Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism

by McGee, Gary B.

• ISBN13: 9781570758546
• ISBN10: 1570758549
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-30
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Summary

"Miracles, Missions and American Pentecostalism examines the historical, theological, and missiological context and development of American Pentecostal missions, including the expectation of miracles and how this fit into them ission scene of the twentieth century.McGee shows that htis charismatically-inclined spirituality predominates today among Majority World Christianity, at least because of the contributions of Pentecostal missionaries.

Author Biography

Gary B. McGee was Distinguished Professor of Church History and Pentecostal Studies at Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, Springfield, Missouri. He has also written This Gospel Shall Be Preached: A History and Theology of Assembles of God Foreign Missions; co-edited the Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements; and co-authored Introducing World Missions.

Table of Contents

Preface to the ASM Series	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xvi
Introduction	p. xvii
Abbreviations	p. xxiii
Pentecostal Power and Missions
The Nagging Comparison	p. 3
Apostolic Power and Missions	p. 4
Miracles and the True Church	p. 6
The Lever of Providence	p. 9
The Nagging Comparison	p. 11
The Great Failure	p. 15
The Great Outpouring	p. 21
The Holy Spirit and Mission	p. 22
The Outpouring of the Spirit	p. 25
Reports of Revivals	p. 27
The Evangelistic Baptism	p. 29
Indigenous Christians and the Spirit	p. 31
Prophets and Schism	p. 34
Tiruneveli	p. 35
Travancore	p. 37
Significance of the Indian Revivals	p. 39
Expectant Faith	p. 41
The Last Days' Agenda	p. 43
Faith and Unlimited Possibilities	p. 44
Models of the Faith Life	p. 46
Signs Will Follow	p. 49
Praying for the Sick	p. 52
Confronting the Devil	p. 55
Piously Headstrong Missionaries	p. 59
The Shortcut to Language Preparation	p. 61
Expectancy of Mark 16:17	p. 62
Irving Revisited	p. 65
The Severe Logic	p. 67
Astonishing Claims	p. 69
Pentecost on Beulah Hill, 1900	p. 73
Missional Influence	p. 76
Diverging Currents of the Spirit's Work	p. 77
Decade of Revivals	p. 79
The Indian Pentecost	p. 81
The Larger Scene in Missions	p. 84
Edinburgh 1910	p. 87
Pentecostalism	p. 89
Early Pentecostal Missions, 1906-1908	p. 92
The Wind of God	p. 97
Apostolic Power and Missions
The Source of Missional Power	p. 101
Reception of Spirit Baptism	p. 102
Empowered through Love	p. 106
The Gift or the Giver?	p. 109
The Gift of Interpretation	p. 111
New World of Realities	p. 113
Thus Saith the Lord?	p. 114
The Search for Order	p. 119
No Collections Taken	p. 120
Apostolic Faith Association	p. 123
Interior Mission, Liberia	p. 127
Pentecostal Missionary Unions	p. 128
Pentecostal Mission in South and Central Africa	p. 131
United Free Gospel and Missionary Society	p. 133
Bezaleel Evangelistic Mission	p. 133
National and International Pentecostal Missionary Union	p. 137
Denominational Missions	p. 139
Faith and Mutual Effort	p. 143
Missionaries and Strategies	p. 145
Miracles and Challenges	p. 146
Faith and Money	p. 149
Preparation for the Harvest	p. 153
Threat of Universalism	p. 156
The Pentecostal Standard	p. 159
The Indigenous Church	p. 163
Advocates of the Indigenous Church	p. 165
Triumph of the Standard	p. 170
Healing Movements and Misgivings	p. 174
The Strain of the Incarnation	p. 176
Healing and the Fundamentalists	p. 179
The Gospel of Healing	p. 181
The Anglican Communion	p. 184
The Miracle Gate	p. 190
Challenges to Healing	p. 192
Post–World War II Healing Movement	p. 194
Apostolic Faith at the Third Millennium	p. 198
Charismatically Inclined Christianity	p. 200
Alliance with Evangelicals	p. 203
Crisis and Reaction	p. 206
Crosscurrents in Evangelism	p. 209
Limits of Restoration	p. 211
The Challenge of Roman Catholicism	p. 212
Pentecostal and Charismatic Missions	p. 215
The Intruding Presence	p. 218
Miracles and Mission in Retrospect	p. 221
The Apostolic Faith	p. 222
Notes	p. 224
Index	p. 318
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