Church History Fall 2025

Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts in the Second Through Nineteenth Centuries

Richard Riss October 23, 2025

In this five part series, Richard M. Riss presents evidence for the operation of the gifts of the Spirit throughout the Church Age.

Part 1 (Fall 1998): From the Early Church to the 3rd Century
Part 1 of Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts

Part 2 (Winter 1999): 3rd to the 5th Centuries
Part 2 of Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts

Part 3 (Spring 1999): From the 5th to the 13th Centuries
Part 3 of Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts

Part 4 (Summer 1999): From the 13th to the 18th Centuries

Part 4 of Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts

Part 5 (Fall 1999): The 18th and 19th Centuries
Part 5 of Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts

This index was later included in the Fall 2025 issue.

Richard Riss

Richard M. Riss (as of Fall 1998) is Assistant Professor of Church History at Zarephath Bible Institute in Zarephath, New Jersey. He holds a Master of Christian Studies degree from Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia (1979) and a Master of Arts in Church History from Trinity Divinity School (1988). He is currently finishing a Ph.D. degree in Church History at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Richard M. Riss has authored several books including The Evidence of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (1977), The Latter Rain Movement of 1948 and the Mid-Twentieth Century Evangelical Awakening (1987), A Survey of 20th-Century Revival Movements in North America and with Kathryn J. Riss, Images of Revival (1997).

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