Pentecostal

Spirit-baptism believer

Pentecostal describes a branch of Protestant Christianity emphasizing direct personal experience of God through baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Pentecostals are known for ecstatic worship practices including speaking in tongues, faith healing, and prophesying.

The movement traces to the early 20th century and now numbers hundreds of millions worldwide.

She was raised in a Pentecostal church.

As a noun, a Pentecostal is a member of such a church.

charismatic

tongues

Oral muscles for speech

anointing · fervor · ecstasy · discernment · interpretation · utterance · manifestation · empowerment · fire · supernatural

revivalist

outpouring

Copious, spontaneous release

soul-winning · preaching · conversion · salvation · born-again · testimony · evangelism · missionary · outreach · fire-and-brimstone

healing

miracles

Supernatural extraordinary events

wholeness · intercession · touch · recovery · affliction · disease · disability · exorcism

worship

praise

Expression of approval

shouting · contemporary · chorus · hymn · music · band · choir · congregation · exuberance · celebration

holiness

sanctification

Making someone or something sacred

separation · abstinence · temperance · modesty · chastity · sobriety · godliness · clean-living · worldliness · sin

denominational

Foursquare

Geolocation social media platform

pastor · bishop · elder · tithe · megachurch · televangelism · Africa · Korea · indigenous · movement

Categories
Opposites
worship style

Pentecostalliturgical

Of public worship rites

high church · reserved · formal · staid · solemn

theological emphasis

PentecostalCalvinist

Predestination theology adherent

rationalist · intellectual · doctrinal · confessional · scholastic

ecclesiastical tradition

PentecostalCatholic

Papal church adherent

Eastern Orthodox · Anglican · Roman Catholic · Greek Orthodox · Episcopal

Phrases
Family

Pentecost, Pentecostalism, Pentecostals

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