We Called Him Whirlwind
We Called Him Whirlwind

Author: Bertha Zulu Mvula

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2024-09-06

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9996080366

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This informative biography of a German missionary pastor, Richard Ferdinard Zanner, is told by Hermann and Bertha Mvula whose parents served with Dr Zanner in Africa from 1980 to his retirement in 2000. The authors begin with the genesis of the Church of the Nazarene from the matrix of the 19th century Holiness Movement in the USA, its doctrines and practices, and its growth into 44 countries on the African continent. They discuss Zanner's call to Africa and his family's involment in church planting. growth, and development of the church in Africa. This is not merely a personal story. There is discussion of the Zanner's 20 years of ministry in Africa and the church growth lessons that can be learned in pursuit of sustainable church growth and development for the Church of the Nazarene in Africa. This is worthwhile reading for all those that are interested in the growth of the Church in the global South and what makes for meaningful global partnership for the expansion of God's kingdom.

The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition
The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition

Author: Vinson Synan

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1997-08-25

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 1467428051

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Called "a pioneer contribution" by Church History when it was first published in 1971 as The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement in the United States, this volume has now been revised and enlarged by Vinson Synan to account for the incredible changes that have occurred in the church world during the last quarter of the twentieth century. Synan brings together the stories of the many movements usually listed as "holiness," "pentecostal," or "charismatic," and shows that there is an identifiable "second blessing" tradition in Christianity that began with the Catholic and Anglican mystics, that was crystallized in the teaching of John Wesley, and that was further perpetuated through the holiness and Keswick movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to the appearance of modern Pentecostalism. Synan then chronicles the story of the spread of Pentecostalism around the world after the heady days of the Azusa Street awakening, with special attention given to the beginnings of the movement in those nations where Pentecostalism has become a major religious force. He also examines the rise of various mainline-church charismatic movements that have their roots in Pentecostalism. Because of the explosive growth of the Pentecostal movement in the last half of the century, Pentecostals and Charismatics now constitute the second largest family of Christians in the world after the Roman Catholic Church. "This could well be the major story of Christianity in the twentieth century," writes Synan. "Pentecostalism has grown beyond a mere passing 'movement' . . . and can now be seen as a major Christian 'tradition' alongside the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Reformation Protestant traditions." The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition will continue to be an important handbook for shaping our understanding of this phenomenon.

Apostles of Reason
Apostles of Reason

Author: Molly Worthen

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0190630515

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In Apostles of Reason, Molly Worthen offers a sweeping history of modern American evangelicalism, arguing that the faith has been shaped not by shared beliefs but by battles over the relationship between faith and reason.

Called into Communion
Called into Communion

Author: Susan B. Carole

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1610979656

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This book illuminates the experiential and theocentric dimensions of holiness theology. It acknowledges two strands of thought in current holiness theology--Wesley's Christian perfection and entire sanctification as propagated in the early days of the American Holiness Movement. It honors the contribution of both these strands by identifying the deep harmony in the holiness message of John Wesley and Phineas Bresee. Using insights from Wesley and Bresee, the author develops a paradigm for holiness theology from the standpoint of its transcendent goal. Called into Communion explicates entire sanctification as revelatory and salvific, a necessary threshold experience for complete openness to God. This approach illuminates the rootedness of holiness theology in the triune fellowship of holy love. The communion perspective affirms holiness theology as the underlying theological principle for a missional ecclesiology since participation in God characterizes the church as a doxological fellowship of holy love and determines the church's redemptive action. Seminarians and pastors will find in this book a new perspective on the holiness message. It extends the horizon of reflection to the grace that seeks out and enables human partners for a transformative fellowship of genuine reciprocity with God.

Conquerors for Christ, Volume 2
Conquerors for Christ, Volume 2

Author: Michael James Robertson

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2007-06

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1602665729

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Conquerors for Christ Summary Conquerors for Christ is anointed and illuminated Bible scholarship that will teach you how to assume and manifest the authority and power of Jesus Christ in these last days, asserting the same against, and enforcing the victory of the Cross of Christ and the power of His Resurrection over, the enemy, sin, sin nature, death, sickness, oppression and possession of demons, the false preachers, prophets and teachers in the apostate church, and the ways of the world! You will learn how to be a king and priest of Almighty God by living a lifestyle of Revolution, Revival and Restoration, as well as proclaiming Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world! You will learn how to become an executor, steward and trustee of the last Will and Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ - His Gospel - thus executing His "Great Commission" and building up His Army of the Light! About the Author Michael James Robertson holds a Juris Doctor, possesses a wealth of high level Fortune 100 corporate and other entrepreneurial experience and is Chairman, CEO & Pastor of God & Country Revival. The Ministry is about winning souls for Christ and equipping the Army of the Light. The Ministry includes God & Country Revival Fellowship, the Jesus Brigade, international Crusades & Revivals, Television and Internet ministry (www.godandcountryrevival.com), the Visioning Institute, Trade Wind Ministries (intercessory), prison outreach, and other international outreaches, including Kenya, Africa. An extension of the Acts church, the ministry preaches Christ and Him crucified and the power of the Resurrection, while raising up and sending out mighty men of God. Robertson humbly refers to his personal "Damascus Road" and "Desert University Advanced Training in the Gospel of Jesus Christ" experience, whereby he received the anointing to defend and confirm the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to expose sin, both within and without the church, by preaching the integrity and truth of the Gospel!

The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century
The Holiness Revival of the Nineteenth Century

Author: Melvin Easterday Dieter

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 0810831554

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This new edition expands and updates the only general interpretation of the rise and influence of perfectionist revivalism in America and Europe. Fifteen years of expanding research on the holiness movement reinforce this volume's continuing seminal value to cultural and social research. The new concluding essay describes the history of the revival through the turn of the century. This book expands our understanding of the fragmentation and coalescence of American religion by analyzing the factors which created numerous new holiness denominations. Dieter also outlines the historical and theological factors that separate this largely Wesleyan and Methodist wing of evangelicalism from the fundamentalism of Reformed evangelicals. The identification of such nuances will prove especially helpful to those struggling with the extreme diversity in American religion, especially in evangelicalism. For students and scholars of American religious movements as well as students of the feminist, temperance, abolitionist, and populist movements in American society.

Grounds for Understanding
Grounds for Understanding

Author: S. Mark Heim

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9780802805935

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This volume surveys the various theological approaches that Christian denominations bring to the issue of religious pluralism. Writers from eleven Christian traditions discuss the challenges and possibilities raised by religious pluralism.

Wesleyan-Pentecostal Nazarene
Wesleyan-Pentecostal Nazarene

Author: Darrell Poeppelmeyer

Publisher: Nazarene Theology Foundation

Published:

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13:

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This is book four of a six volume series that focuses on the salvation experiences of the people called Nazarenes. This book covers the years 1895-1928. We examine every book of theology used in the Ministerial Course of Studies. We examine the hymnals used and songs sung during each period of Nazarene history. We listen to the testimonies of the people involved. We discuss the liturgy and worship patterns. We ask scores of “Crazy Good Questions” for discussions. The book includes hundreds of Scripture verses and references to over two hundred academic journals and articles on Nazarene theology.

Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Encyclopedia of Protestantism

Author: Hans J. Hillerbrand

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 4119

ISBN-13: 1135960283

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This Encyclopedia is the definitive reference to the history and beliefs that continue to exert a profound influence on Western thought.