Pentecostal

Well, here it goes, the Bible has its own dress code. That is why Pentecostal women dress the way we do. We strictly abide by the Bible. It is God's word.

Deuteronomy 22:5 states "a woman shall not wear that which pertaineth (relates) to a man, neither shall a man wear a woman's garment, for all that do so are abomination to the Lord thy God." Abomination means "extreme disgust, hatred or loathing." God feels this strongly about the way we dress because he cares about the way we dress. hate is a very strong word. Nobody wants to do anything that God would hate. Pants definitely relate to men. You go to the bathroom, you look at the figures on the sign to see which one to go into. If you're a woman, you go to the one with a dress. If you're a man, you go to the one with the pants.

Isaiah says that if you show your thigh, you show your nakedness. Your thigh begins in the middle of your knee, so obviously, we should be wearing skirts to cover our knees. Of course, when we sit down, it can't show our knee then either.

1 Corinthians says that a woman is not to cut her hair, therefore, we do not put any sharp object to our hair, it is our glory. That means not even a trim.

1 Corinthians also states that if a man has long hair, it is a shame. Therefore, the men keep their hair short.

Some people try to judge us and put us down, I don't understand why. We go by the Word of God. We add nothing to it, nor do we take away from it. I know as well as all of you that there are some Pentecostals who are rebellious and they either don't read their Bible, or they just don't care, that is between them and God. I don't judge them, just as I don't judge those who are not pentecostal. God says we are to love everybody (even our enemies). Nobody is perfect, but I sure can try to be... and that's just what I do. I hope I really do help those of you out there who are truly trying to live right for God.

Another view

All Christians who love the Lord should should dress moderately and not dress in a manner that would bring embarrassment to the body of Christ. However, not all Pentecostals believe that wearing pants are an abomination to God. This is why some people erroneously think that all Pentecostals believe that wearing pants will send you to hell. God looks on the Heart. Once the heart is right, then the rest of the person is right. As a Pentecostal, I never understood why anyone thinks that pants are a mans garment. Think for a moment, did men wear pants during Jesus time? There are pants specifically made for men and pants specifically made for women. This business about women not trimming their hair? The majority of Pentecostals who are Holy Ghost filled do not hold to this view. God does not preoccupy himself with what earrings we wear, or what hairstyles we have. If you have not given your life to Christ, then all of this is irrelevant.

The scripture regarding men and women not dressing in each others clothing was written at a time and to a people whose men and women both wore robes (dresses). There were no pants. Therefore, the scripture clearly speaks of not "cross dressing" or being a "transvestite". Let us not forget that these were letters written by the apostles to churches in a particular time and place. The apostles did not want the people to do things that were considered rebellious and offensive to their culture, either. This would go against the higher law of love (to consider others more highly than yourself and bear up with those who are weaker). Modesty is the best policy. Just like not eating meat in front of a vegetarian. Then there is the scripture about not judging. We need to take the whole context (or letter) to heart. God judges the motives of the heart. This being said, all should adhere to the guidelines set forth by the leadership of the congregation. If you continue to fellowship in the house that forbids women to wear pant then wear a skirt or dress. You can make your views known without bucking the authority of the leadership. Your submission to authority (especially when you disagree) speaks volumes.

One area overlooked by the stricter denominations such as Pentecostals are in spiritual areas. Just as many women crossdress and act like men in the natural, many Pentecostals crossdress in spiritual areas.

The word of God shows us that Jesus Christ is the Husband, Head and High Priest of the church, his betrothed. She is not to wear that which pertaineth unto the man. There is one man between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.

He as the Shiloh of God and High Priest, is the only one ordained to wear the breastplate of judgment!

When the church looks down their nose or judges their fellow human being, she is wearing that which pertaineth unto her Husband!

And that is an abomination unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob!

