Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 3 of 5) by Amos Yong
The same goes for our relationship to and participation with the ecumenical movement. The point is not to avoid the ecumenical movement since, in a very real sense, Pentecostals have always been ecumenical even though most of us have not realized this before. Rather, ecumenical Pentecostalism should emphasize discerning participation. As a global movement, it has no other choice. There is no place left to withdraw to. Pentecostal mission, whether we like it or not, includes the ecumenical dimension.
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Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 1 of 5)
Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 2 of 5)
Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 4 of 5)
Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 5 of 5)
Notes
11. So as not to bog down the reader, I will forego detailed documentation in these historical sub-sections in favor of a brief reading list at the end of this essay.
12. Dale T. Irvin, “‘Drawing All Together into One Bond of Love’: The Ecumenical Vision of William J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival,” Journal of Pentecostal Theology 6 (1995): 46.
13. Frank Bartleman, Azusa Street: The Roots of Modern-day Pentecost (1925; reprint, Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, 1980), 54.
14. For details, see the “Roundtable: Racial Reconciliation” articles by Frank Macchia, Ithiel Clemmons, Leonard Lovett, Manuel Gaxiola-Gaxiola, Samuel Solivan, and Cecil M. Robeck, Jr., in the spring 1996 issue of Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
15. This vision was prominent in early Pentecostal literature such as William Seymour’s Azusa Street periodical, The Apostolic Faith.
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