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Christianity in the Modern World A Brief Overview 

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Important Moments in Christianity

Con version of Constantine

Council of Nicaea Schism of 1054

Protestant Ref ormation

First and Second Great Awakenings

The T wentieth Century  Emergence of Pentecostalism

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Pentecostal

Movement

W illiam Seymour

Born in Centerville, LA on May 2, 1870

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Pentecostal Movement

 April 9, 1906

After several months of preaching and praying in L.A., a member of Seymour¶s small congregation claimed to have received the baptism of the Holy 

Spirit and spoke in tongues

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Pentecostal Movement  Azusa Street Revival (April 15, 1906)

The small group was joined by others

and mo ved to 

an old tw o-story 

 building at 312 Azusa Street

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P

entecostal Movement

Nature of Services:

Similar to other f ormsof Protestant revivalism

Protracted meetings

Songs, testimonies,

prayer f or the sick, spontaneous sermons Strong emphasis on baptism in the Holy Spirit and

speaking in tongues

Influenced by African American spirituality 

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Pentecostal Movement

It was an interracial event and attractive to 

members of the lo wer-classes:

One commentator on the Azusa Street Revival said,

³It was indeed a contribution from the ghetto to the w orld.´

A nother commentator exclaimed,

³the color line was washed away in the blood [of Jesus].´

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Pentecostal Movement

One college president wrote to afriend that the Pentecostaleruptionwas the saddest eventof his life

³Slashed and utterly ruined the w ork of God´

³I hope a remnant of the Church  will be saved from the wreck.´

Regardless of such criticismsPentecostal Christianity continued to expand

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Contemporary Pentecostalism Today Pentecostalismcontinues to manifest itself in a variety of ways It is not simply one thing

Some more traditionally evangelical and others notso much

Toronto and Florida ³laughing revivals´

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xczu y d_holy -laughter-rodney -ho ward- bro w ne _shortfilms

 www.revival.com

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Contemporary Pentecostalism in a

Global Context

Today,Pentecostalism/Charismatic 

Christianity is one of thefastest gro wing f orms of Protestantism in the w orld.

Ho w??

Wh y??

Contributing factor - along  with R oman Catholicism ± in the changing face of glo balChristianity.

Pew Forum on Religion and Pu blic Life (2006):

Brazil = 49% Chile = 30%

Guatemala = 60%

Ken ya = 56%

Nigeria = 26%

South Africa = 34% Philippines = 44%

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Changing Face ofChristianity

Quiz #7:

A ccording to Jenkins w hat ishappening to modern Christianity and w hat makesthis new Christianity different?

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eading forNext Class

Excerpt from the Sufi poetry of R umi:

Be able to list at least tw o themes that are portrayed in the poems.