Another answer

Every Church with holiness standards will moderately vary according to the discretion of that particular pastor. Trueholiness Churches will have these common standards for women:

• Skirts below the knee. No splits in skirts or slits stopping well bellow knee.
• No jewelry, not even wedding bands.
• Pants are never worn - never. Not even to bed. Not underneath skirts. Never.
• Shirts are not to be form fitting.
• Hair is to be uncut.
• Faces to be clean without makeup.
• Women should not be dressed sloppily and unclean.
• Shirts should be high enough to never reveal cleavage, (generally, a 2 finger-width rule from the neck all around). Sleeves should cover the elbows.
• Certainly no midriff.
• Skirts shouldn't be all the way to the floor/ hippy looking.
• Essentially - women should be dressed modestly, clean, presentable, and not in a "look at me" manner.
• Our hair is our glory, and the Holy Ghost is our shining beacon, emanating the wonder and beauty of God through our shamefacedness and sobriety.

The answer to this question depends on which gospel is preferred as a source.

• In the ealiest of the gospels, the Gospel According to St Mark, women looked from afar off: among them, Mary.
• The Gospel According to St Matthew says that women looked from afar off: among them, Mary and Mary Magdalene.
• The Gospel According to St Luke says that those of his acquaintance stood afar off with the women that followed him from Galilee, without actually naming the women.
• The Gospel According to St John says that the mother of Jesus, her sister (also called Mary) and Mary Magdalene stood by the cross with the disciple whom he loved. It is only in this Gospel that the women were at the site of the crucifixion.

That would be the Holy Ghost... Pente means 50, the Holy Ghost was poured out on the 50th day as it was prophesied in the old testament.

Acts 2

King James Version

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The answers above, based on the Christian Bible are accurate in what Pentecost means "The Fiftieth Day" and how the Pentecost Church and religion derived their name, however, the scripture above does not state the beginning of the Pentecostal Church nor the Religion.

Pentecost: "the fiftieth day" is a prominent feast in the calendar of ancient Israel celebrating the giving of the Law on Sanai, and also later in the "Christian liturgical year" commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Twelve Apostles of Christ. In the Eastern churches, Pentecost can also refer to the fifty ays between Easter and Pentecost, hence the book containing the liturgical text for Paschaltide is called the Pentecostarion.

On the day of Pentecost (literally) means on the fiftieth day and has no reference to the Pentecostal Church or the religion of Pentecostalism.

Pentecostalism is actually a very young religion by many standards. Pentecostalism is a renewal movement with in Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the Greek names of the Jewish Feast of Weeks. For Christians this event commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus Christ, as described in the book of Acts.

The first Pentecostals were radical adherents of the Holiness Movement. These early 20th Century Christians were energized by revivalism and expectation for the imminent Second Coming of Christ. Believing they were living in the End Times.

In 1900, Charles Parham, an American evangelist and faith leader, began teaching that speaking in tongues was the Bible evidence of Spirit baptism. The three-year long "Azusa Street Revival" in Los Angeles, California, resulted in the spread of Pentecostalism throughout the United States and the rest of the world as visitors carried the Pentecostal experience back to their home churches or felt called to the mission field.

Ergo the actual "Day of Pentecost" as described in the book of Acts has nothing to do with the Pentecost Church or Pentecostalism, rather that they get their name from the event.

So all in all, it was Charles Parham who began the Pentecostal Church (in effect) and the religion of Pentecostalism in approximately 1903, many many years after the actual "Day of Pentecost" described in the book of Acts.

Dancing before the Lord in worship and praise is allowed. We must remember that King David in Psalms danced before the Lord all the time and sang. Dancing is often misunderstood in a typical non-pentecostal church because the typical conservative church doesn't understand that dancing before the Lord pleases Him! In Exodus 15:20, Miriam dances before the Lord in celebration of being protected and delivered from the hands of the Egyptian armies who found their fate in the Red Sea. God protected His people and kept his promises.

Biblical verses that prove that God loves the dance: (worship before Him).

Exodus 15:20: Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Psalms 149:3: Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.

Psalms 150:4: Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!

Even Lamentations talks that without dancing before the Lord, our joy is not full and our dance turned into mourning.

Lamentations 5:15: The joy of our heart has ceased; Our dance has turned into mourning.

