The Wellsprings of the Pentecostal Movement
Contents
Foreword, p. 9
Preface, p. 11
The secret of the taproot, p. 13
The patterns of apostolic Christianity, p. 21
The church is born, p. 23
The spread of the early church, p. 24
Patterns of early church growth, p. 27
Stabilizing forces in the early church, p. 31
The apostolic patterns, p. 32
The meaning of new testament patterns, p. 37
The nature of apostolic patterns, p. 37, p. 37
Jesus' plan for the church, p. 39
The apostles' proclamation of the gospel, p. 43
How the fathers viewed the church, p. 49
The marks of an apostolic church, p. 50
The loss of apostolic patterns, p. 55
A widening rift, p. 56
Symptoms of loss, p. 57
A repetition of history, p. 63
When the fire went out, p. 63
What happened in A.D. 200?, p. 65
The fall of the early church, p. 69
The resurgence of apostolic life, p. 71
The return of new testament patterns, p. 73
The contributions of revivalism, p. 75
Patterns of revival, p. 80
The pentecostal revival, p. 82
The future of the pentecostal movement, p. 87
Factors that may determine our future, p. 88
The loss-of-apostolicity syndrome, p. 91
Prescription for a pentecostal church, p. 93
Conclusion, p. 96
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