A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library
A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library
A History of Christian Doctrine group withdrew from Florence Crawford’s Apostolic Faith Mission in 1919 on the ground that she was too strict in matters of holiness, fellowship, and church government. The second withdrew from the Foursquare Gospel in 1932 after Aimee McPherson’s remarriage as a divorcee. A small group that is quite similar to the AG is the Christian Church of North America (13,500), which was originally composed of Italian-Americans. The first congregation was started in 1907 by Luigi Francescon, an immigrant who received the Holy Spirit under William Durham in Chicago, and his friend Pietro Ottolini. The Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International (195,000) is a loosely structured organization that provides credentials for independent ministers and churches. It began in 1962 with the (unrealized) hope of providing leadership to the Charismatic movement. The primary organizers were Gordon Lindsay (1906-73) and W. A. Raiford. Lindsay was a convert of Charles Parham, the manager for William Branham’s healing campaigns for a time, the publisher of Voice of Healing (later Christ for the Nations), and the founder of Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas. Over the years, the Trinitarian Pentecostal organizations of the U.S. and Canada maintained some fellowship with one another, forming the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America (PFNA). No black organizations were included, however. In 1994, the “Memphis Miracle,” a significant step toward racial reconciliation, took place. Pentecostal leaders meeting in Memphis dissolved the PFNA and formed the Pentecostal/Charis- 140
Trinitarian Pentecostal Organizations matic Churches of North America, which included black organizations. No Oneness organizations were invited to participate. Trinitarian Pentecostals around the World From the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles, the Pentecostal movement spread rapidly around the world. The February-March 1907 issue of The Apostolic Faith, published by the mission, reported outpourings of the Holy Spirit in London, Stockholm, Oslo, and Calcutta. Later issues gave reports from Africa, Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Jerusalem, and elsewhere. The earliest missionaries from Azusa Street were A. G. Garr and his wife, who went to India and Hong Kong. American missionaries in various parts of the world received their Pentecostal experience either by attending Azusa Street or reading the news about it, and the Holy Spirit began to fall in their missions. Notable revivals occurred in India, China, and Japan as a result. A key figure in the spread of Pentecostalism to Europe was Thomas Ball Barratt (1862-1940) of Norway, a Methodist pastor. While in the United States in 1906, he heard of the Azusa Street revival, corresponded with the mission, and received the Holy Spirit in New York City. He returned to Oslo, where he conducted the first modern Pentecostal meeting in Europe and founded the Filadelfia Church. Pastors from across Europe came to visit Barratt’s services in Oslo and were filled with the Spirit. Notable converts, who in turn established Pentecostal movements in their own countries, were Alexander Boddy, an Anglican pastor in Sunderland, England; Jonathan Paul, a 141
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A <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Christian</strong> <strong>Doctrine</strong><br />
group withdrew from Florence Crawford’s Apostolic<br />
Faith Mission in 1919 on the ground that she was too<br />
strict in matters <strong>of</strong> holiness, fellowship, and church<br />
government. The second withdrew from the Foursquare<br />
Gospel in 1932 after Aimee McPherson’s remarriage as<br />
a divorcee.<br />
A small group that is quite similar to the AG is the<br />
<strong>Christian</strong> Church <strong>of</strong> North America (13,500), which<br />
was originally composed <strong>of</strong> Italian-Americans. The first<br />
congregation was started in 1907 by Luigi Francescon,<br />
an immigrant who received the Holy Spirit under William<br />
Durham in Chicago, and his friend Pietro Ottolini.<br />
The Full Gospel Fellowship <strong>of</strong> Churches and<br />
Ministers International (195,000) is a loosely structured<br />
organization that provides credentials for independent<br />
ministers and churches. It began in 1962 with the<br />
(unrealized) hope <strong>of</strong> providing leadership to the<br />
Charismatic movement. The primary organizers were<br />
Gordon Lindsay (1906-73) and W. A. Raiford. Lindsay<br />
was a convert <strong>of</strong> Charles Parham, the manager for<br />
William Branham’s healing campaigns for a time, the<br />
publisher <strong>of</strong> Voice <strong>of</strong> Healing (later Christ for the<br />
Nations), and the founder <strong>of</strong> Christ for the Nations<br />
Institute in Dallas.<br />
Over the years, the Trinitarian Pentecostal organizations<br />
<strong>of</strong> the U.S. and Canada maintained some fellowship<br />
with one another, forming the Pentecostal<br />
Fellowship <strong>of</strong> North America (PFNA). No black organizations<br />
were included, however. In 1994, the “Memphis<br />
Miracle,” a significant step toward racial reconciliation,<br />
took place. Pentecostal leaders meeting in Memphis dissolved<br />
the PFNA and formed the Pentecostal/Charis-<br />
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