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Christian History Magazine—Issue 58: The Rise of Pentecostalism is unavailable, but you can change that!

Perhaps the most significant development in twentieth-century Christianity, Pentecostalism has grown from a few hundred members to 650 million worldwide—the largest Christian denomination after Catholicism. This issue of Christian History and Biography does not attempt to give the full, global picture; rather, you will read about the origins of Pentecostalism, encounter leading figures from its...

Pentecostal movement arose from the Holiness movement, and like its parent, shared John Wesley’s views on sanctification: that it was an instantaneous experience of “entire sanctification” or “Christian perfection” and that it was a separate experience from conversion. Early Pentecostals called it a “second blessing” and regarded it as a necessary preparation for a third experience, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit (that is, the new Pentecostal experience). In 1910, William H. Durham, pastor of
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