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Pentecostal movement (Christianity)
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The Pentecostal movement was founded by a black African American called: William J. Seymour , in April 14th 1906, through the Azusa street revival (in Los Angeles California) which began 1906 and ended around 1917, though the revival was decreasing in its effect from the location of Azusa street.This same revival began to take form into different churches and congregations of Christian believers, by this time when Azusa street was at the highest pitch of its revival, the main stream Christian movement was the protestant movement which proceeded from Martin Luther’s teachings and ideology.
Leaders from the protestant churches came to William J. Seymour’s meetings (Azusa street revival) and from there they took back the fire of revival into their own churches.
This revival introduced the world to the Pentecostal movement which was proclaimed by William Seymour to be the movement that God had commissioned to restore the gifts of the spirit (speaking in tongues, healing of the sick, casting out devils etc) which had disappeared from the church, this movement was also called the revival of the miracles that were entrusted to the church as the apostle demonstrated them in the book of Acts.
William J. Seymour was also the first gospel preacher who broke the barriers of racism between black and white in the United States.
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Read the Continuation; The Pentecostal movement began at the Azuza street in California….
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