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MethodismandPentecostalism
At a glance
- Common groundIn full: Common ground
- A heritage of revival, conversion, holiness and congregational singing.
2 sources
- The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth CenturyIdentified, not independently read
- Wesley and the People Called MethodistsIdentified, not independently read
Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.
- A heritage of revival, conversion, holiness and congregational singing.
- What distinguishes themIn full: What distinguishes them
- Baptism in the Spirit as a distinct experience after conversion, with tongues as its sign (many Pentecostals).
2 sources
- Statement of Fundamental Truths, 7, 8Source verified
- The Articles of Religion of the Methodist ChurchSource verified
Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.
- Baptism in the Spirit as a distinct experience after conversion, with tongues as its sign (many Pentecostals).
- How their histories connectIn full: How their histories connect
- Pentecostalism grew out of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, an heir of Methodism, from 1901–1906.
2 sources
- History of the Assemblies of GodSource verified
- The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth CenturyIdentified, not independently read
- Revival · 1901–1906Pentecostalism and the Holiness movementRead the account in Pentecostalism
- Pentecostalism grew out of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement, an heir of Methodism, from 1901–1906.
- Connected today?In full: their relationship today
Not yet researched
Separate churches, each with its own statement of faith; the Atlas records no formal agreement between them.
2 sources
- The Articles of Religion of the Methodist ChurchSource verified
- Statement of Fundamental TruthsSource verified
A summary of the researched comparison below; each point links to its evidence.
Researched comparison. Written for this pair from sourced research; each statement links to its evidence.
3 sources
- Pentecostalism (Encyclopedia of Religion and Society)Source verified
- History of the Assemblies of GodSource verified
- The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth CenturyIdentified, not independently read
Where they differ
- Baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Assemblies of God teach a distinct experience after conversion, with speaking in tongues as its initial sign; not all Pentecostals hold the 'initial evidence' teaching, and it is not part of the United Methodist Articles of Religion.
3 sources
- Statement of Fundamental Truths, 7, 8Source verified
- The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth CenturyIdentified, not independently read
- The Articles of Religion of the Methodist ChurchSource verified
Provisional: broadly supported, but awaiting fuller checking.
Sacraments and ordinances
How the rites are understood and counted
- Methodism
- Two sacraments ordained by Christ: Baptism and the Lord's Supper
- Pentecostalism
- Baptism and the Lord's Supper as ordinances
Christ's presence in the Eucharist or Lord's Supper
- Methodism
- Christ received after a heavenly and spiritual manner, by faith
- Pentecostalism
- A symbolic memorial of Christ's death
Who is baptised
- Methodism
- Infants are baptised
- Pentecostalism
- Baptism follows a personal confession of faith
Where teaching varies within a tradition (1)
God
Doctrine of God
- Methodism
- One God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy SpiritArticles of Religion of the United Methodist Church; other Methodist churches have their own standards.
- Pentecostalism
- One God in three persons: Father, Son and Holy SpiritOneness Pentecostal churches reject the doctrine of the Trinity, so this is not a position of the whole movement.
Not yet comparable (1)
No sourced position is recorded for one side, so the Atlas does not say whether they agree:
- Salvation and grace (characteristic emphasis): not recorded for Methodism
How their histories relate
3 sources
- Pentecostalism (Encyclopedia of Religion and Society)Source verified
- History of the Assemblies of GodSource verified
- The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth CenturyIdentified, not independently read
Revival · 1901–1906
Pentecostalism and the Holiness movement
A renewal movement inside an existing church that later became, or gave rise to, a separate body.
Pentecostalism grew out of the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. Charles Parham's teaching on baptism in the Spirit (Topeka, 1901) and the Azusa Street revival led by William J. Seymour (Los Angeles, 1906) spread it worldwide. It was a revival, not a schism.Read in Pentecostalism history3 sources
- History of the Assemblies of GodSource verified
- Pentecostalism (Encyclopedia of Religion and Society)Source verified
- The Holiness–Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth CenturyIdentified, not independently read
Their relationship today
Not yet researched
The Atlas has no researched record of the present relationship between these two. That is a gap in the research, not evidence of any particular relationship.
Developments towards reconciliation
No documented agreement or formal dialogue between these traditions is recorded in the Atlas.
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