Obviously, we must realize that a pentecostal church and any church should be in obedience to the Lord to His commandments. By not doing what He (our Lord) commands, we walk in disobedience and the Lord talks about this in Romans 5:19: For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous. But in Romans 11:30, Paul talks about obedience and what it means when we obey our Lord God. In Romans 11:30: For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

Just remember, Jesus is the reason for all seasons. Dancing in all seasons before our Lord in worship and praise is showing God just how much you love Him and how you worship Him!

Pentecostal is a reference to the individual who has been born again and received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, which Pentecostals believe is evidenced by speaking in tongues. They define speaking in tongues as uttering sounds which are not in any human language, but they are considered the language of angels. It is also used as a reference to their churches.

Pentecostals believe that the present Pentecostal movement, which features the speaking in tongues, is in fulfillment of Bible promise. They maintain that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and during the first century did not exhaust the miraculous visible manifestations of the Spirit. They interpret the early and latter rains, mentioned at James 5:7 (AV), as applying to the outpouring of God's spirit. Believing that the outpouring of God's Spirit in the first century was the early rain, they conclude that there must also be a latter rain. The Pentecostal movement, they claim, is a result of the outpouring of this latter rain.

Other Christian Churches however, note that Acts Chapter 2 states that when the speaking in tongues on which the Pentecostal Movement is based took place, "every man heard them speak in his own language." So the other Christians believe the "tongues" were actual human languages. Also, According to 1Corinthians 14:27, 28, tongues are not to be spoken in a church unless there is an interpreter. Tongues may be gifted even in Baptist Churches; however, there must be an interpreter or else it is not considered to be a gift. Also, they are not any part of a requirement for salvation.

It is a distinctive teaching of the Pentecostal movement that speaking in tongues always accompanies the baptism with the Holy Spirit. All persons have this tongues experience as evidence of baptism, Pentecostals say, but not everyone afterward receives the gift of tongues. This Pentecostal teaching, however, does not have Scriptural backing.

Besides the speaking in tongues, most Pentecostal churches do not believe in the security of the believer (once saved, always saved), and most Baptist churches do believe this. As do they belive to be baptised in the father son and Holy Ghost. Although no one ever in the bible not even the disciples of chirst him self were but even God in flesh (Jesus) was baptised in the name of Jesus Christ Acts 2:38

One of the main differences between the two is that the Pentecostal will have a daily necessity of commitment, while the Baptist is "saved for life". Another friction point is the speaking of tongues. In the Pentecostal church, you must first be baptized (in repentance), and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, with the Biblical evidence of speaking in tongues.

Other denominations that accept the baptism of the Holy Spirit don't insist that the Bible mandates that the evidence of this baptism must be speaking in tongues.

Baptists and other Christians point to John 5:24 which explains, "He who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life." They therefore believe that once you believe (trust) in Christ, you have eternal salvation. This is evidenced by a change in behavior, a repenting (turning away) from the old sinful life. While this doesn't mean you'll never sin again, it does mean you will not have a generally sinful lifestyle. Baptism of the Holy Spirit means filling with the Holy Spirit, which is what happens to all believers when they are born-again.

(Pentecostal)

Theologically, most pentecostal denominations are aligned with Evangelicalism in that they emphasize the reliability of the Bible and the need for conversion to faith in Jesus Christ. While there is cross pollination with other movements, Pentecostals differ from Fundamentalists by placing more emphasis on personal spiritual experience (often emotional), and, in most cases, by allowing women in ministry.

Once saved, always saved? I think that some people say they are Christians but haven't fully grasped the truth completely and fall away only to come back again and be truly saved at a later date. It is also possible for your heart to grow cold against God and at the end of the day only God can say whether or not you will get to Heaven. If you truly are saved there is no going back in my opinion.

Pentecostals have deeper experiences with God that line up with the Book of Acts. Pentecostals believe we must grow spiritually and attain unto the perfect statue of Christ Himself as commanded by the Scriptures.

Pentecostals insist that the "initial or first evidence" of Baptism with the Holy Ghost is "speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance."

