William J. Seymour taught his recently discovered “new & improved doctrine of tongues” that was not his own. This doctrine actually originated in his professor, Charles Fox Parham. This was a far cry from Seymour’s background of tongues, which was rooted in the “unintelligible speech” spoken by witch doctors and conjurer men in African traditional religion and Haiti Voodoo. Conversely Parham’s doctrine was supposedly in line with the biblical account of Acts 2.
In Bible history the Acts 2 tongues were a miraculous and understandable speech which needed no interpreter. Acts 2 tongues allowed the Christian disciples to speak directly to 17 different language groups without the disciples knowing the hearer’s foreign language.1 According to Professor
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The chain-of-events shows that through Parham’s doctrine and influence Agnes Ozman had received Acts 2 “speaking in tongues”; an event documented in 1901 at Parham’s Bethel Bible School in Topeka, Kansas. Additionally, at his school, 21 different mother tongues - native languages - were reported to be spoken by Americans who had no knowledge of foreign languages. Later, in Houston, Texas, Parham taught other students the same doctrine; that the Holy Spirit baptism is evidenced by the “sign” of speaking in understandable languages. This “missionary tongues doctrine” made inroads at the Houston school were William J. Seymour attended and William said amen to Parham and his …show more content…
Seymour took the bait.
9.2 Seymour: Teacher of “Missionary Tongues”
William Seymour, Parham’s student, backed up his old professor. Seymour believed that the “gift of foreign languages” had been given, through Spirit baptism and “tongues.” Such pouring out of the Holy Spirit, Seymour believed, was to empower Christians to evangelize the world just before the return of Christ to the earth. It was the secret ability to preach the gospel throughout the world.8 And it would be done through the vehicle of “speaking in tongues” – the understandable missionary language which heathen would know and be evangelized by.9
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Seymour was a believer. He carried the water for Parham and the white orthodox doctrine that speaking in tongues was speaking in “Mother Tongues”
Seymour, editor of Apostolic Faith periodical, confirmed Azusa’s new-found tongues to be the languages of the world:
“God has solved the missionary problem, sending out new-tongued missionaries.”10
Duggan, STD, Rev. Robert D. Confirmation Filled with the Holy Spirit, they proclaimed the Lord Jesus. Allen, Texas: ColorDynamics, 2006. 48-49. Print.
Seymour later migrated to Los Angeles. He became a preacher in one of the mainstream churches. However, due to the radical nature of his newly acquired Pentecostal teaching, he was ejected from the parish (Alexander 33). He then sought out a new location to...
One important aspect of Quaker life to understand before reading An Account of the Travels, Sufferings and Persecutions of Barbara Blaugdone, is the use of traveling ministers to spread the Quaker religion around the world. The Society of Friends, given the popular name “Quakers”, originated in England in the seventeenth century and quickly spread to the English colonies, and later to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Turkey, and America (Sharpless 393). The most influential people in this rapid spread of the Quaker religion were the missionaries. While Quakers believed that “no one should preach the Word without a direct call from God”, they did believe that any one “male or female, old or young (395)” could receive this call. The truth of the matter was, however, that the majority of the traveling ministers in the seventeenth century were women.
Jonathan Edwards, in 1741, preaches at Enfield Connecticut, to the congregation with a desire of converting men who thought too highly of themselves to Christianity. Edwards establishes points by using different strategies of figurative language with the intention of capturing the emotional side of his audience. By using a variety of styles to scare his audience, Edwards’ sermon, with powerful diction, had a great outcome of repenters.
Young Mary headed into the Residential School full of faith and ambition to devote herself to God’s true beliefs. She taught the Native children religion and music in class, which they all seemed to greatly enjoy. Although, it did not make up for all
You will then have someone that does not believe that the Holy Spirit speaks through people; they could believe this because it has not personally happened to them. I believe some people can fake speaking in tongues and some believe it is not possible to fake it based on their personal
Often skimmed over, is the story of Paul casting out a spirit from an unnamed slave-girl found in Acts 16. When read using a feminist lens, the seemingly minor text reveals unique power differentials between the girl and the other characters. Every character in the story exploits and uses the girl for a specific purpose, which illuminates the power differentials. The spirit of divination uses her body to speak through, the apostle Paul uses her by casting out her spirit so satisfy his needs, the owners exploit her for her fortunetelling abilities, and Luke, the author of the text, uses her to progress the story.
