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Pentecostalism is the fastest growing religious movement of our time. The unexpected birth of the modern Pentecostal movement at the doorsteps of the twentieth century is as perplexing as its continuing existence and unprecedented expansion worldwide. Once marginalized from public discourse, Pentecostals have now entered into mainstream culture, religion, politics, academia, and social action....

the intellectual elite. The Jesus People movement counted 300,000 young people among its adherents by the early 1970s.47 Popular writings, such as The Cross and the Switchblade, as well as newly established publications of the movement, such as the magazine New Covenant, captured the imagination of large audiences across the world.48 Well-known personalities in entertainment and TV evangelism quickly expanded the charismatic ministry to massive proportions. Influential church leaders connected the
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