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8 unusual facts about Pentecostalism


Achanurangatha Veedu

The film is unique because of the portrayal of the Pentecostal denomination quite extensively for first time on Malayalam cinema silver screen.

Church Hopping

Their first stop is a Pentecostal church held in a tent, where Buck Strickland worships; Hank is quickly put off by their wild fervor.

Denver Heights COGIC

Denver Heights COGIC, also known as The Mother Church, is a Pentecostal in San Antonio, Texas.

Hot Peas 'N Butter

Cotto was first exposed to music in a Pentecostal Church in Harlem, where, at only nine years old, he became a member of the church band.

Islam in Norway

In the end of the 1990s, Islam passed the Roman Catholic Church and Pentecostalism to become the largest minority religion in Norway, provided Islam is seen as one group.

Preachers' Daughters

Ken, Taylor's father, is a pastor of the City of Refuge Pentecostal Church.

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario candidates, 1990 Ontario provincial election

He was twenty-four years old during the 1990 election, was a registered insurance broker and financial planner, and worked with the Pentecostal New Life Assembly Church.

Sam Singleton Atheist Evangelist

Loosely based on Jackson's own experiences growing up in a Pentecostal family, "Brother Sam" tours throughout the USA and Canada.


Angelic language

Glossolalia, the "speaking in tongues" of Pentecostalism, sometimes interpreted as the speech of angels transmitted through humans

Baptism with the Holy Spirit

According to Pentecostal historian H. Vinson Synan, "the basic premise of Pentecostalism, that one may receive later effusions of the Spirit after initiation/conversion, can be clearly traced in Christian history to the beginnings of the rite of confirmation in the Western churches".

Chinese Independent Churches

Pentecostalism stresses the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" and the use of supernatural spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing, and speaking in unknown tongues, and is fired by a strong millennialism (expecting the return of Christ at any moment; this feature was also characteristic of many others of the newer mission groups (especially Holiness and Adventist ones).

D. G. S. Dhinakaran

Allan Anderson, an academic specialising in studies of Pentecostalism, sees similarities between Dhinakaran's efforts and those of Oral Roberts in the US.

H. Vinson Synan

It also opened up many doors of ministry for Synan and he became a frequently invited guest on such television programs as The PTL Club, Trinity Broadcasting Network, and The 700 Club to discuss the Renewal that was occurring among Catholics and the exploding growth of Pentecostalism around the world.

National Bolshevik Party

In Belarus, a Pentecostal church in Minsk was vandalised in 2006, with the NBP emblem drawn on its walls.

Parham

Charles Fox Parham, American preacher instrumental in the formation of Pentecostalism

Potter's House Christian Fellowship

The Potter's House Christian Fellowship is a Christian Pentecostal church organization founded by Pastor Wayman Mitchell in Prescott, Arizona in 1970.


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