Charismatics

The Rise of Pentecostalism.

During the 1960s Pentecostalism began to move into traditional Christian denominations. Pentecostalism, the baptism by the Holy Spirit as described in the second chapter of Acts, appeared in various areas in the South in the late nineteenth century. But the revival of the black evangelist W. J. Seymour on Azusa Street in Los Angeles in 1906 began the spread of Pentecostalism throughout the United States.

Working Class Support.

The phenomenon quickly spread in working-class white and black communities, particularly in the South and West, but was rejected by traditional Protestant groups who believed God had already spoken through the Bible and Catholics and others who believed that God spoke through the Church itself or through tradition. The increasing number of charismatics were dismissed by traditional groups as Holy Rollers, people who not only spoke in tongues but even indulged in...

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