Join historian, researcher, educator, and revivalist, Dr. Dony Donev on his journey to find a photograph of a mother of the early Pentecostal movement. This article was presented as a paper at the Society of Pentecostal Studies annual convention in March 2025. The uncertainty in defining Anna Bartleman’s role as a minister, comes with the […]
This introduction to revival and his personal testimony, from atheist to revivalist, is an excerpt from Ian Hall’s book, Times of Renewal: A History and Theology of Revival and Spiritual Awakenings (Encourage Publishing, 2024). Revival is a major topic of interest in the Christian world today. Newspaper and magazine articles, both religious and secular, […]
Paul Hattaway, Hainan: Pearl of the South China Sea (United Kingdom: Piquant Editions, 2023, also published by Asia Harvest, 2023), 264 pages, ISBN 9781803290133. This book is part of Paul Hattaway’s “China Chronicles” series. The series is devoted to preserving the history of Christianity in China, each volume focuses on one particular province in the […]
Mrs. Emily Gardiner Neal (1910-1989) is now mostly forgotten despite being a major figure in the healing movement from 1956 when her first book came out, A Reporter Finds God Through Spiritual Healing.[1] Before her conversion she was one of the outstanding reporters of her era. As a Christian, her ministry impacted believers of all […]
Cabrini (Angel Studio, 2024). The newly released movie, Cabrini, is the story of St. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. She was an Italian nun who immigrated to New York in 1888 to serve the destitute Italian immigrants streaming into America. Their social and economic position was even lower than the Irish immigrants who were beginning to […]
At SPS this year (at the Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia), I presented a paper on Anna Ladd Bartleman. Anna was the wife of Azusa historian Frank Bartleman, who presents an interesting connection between Eastern European pietism and early American Pentecostalism. The paper is over 40 pages long with another dozen pages in […]
Jason E. Vickers and Thomas H. McCall, Outpouring: A Theological Witness (Cascade Books, 2023), ISBN 9781666776140. Outpouring: A Theological Witness, is a brief (107 pages), first-hand account of the events of the spring of 2023 at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Both authors were professors at Asbury Theological Seminary at the time (Vickers has since […]
Paul Hattaway, Shaanxi: The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (United Kingdom: Piquant Editions/Asia Harvest, 2023), 288 pages, ISBN 9781803290096. This present volume is the seventh book in Paul Hattaway’s “China Chronicles” series. In each book the author focuses on the Christian history of a specific province in China. As the title indicates, this latest offering focuses […]
This interview of Verna Linzey was for the Azusa Street Project, filmed and produced by John Ineno who previously worked for CBS. Verna Linzey’s interview was filmed at MCAS Miramar (San Diego) in 2006. My mother was 87 years of age in that interview. John Ineno also interviewed Joyce Meyer, Kenneth Copeland, and many other […]
PneumaReview.com speaks with Bethany Hope about rediscovering the writings of missionaries and Christian pioneers. Some of these seasoned followers of Jesus have much to teach us. PneumaReview.com: Underground Publishing House is a new book label, please tell our readers when and where it started. Bethany Hope: At the end of 2022, we were doing […]
The Holy Spirit has been making Jesus known in China. Veteran missionary Dennis Balcombe shares what he has seen unfolding during his more than fifty years of ministry in China. Bible teachers believe that many prophecies will have a double fulfillment. The first fulfillment was in the Biblical days and subsequently the last days before […]
Lilias Trotter – unsung 19th century artist and missionary Christian History Institute (CHI), publisher of Christian History magazine (CH), announces the publication of issue #148, titled: Lilias Trotter – the life, work and surprising legacy of an unsung artist and missionary. The issue includes four Trotter articles and a large collection of Trotter paintings to […]
The editors of PneumaReview.com are always glad to hear from our readers. We want to encourage interactions with our writers whenever possible. Thank you for leaving comments and sharing with others what has made you think, what’s encouraged you, or even what you disagree with. Is the Church in China Predominantly Pentecostal? PneumaReview.com reader […]
An interview with Dr. Paul J. Palma about his book, Grassroots Pentecostalism in Brazil and the United States: Migrations, Missions, and Mobility PneumaReview.com: Will you please introduce us to your newest book? Paul Palma: This book offers an historical and comparative profile of classical Pentecostal movements in Brazil and the United States in view […]
Amos Yong is Professor of Theology & Mission and director of the Center for Missiological Research at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena. His graduate education includes degree...
Antipas L. Harris, D.Min. (Boston University), S.T.M. (Yale University Divinity School), M.Div. (Emory University), is the president-dean of Jakes Divinity School and associate pasto...
Craig S. Keener, Ph.D. (Duke University), is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is author of many books<...
Daniel A. Brown, PhD, planted The Coastlands, a church near Santa Cruz, California, serving as Senior Pastor for 22 years. Daniel has authored four books and numerous articles, but h...
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