A few of my own comments:

1. Very few Pentecostals maintain that speaking in tongues is for salvation. We do believe that all Christians can, and should, be baptised with the Holy Spirit. Most of us believe that speaking in tongues is evidence of that (not all of us would assert that dogmatically, but I think all of us do believe that tongues is available to all Christians). But evidence of salvation? I know of only one Pentecostal church in my city which teaches that - it's an extreme group that shuns other churches, even other Pentecostal churches. It is NOT mainstream Pentecostal theology.
2. With some exceptions, Pentecostals do believe that salvation can be lost. Most of us do not believe that salvation is lost every time we sin, however. We believe that we are saved by faith in the blood of Jesus, nothing else. But most of us also believe that if we renounce our faith, we will lose our salvation. Unrepented sin will eventually undermine faith, leading to a loss of salvation. But I emphatically don't believe that every time I sin, I lose my salvation, and have to re-gain it. There may well be individual Pentecostals who believe that, but I haven't met any, and I know of no Pentecostal church that teaches that.
3. As for how Pentecostals differ from other Christians, you'll get different answers from just about every Pentecostal you ask! From personal observation, we hold the same core beliefs as most other evangelical and fundamentalist Christians - the Trinity, the virgin birth, the resurrection, the atonement, the second coming, the infallibility of the bible. Most of us are also strong creationists. We take conservative positions on divorce, abortion, homosexuality, premarital sex, and most of us are strong supporters of Israel - positions shared by the great majority of evangelicals. Where we differ is in our emphasis on the Holy Spirit, and more specifically, on the miraculous/supernatural manifestations of the Spirit. We believe emphatically that tongues, healings, miracles, etc. should be normative, not exceptional. I don't think you'll meet a Pentecostal who's prepared to compromise on that.
4. Having said that, the lines of demarcation are less clear than they used to be. Most denominations (at least in New Zealand) have been impacted by the Charismatic Movement, which believes in tongues and other supernatural manifestations (but not always with the theological package that Pentecostals are familiar with). American Baptists are often surprised to find that around 50 percent of New Zealand Baptist churches openly endorse much of the Pentecostal message (where they differ is in their belief that speaking in tongues, although available today, is not necessarily evidence of being baptised in the Holy Spirit). The Plymouth Brethren, among whom I worshipped for the best part of a decade, were historically hostile to Pentecostalism. In recent years, there has been a major shift in some Brethren assemblies, with some of them now supporting the charismatic movement (but again, not regarding tongues as the necessary evidence of being filled with the Holy Spirit). Recently, a large Brethren church in Wellington played a very prominent role in promoting Pentecostal evangelist Greg Laurie - that would have been unthinkable a couple of decades ago! Similar changes have happened in some sections of the Presbyterian, Anglican, and even Catholic churches. So the differences between Pentecostals and other Christians are much less striking than they once were.

ANSWER

Born on the first day of the year in 1901.

Classical Pentecostals:

The Classical Pentecostals were the first in the latter century to be blessed with the Pentecostal Baptism with the Holy Ghost. The leaders were all Holiness Ministers with a firm belief in the New Birth or Regeneration according to the Scriptures. They also believed in the Second Blessing, that of Entire Sanctification where the old sin nature is circumcised from the heart by the Blood of Christ Jesus and received by Faith. The movement was started at Bethel Bible School in Topeka, Kansas in 1900. The first Baptism with the Holy Ghost with the expected manifestations of tongues was when Charles Fox Parham, the Schools leader, laid hands on Ms. Agnes Ozman on New Years Day, 1901. A few days later 12 students receive the experience then Charles Parham himself received it.

Charles Parham moved to Houston, Texas where he ran a Bible School and had a man named William Seymour, listen to his lectures while sitting in the hallway with the door ajar due to the Jim Crow Laws in effect at that time. William Seymour later traveled to Los Angeles, California and started a revival at the Azusa Street Mission which ran for three years and the message of Pentecost was carried around the world. The fire that fell at Azusa Street is still falling, many, each day are receiving the Baptism with the Holy Ghost with the initial evidence of 'speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance.

