Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 5 of 5) by Amos Yong
25 In fact, even a denomination like the Assemblies of God includes a statement in its Constitution and Bylaws that leaves plenty of room for Pentecostals to engage in ecumenical activity. Concluding their denunciation of the ecumenical movement (see note 6) is a parenthetical clause: “This is not to be interpreted to mean that a limitation may be imposed upon any Assemblies of God minister regarding his or her Pentecostal witness or participation on a local level with interdenominational activities” (Assemblies of God Bylaws, Article 9, §11).
26 David Bundy, “The Ecumenical Quest of Pentecostalism,” Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research 5 (1999) [http://pctii/cyberj/cyber5.html].
Appendix: For Further Reading
Albrecht, Daniel E. “Pentecostal Spirituality: Ecumenical Potential and Challenge,” Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research 2 (1997) [http://www.pctii.org/cybertab.html]
Albrecht is professor Church history and Christian spirituality at Bethany College of the Assemblies of God, Santa Cruz, CA.
Dempster, Murray, Byron Klaus and Douglas Petersen, eds. The Globalization of Pentecostalism: A Religion Made to Travel. Oxford: Regnum Books International, 1999.
An excellent introduction to the phenomenon of global Pentecostalism; includes essays on Pentecostal theology, missions, and ecumenism.
Fackre, Gabriel. Ecumenical Faith in Evangelical Perspective. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1993.
Fackre is an evangelical theologian, and professor emeritus at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
Hollenweger, Walter. Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments Worldwide. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1997.
A definitive work by respected European Pentecostal insider; argues that Pentecostalism emerged from Wesleyan-Holiness, Keswick Reformed, African-American, Catholic-Orthodox, and, ecumenical roots together!
Irvin, Dale T. “‘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): 23-53.
Informative article on the racial reconciliation at Azusa Street under Seymour’s ministry.
Jongeneel, Jan A. B., et al., eds. Pentecost, Mission and Ecumenism: Essays on Intercultural Theology. Studies in the Intercultural History of Christianity 75. New York: Peter Lang, 1992.
Collection of essays by Pentecostals on how missions and ecumenism require each other.
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