For Christians it is impossible to comprehend all of God’s mysteries, all of God’s plans, all of God’s desires, abilities, mercies, and blessings. It’s impossible to comprehend all of God. This is the price they pay for serving a divine God of infinitive complexity. Even when he spells it out for them, as he did with creating the bible, the human mind is incapable of understanding how God works. Since people are simple minded and selfish beings, debates over what God is trying to tell them in scripture can be formed, and can get to the point where these debates spilt the Christian churches. The question of whether or not the gifts of the holy spirit still has an active role in the modern day churches is one that has been greatly argued among the believers. Although many ideas have been presented on the matter, three major viewpoints have been formed; Cessationism, Continuationism, and an open but cautious view. Whether or not the gifts of the spirit are still part of the Christian chu...
Intrinsically, the language used in the New Testament begs to appear mysterious; whereupon besides the phrase ‘the kingdom of God,’ or God’s kingdom of heaven, one of the main mysterious words in the text occurs as ‘gospel,’ and suitably calls it just that, a mystery (Rom16:25).
Body says that these gifts were given by the Holy Spirit to carry out ministry. However there are those who believe that speaking in tongues is a private communication with God, therefore there would have to be a slightly different position on why they were given. Continuationist with this view often use First Corinthians 13:1 to support this view in speaking of tongues of men and angels, however in context his view has no solid basis. Hodge says that Paul is speaking of a language defined as a known meaning of expression weather divine or human, the main point being that these are worth nothing without love.
Richardson, William E., and Dave Kidd. “Articles.” Pentecostal Evangel. General Council of the Assemblies of God. Web. 13 Nov. 2011.
The Book of Acts was written to provide a history of the early church. Acts emphasis the importance of the day of Pentecost and being empowered to be effective witnesses for Jesus Christ. Acts sheds light on the ministry gift of the Holy Spirit, which empowers, guides, teaches, and serves as our Counselor. When reading the Book of Acts many of the readers will be enlightened and encouraged by the many miracles that were being performed during this time by the disciples Peter, John, and Paul. The Book of Acts emphasizes the importance of obedience to God’s Word and the transformation that occurs as a result of knowing Christ. There are also many references to those that rejected the truth that the disciples preached about in Jesus Christ. Power, greed, and many other vices of the devil or evidenced in the book of Acts. Acts 1:8 serves as a good summary of the Book of Acts. Acts records the apostles being Christ's witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the rest of the surrounding world.
Biblical witness centers on the Spirits activity of “binding believers to Christ, incorporation them into the church as the body of Christ and equipping the church for mission.” Despite the best effort of the Church to be the hands and feet of Christ it is reassuring to know that the Spirit is still present and working in the hearts of people outside of the church’s work. Without the work of the Spirit in the hearts of believers and throughout the word, humanity would not know the love of God. The Holy Spirit gives liberates and brings new life it unites, encourages and brings hope to a world pledged by darkness.
First major theme of the book of Acts is the work of the Holy Spirit in the apostles and the early church. Jesus appeared to his disciples and commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but wait for the gift, the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:3b-5) As they gathered together and prayed in one place, the Holy Spirit came to rest on each of them (2:1-3). The disciples who were filled with the Holy Spirit boldly proclaimed God’s word and performed miracles (2:14-42, 3:1-10). Throughout the book, the author focuses on how the Holy Spirt ministers the apostles and the believers in their lives and the community.
The biblical book of Acts is an interpretation of the early discoursing regarding Jesus Christ, the development of the ancient Christian people, and sharing the good news of the Christian message. When Jesus was raise from the dead he went to see his disciples to my understanding, respiring on the disciples and stating, “Receive ye the Holy Ghost” (John 20:22, NKJV). On the contrary even though the disciples had obtained the Holy Ghost after Jesus respired on them, my studies revealed that Jesus expressed to the disciples to pause for the satisfying or fulfillment of the Holy Ghost that was in Jerusalem.