Unity for the sake of missions: Pentecostal hesitation and openness to ecumenical collaboration
Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians form a block of over 600 million people inside Christianity. This article assesses the theological and missiological reasons behind the development of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians since the beginning of the 20th century. Pentecostals have been hesitant in dev...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2021
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International review of mission
Year: 2021, Volume: 110, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-144 |
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Charismatic Movement
B Pentecostalism B Pneumatology B Unity B Ecumenism B Ecclesiology B Koinonia |
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| Summary: | Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians form a block of over 600 million people inside Christianity. This article assesses the theological and missiological reasons behind the development of Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians since the beginning of the 20th century. Pentecostals have been hesitant in developing contacts with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and conciliar churches, fearing to be connected to a collaboration that is more human-oriented than spirit-oriented. Slowly, however, the openness toward visible, concrete cooperation on a larger basis has developed in mutual dialogue with others, such as the Global Christian Forum, which represents the Roman Catholic Church, the WCC, the World Evangelical Alliance, and the Pentecostal World Fellowship. Pentecostals today are involved in many kinds of collaboration between the different denominations among themselves but also with other evangelical and even conciliar churches when possible, to fulfil the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International review of mission
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/irom.12359 |