The Assemblies of God - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Assemblies of God write by Margaret M. Poloma. This book was released on 2010-11-23. The Assemblies of God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Assemblies of God (AG) is the ninth largest American and the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination, with over 50 million followers worldwide. The AG embraces a worldview of miracles and mystery that makes“supernatural” experiences, such as speaking in tongues, healing, and prophecy, normal for Christian believers. Ever since it first organized in 1916, however, the “charismata” or “gifts of the Holy Spirit” have felt tension from institutional forces. Over the decades, vital charismatic experiences have been increasingly tamed by rituals, doctrine, and denominational structure. Yet the path towards institutionalization has not been clear-cut. New revivals and direct personal experience of God—the hallmarks of Pentecostalism—continue as an important part of the AG tradition, particularly in the growing number of ethnic congregations in the United States. The Assemblies of God draws on fresh, up-to-date research including quantitative surveys and interviews from twenty-two diverse Assemblies of God congregations to offer a new sociological portrait of the AG for the new millennium. The authors suggest that there is indeed a potential revitalization of the movement in the works within the context of the larger global Pentecostal upswing, and that this revitalization may be spurred by what the authors call “godly love:” the dynamic interaction between divine and human love that enlivens and expands benevolence. The volume provides a wealth of data about how the second-largest American Pentecostal denomination sees itself today, and suggests trends to illuminate where it is headed in the future.
The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads
The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads write by Margaret M. Poloma. This book was released on 1989. The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Restoring the Faith
Restoring the Faith - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring the Faith write by Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer. This book was released on 1993. Restoring the Faith available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American Pentecostalism began as a culturally isolated sect intent upon announcing the imminence of the world's end. The sect's early millenarian fervor gradually became muted in favor of flag-waving patriotism. At the end of the twentieth century it has become an affluent, worldwide movement thoroughly entrenched in popular culture. Edith Blumhofer uses the Assemblies of God, the largest classical Pentecostal denomination in the world, as a lens through which to view the changing nature of Anglo Pentecostalism in the United States. She illustrates how the original mission to proclaim the end resulted in the development of Bible schools, the rise of the charismatic movement, and the popularity of such figures as Aimee Semple McPherson, Charles Fox Parham, and David Du Plessis. Blumhofer also examines the sect's use of radio and television and the creation of a parallel Christian culture
Peace to War
Peace to War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Peace to War write by Paul Alexander. This book was released on 2009. Peace to War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Once the Pentecostal peace witness extended throughout the movement and around the world-but was eventually muted and almost completely lost in the American Assemblies of God. This book, which is "gripping, powerful, and prophetic," says Amos Yong, tells the story of that shift. "The antiwar, Christian, pacifist sentiments of the Assemblies of God that Alexander describes . . . juxtaposed in close proximity to their pro-war and anti-pacifist passion and identification with America . . . is simply striking," comments J. Denny Weaver, in the C. Henry Smith Series Editor's Foreword. The implications, observes Cheryl Bridges Johns, Professor of Christian Formation and Discipleship, Church of God, "are worth examining by all traditions asking, 'Will our children have faith?' At the same time, mentions Harvey Cox, Hollis Professor of Religion, Harvard Divinity School, Alexander's narrative "suggests that Pentecostals may yet reclaim this invaluable element of their heritage."
Bible Doctrines
Bible Doctrines - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bible Doctrines write by William W. Menzies. This book was released on 2012-03. Bible Doctrines available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines sixteen major Bible doctrines substantiated with numerous Scripture references. Topics include the inspired Scriptures, one true God, deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, divine healing, salvation of man, fall of man, baptism in the Holy Ghost, and new heavens and new earth.
