Course Objectives

Question 1

1.1.1 Identify the leaders of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century revivals and their beliefs about Spirit baptism.

Answer 1

• Reformed Calvinistic theologians equated Spirit baptism with conversion.
• Revivalists within the Reformed tradition claimed it was a second work of grace.
• Charles G. Finney taught that baptism in the Holy Spirit empowered Christians for ministry.
• The Keswick conventions (l875) in England rejected the “Wesleyan perfection” for “full consecration” and the “fullness of the Spirit.”
• Revivalists such as D. L. Moody emphasized Spirit baptism to empower for service.

Question 2

1.1.2 Recount the beliefs of the leaders in the healing movement of the nineteenth century.

Answer 2

• Dorothea Trüdel in Switzerland emphasized divine healing. Trüdel set up a hospice for healing, also known as a “faith home.”
• John Alexander Dowie and Maria Woodworth-Etter prayed for the sick in their meetings.
• A. B. Simpson taught that the Lord Jesus purchased healing for us in His redemption.

Question 3

1.1.3 State the four themes of the Fourfold Gospel.

Answer 3

Jesus is…

• Savior,
• Sanctifier (Baptizer in the Holy Spirit),
• Healer, and
• soon-coming King

Question 4

1.1.4 Relate the kind of supernatural signs that missionaries witnessed in the nineteenth century.

Answer 4

Some received supernatural power to speak and preach in unlearned languages. Others witnessed the impossible: healing the sick, raising the dead, and casting out demons.

Question 5

1.1.5 Summarize the major revivals of the twentieth century that resulted from outpourings of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 5

The great 1904 Welch revival produced over 100,000 converts. Other revivals occurred in...
- Australia (1902), 
- South Africa (1904), 
- India (1905), Korea (1906), 
- United States (1906), and 
    Topeka Kansas (1901)
    Azusa St, Los Angeles, CA (1906)
- Manchuria (1908).

Question 6

1.1.6 List similarities and differences among early Pentecostal groups.

Answer 6

Similarities: “the majority came from the working class. Most Pentecostal preachers lacked formal ministerial training”
Differences: Pentecostals differed in certain areas of doctrine as well. Early Pentecostals disagreed on tongues as the required evidence of Spirit baptism. They also quarreled about the nature of sanctification. The view of God as a Trinity (one God in three persons) versus God as one Person, Jesus only, caused great division.

Question 7

1.2.1 Describe the events surrounding Charles F. Parham and the first Pentecostal revival of the twentieth century.

Answer 7

Charles Parham considered himself to be the founder of the Apostolic Faith Movement. He was first to teach that speaking in tongues is the initial Bible evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit.
While preparing for Methodist Ministry, he got sick, sought God for healing, and when healthy he entered ministry at 19. Opened Beth_El Healing Home in Topeka Kansas. Saw tongues in Shiloh, ME. 1900 opened Bethel Bible School. 1901 January 1, Agnes N Ozman was first to speak in tongues. In Galena, Kansas held