The church as a transformation and change agent

February 15, 2017

Jerry Pillay Department of Church History and Church Polity, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, South Africa ABSTRACT This article traces the historical impact of the church in transforming, developing and changing society. It looks at how the church in selected periods in history, mainly in the reformation era, worked...

“Strange Fire”? Not in a Global Pentecostal Context of Ministry

June 20, 2014

A Biblical and experiential panel response to John MacArthur’s “Strange Fire” from an international Pentecostal point of view Strange Fire Dony K. Donev with Dennis Balcombe, Hanny Setiawan and Marius Lombaard [caption id="attachment_472" align="alignright" width="212"] John MacArthur, Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship (Nelson...

The Apostolic Faith (May, 1908)

September 5, 2011

Ireland Both Belfast and Bangor have been visited with Pentecost. England In the past year, news comes that probably 5OO people have received the Pentecost in England. China We hear from South China that about 1OO have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost and they now have a paper...

The Apostolic Faith (September, 1907)

June 1, 2011

This is a time as never before when the baptized saints are scattering abroad everywhere preaching the Word. They have gone out from Los Angeles far and near, carrying the sweet message that the Comforter has come. Some have gone to Canada, some east, some south, and some are on...

The Apostolic Faith (June to September, 1907)

May 30, 2011

The Revival in Portland. One of the mightiest revivals that Portland ever knew has taken place in that city. The devil raged, shots were fired, some were arrested and brought up before the judges, but the Lord worked on and healed all manner of diseases that were brought baptized and...

The Apostolic Faith (April, 1907)

May 10, 2011

In Africa. Monrovia, Liberia, Mar. 26.-we opened a ten day meeting in a school house, and on the tenth night, the Lord came in mighty power. Two were baptized with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues. Ten here have received sanctification, and five are filled with the Holy Ghost...

The Apostolic Faith (January, 1907)

February 20, 2011

We are expecting wonderful things from the Lord for 1907. The closing up of the old year and beginning of the new found us on our knees at Azusa Mission. And as the new year was announced, such a wave of glory, and divine love and unity came over us....

The Apostolic Faith (December, 1906)

February 10, 2011

Many are asking how the work in Azusa Mission started and who was the founder. The Lord was the founder and He is the Projector of this movement. A band of humble people in Los Angeles had been praying for a year or more for more power with God for...

The Apostolic Faith (November, 1906)

January 30, 2011

Gracious Pentecostal Showers Continue to Fall. The news has spread far and wide that Los Angeles is being visited with a "rushing mighty wind from heaven." The how and why of it is to be found in the very opposite of those conditions that are usually thought necessary for a...

The Apostolic Faith (October, 1906)

January 20, 2011

All along the ages men have been preaching a partial Gospel. A part of the Gospel remained when the world went into the dark ages. God has from time to time raised up men to bring back the truth to the church. He raised up Luther to bring back to...

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