Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Post 18 (12/2)

After the final class, I was curious to see what happens next: as in, what happened to the leaders of the Azusa Street Revival leaders? Apparently, by the end if 1906--so within eight months--most leaders from Azusa Street had spun off to form other congregations, such as the 51st Street Apostolic Faith Mission, the Spanish AFM, and the Italian Pentecostal Mission. Thus began the Pentecostal movement. These new congregations were mostly comprised of immigrant or ethnic groups, and some of the larger ones took place in the Southeast United States, since "Seymour's approach gave a useful explanation for charismatic spiritual climate that had already been taking root in those areas."