench the leading and freedom of the Spirit
             • Radical Evangelicals provided direction:)
               • A.B. Simpsosn (1843-1919
                 • 1844-1924 - Maria B Woodworth-Etter
                   • 1847-1907 John Alexander Dowie
                     • 1862-1948 Frank W. Sanford