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Religious revivals-- around the turn of this century -- laid the groundwork for the Pentecostal movement.
In his book The Assemblies of God:A Popular Survey, J. R. Flower, a prominent Pentecostal official, wrote: "it was during the nineteenth century that great revivals were experienced under the leadership of such men as Peter Cartwright," and that these "were foreshadowings of the rise of the Pentecostal Movement."
In 1906, only a few years after the start of the Pentecostal movement, a group gathered in a private home in Los Angeles to hear W. J. Seymour preach. While he was preaching, "the entire company was knocked from their chairs to the floor."
As a result of this powerful manifestation, people came from all around to investigate. According to The PentecostalEvangel of April 6, 1946: "They shouted there until the foundation of the house gave way, but no one was hurt." The gathering then moved to an old frame building at an address famous among Pentecostal people-312 Azusa Street. Here meetings continued day and night for three years. This gave the movement a tremendous impetus.
According to Klaude Kendrick, a leading member of the Assemblies of God, the "Azusa Mission is generally considered the center from which Pentecostal influence spread not only to many places in the United States but also to a number of other nations of the world."
As the movement grew many other Pentecostal sects were formed or broke away from larger ones. It would be impossible to identify all the many different Pentecostal denominations. Some of the larger ones are: Assemblies of God, Church of God, Church of God in Christ, United Pentecostal Church, Inc., Pentecostal Church of God in America and International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
In his book Pillars of Pentecost, Charles W. Conn, a historian of the Church of God, notes that "there are today nearly forty Pentecostal bodies in North America alone,"; he adds: "the Pentecostal movement has had its share of unfortunate schisms and controversy."
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One fundamental difference they have from other Christian faiths is that they don't believe you receive the Holy Spirit immediately at the time of accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. They believe that happens some time later and is manifested at that time by speaking in tongues (unknown heavenly languages).
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India
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About 550BCE
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