The Classical Pentecostals believe in Regeneration as the First Work of Grace and in Sanctification as the Second and Last Work of Grace and in the Pentecostal Baptism with the Holy Ghost as empowerment to serve God and testify of Jesus Christ. They also believe in Divine Healing and the Imminent Return of Jesus Christ in the Rapture to 'catch away' His Bride at the end of this present church age.

There are other pentecostal denominations who came later, such as the Assemblies of God who were formed in 1914 at a camp meeting in Hot Springs Arkansas. In 1916 at a General Assembly, a group of ministers left the Assemblies of God and formed what is known today as the United Pentecostal Church. They rejected the Church Ordnance of baptising in water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost and substituted water baptism in Jesus Name only. They further stated that unless a man is baptised in Jesus Name Only and speaks in tongues he is not saved.

There are those who are called 'Charismatics' and sometimes mistaken for Pentecostal who claim they received the Spirit Baptism without speaking in tongues. This group was formed in the 1960 in Van Nuys, California at a Catholic Church meeting.

Answer

Oneness Pentecostals believe Jesus is God the father, god the son and God the holy spirit. We believe in speaking in tongues as the necessary Evidence of baptism of the holy spirit. We believe in Jesus name baptism. Assemblies of God and others are branches of pentecostal. Pentecostals follow the same rules and restrictions as the apostles

Being a Pentecostal I know personally why it is different. Pentecostals try to follow the Bible. In some Pentecostal churches you would find that the women would have long hair, no make up or jewelry and wear long skirts. The men would have on a suit and have short hair with no jewelry also. A lot of time in many other Christian churches they don't really mind what you wear. Also The way that Pentecostals worship the lord is very different in the way that it is very out there, you can jump, roll run, cry, scream, speak in tongues and lift your hands. Whatever you feel like God has called you to do.

Yes, the Pope is the leader of the Catholic Church, the largest Christian denomination.

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Secondly, the Holy Father is usually elected from the College of Cardinals, who are all Bishops of the Catholic Church; and thus Christian priests who follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ in bringing Him to the world and the world to His Father.

So the answer is, of course, the Holy Father (the Pope) is a Christian. He is the Vicar of Jesus Christ on earth, and the visible head of His Church; and THE Christian leader for the world.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Pope, Authority of the. Although elected by the college of cardinals, the pope's authority is not derived from them, but is given to God directly. He exercises it de iure divino (by divine right) as successor of St. Peter. He is infallible in teaching, and he has full and supremem power of jurisdiction over the whole Church, and directly and immediately over every Catholic, and all this in virtue of his office and permanently.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994

880 When Christ instituted the Twelve, "he constituted [them] in the form of a college or permanent assembly, a the head of which he placed Peter, chosen from among them." (Lumen gentium 19; cf Lk 6:13; Jn 21:15-17) Just as "by the Lord's institution, St. Peter and the rest of the apostles constitute a single apostolic college, so in like fashion the Roman Pontiff, Peter's successor, and the bishops, the successors of the apostles, are related with and united to one another." (Lumen gentium 22; cf. Codex Iuris Canonici, can 330.)

881 The Lord made Simon alone, whom he named Peter, the "rock" of his Church. He gave him the keys of his Church and instituted him shepherd of the whole flock. (Cf. Mt16:18-10; Jn 21:15-17.) "The office of binding and loosing which was given to Peter was also assigned to the college of apostles united to its head." (Lumen gentium 22 section 2) This pastoral office of Peter and the other apostles belongs to the Church's very foundation and is continued by the bishops under the primacy of the Pope.

882 The Pope, Bishop of Rome and Peter's successor, "is the perpetual and visible source and foundation of the unity both of the bishops and of the whole company of the faithful." (Lumen gentium 23) For the Roman Pontiff, by reason of his office as Vicar of Christ, and as pastor of the entire Church has full, supreme, and universal power over the whole Church, a power which he can always exercise unhindered. (Lumen gentium 22; cf. Christus Dominus 2, 9.)