THE NEW SPRINGTIME THE NEW SPRINGTIME FROM A PENTECOSTAL FROM A PENTECOSTAL

PERSPECTIVEPERSPECTIVE

VINSON SYNANVINSON SYNAN

WAXAHACHIE, TEXASWAXAHACHIE, TEXASNOVEMBER 1, 2001NOVEMBER 1, 2001

I.I.

NINE CHALLENGESNINE CHALLENGES

1. URBANIZATION1. URBANIZATION 79 - “SUPERCITIES” (4 MILLION

+) (59 IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES)

433 - “MEGACITIES” (1-4 MILLION) 6.1 BILLION WORLD POPULATION

2. COMMUNICATIONS2. COMMUNICATIONS

700 MILLION COMPUTERSINTERNETE-MAIL

3. EDUCATION3. EDUCATION

WORLD CAMPUSESE-MAILCHAT ROOMSINTERNET CLASSES

4. POST INDUSTRIALISM4. POST INDUSTRIALISM

25% OF MANKIND WORK IN POST-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES

KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION REPLACES CAPITAL AS SOCIETY’S MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE

5. CHANGES IN 5. CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICSDEMOGRAPHICS

WORLD POPULATION 6.1 BILLION

30.7 UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE

26.1 MEDIAN AGE63.9 LIFE EXPECTANCY

6. EFFECTS ON THE 6. EFFECTS ON THE ECO-SYSTEMECO-SYSTEM

30% OF ARABLE LAND LOST IN LAST 20 YEARS

10% OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES EXTINCT IN LAST 20 YEARS DUE TO MANKIND

GLOBAL WARMING

7. NUCLEAR EXPANSION7. NUCLEAR EXPANSION 35 NATIONS NOW HAVE

NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES NEW NATIONS INCLUDE:

ARGENTINA, EGYPT, ISRAEL, KUWAIT, LIBYA, SAUDI ARABIA, TURKEY, NORTH KOREA, ZAIRE

SOME OF THESE ARE CONSIDERED “ROGUE STATES”

8. STATUS OF WORLD 8. STATUS OF WORLD RELIGIONSRELIGIONS

34% CHRISTIAN 83.4% ARE BEING

EVANGELIZED 2,800 LANGUAGES WITH

PRINTED SCRIPTURES

9. RISE OF 9. RISE OF PENTECOSTALS AND PENTECOSTALS AND

CHARISMATICSCHARISMATICS 26% OF ALL CHRISTIANS ARE P/C 12% OF ROMAN CATHOLICS 10% OF ANGLICANS 65% OF ALL PROTESTANTS 40% OF ALL MISSIONARIES– 25% OF CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES– 50% OF ALL PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES

2.2.NINE CHARISMATANINE CHARISMATA

I CORINTHIANS 12: 4-11I CORINTHIANS 12: 4-11

WORD OF WISDOM WORD OF KNOWLEDGE FAITH GIFTS OF HEALING WORKING OF MIRACLES PROPHECY DISCERNING OF SPIRITS DIFFERENT KINDS OF TONGUES THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES

THE GIFTS AND WORLD THE GIFTS AND WORLD EVANGELIZATIONEVANGELIZATION

ALL GIFTS EDIFY AND ARE PROFITABLE

BUT TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION GIFTS OF HEALING SIGNS AND WONDERS

HAVE LED MILLIONS TO CHRIST

APPALACHIAN APPALACHIAN CONFERENCE CONFERENCE

RETREATRETREAT

MARCH 1-2, 2002MARCH 1-2, 2002

NINE PENTECOSTAL NINE PENTECOSTAL CHARISMATIC CHARISMATIC

CONTRIBUTIONSCONTRIBUTIONS

1. RESTORATION OF THE 1. RESTORATION OF THE CHARISMATACHARISMATA

BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO CHRISTIANITY

TONGUES AND HEALING MOST

EMPHASIZED PETER WAGNER’S 24 GIFTS OF THE

SPIRIT

2. RENEWAL OF 2. RENEWAL OF EXPRESSIVE WORSHIPEXPRESSIVE WORSHIP

CONCERT PRAYER RAISING OF HANDS MASSIVE LOUD PRAISE SHOUTING OF PRAISE SPIRITUAL DANCING SINGING IN THE SPIRIT

3. A LOVE OF SCRIPTURE3. A LOVE OF SCRIPTURE

PENTECOSTALISM BASED ON SCRIPTURES

POPE PAUL VI - “MORE ASSIDIOUS READING OF SCRIPTURE”

“THE WORD OF GOD FOR TODAY” “REVELATION KNOWLEDGE ?” ARE PROPHECIES ON SAME LEVEL

AS SCRIPTURE? (RHEMA & LOGOS)

4. AGGRESSIVE USE OF 4. AGGRESSIVE USE OF THE MEDIATHE MEDIA

PRINTED MEDIA (MAGAZINES) RADIO - 1920’S THROUGH 1990’S TELEVISION - 1950’S ORAL ROBERTS JIM BAKKER JIMMY SWAGGART PAT ROBERTSON YONGGI CHO

5. NEW FORMS OF 5. NEW FORMS OF CHURCH STRUCTURECHURCH STRUCTURE

HOME CHURCHES STORE FRONT CHURCHES CELL GROUPS (WESLEY TO CHO) COVENANT COMMUNITIES DISCIPLESHIP CONTROVERSY POST-DENOMINATIONAL ERA?

NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCHES?

(PETER WAGNER - 1996)

6. CULTURAL 6. CULTURAL ADAPTABILITYADAPTABILITY

ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS FORMS FLEXIBILITY OF CULTURES AMERICAN BLACK CHURCH KOREAN CULTURE AFRICA LATIN AMERICA

7. THEOLOGICAL 7. THEOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITYFLEXIBILITY

WESLEYAN CONTROVERSIES BAPTISTIC PENTECOSTALS PRESBYTERIAN PENTECOSTALS LUTHERAN PENTECOSTALS ANGLICAN PENTECOSTALS CATHOLIC PENTECOSTALS

8. CHURCH GROWTH8. CHURCH GROWTH

FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES IN THE WORLD

CHURCH PLANTING CELL CHURCHES MEGA-CHURCHES

9. A VISION FOR WORLD 9. A VISION FOR WORLD EVANGELIZATIONEVANGELIZATION

PRESENCE EVANGELISM PROCLAMATION EVANGELISM PERSUESION EVANGELISM POWER ENCOUNTER EVANGELISM BIBLICAL METHODS MODERN METHODS PENTECOSTAL CHARISMATIC

MISSIONS TODAY

BARRETT’S COMMENTS IN BARRETT’S COMMENTS IN THE YEAR 2000THE YEAR 2000

in in century of the holy spiritcentury of the holy spiritBYBY

VINSON SYNANVINSON SYNAN

THERE ARE THREE WAVES OF THERE ARE THREE WAVES OF RENEWALRENEWAL1. PENTECOSTAL 1. PENTECOSTAL

63,000,000 63,000,000 2. CHARISMATIC2. CHARISMATIC 175,000,000 175,000,0003. NEO-CHARISMATIC3. NEO-CHARISMATIC 295,000,000 295,000,000TOTAL 523,000,000TOTAL 523,000,000

CATHOLIC CHARISMATICS CATHOLIC CHARISMATICS WORLDWIDE IN 2000WORLDWIDE IN 2000

116,000,000

THESE ARE SEPARATE THESE ARE SEPARATE WAVES BUT ONE SINGLE WAVES BUT ONE SINGLE TIDETIDE

DENOMINATIONS:DENOMINATIONS:PENTECOSTAL 740PENTECOSTAL 740CHARISMATIC 6,530CHARISMATIC 6,530NEO-CHARISMATIC 18,810NEO-CHARISMATIC 18,810

TOTAL 26,080TOTAL 26,080

THERE HAVE BEEN THERE HAVE BEEN 795,000,000795,000,000

PENTECOSTAL AND PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC BELIEVERS CHARISMATIC BELIEVERS

(LIVING AND DEAD) (LIVING AND DEAD) SINCE 1901SINCE 1901

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CHRISTIANS 3,058,229,000

CHARISMATICS 1,140,000,000

% OF CHRISTIANS 37.28%

THESE HAVE BEEN THESE HAVE BEEN

“THE MOST HARASSED, “THE MOST HARASSED, PERSECUTED,SUFFERING PERSECUTED,SUFFERING

AND MARTYRED THAN AND MARTYRED THAN PERHAPS ANY OTHER PERHAPS ANY OTHER

CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN RECENT HISTORY”RECENT HISTORY”

TOTAL INCOME OF TOTAL INCOME OF PENTECOSTALS AND PENTECOSTALS AND

CHARISMATICS:CHARISMATICS:

1970 $ 126 BILLION 1970 $ 126 BILLION 2000 $ 1,550 BILLION2000 $ 1,550 BILLION

““WITH PENTECOSTALS WITH PENTECOSTALS AND CHARISMATICS NOW AND CHARISMATICS NOW ACTIVE IN 80% OF THE ACTIVE IN 80% OF THE WORLD’S 3,300 LARGE WORLD’S 3,300 LARGE METROPOLISES… A NEW METROPOLISES… A NEW ERA IN WORLD MISSIONS ERA IN WORLD MISSIONS WOULD CLEARLY APPEAR WOULD CLEARLY APPEAR TO BE UNDERWAY”TO BE UNDERWAY”

FROM 1 FROM 1 PENTECOSTAL PENTECOSTAL BELIEVER ON BELIEVER ON

JANUARY 1, 1901JANUARY 1, 1901TOTO

530,000,000530,000,000ON JANUARY 1, 2001ON JANUARY 1, 2001

THE GREATEST THE GREATEST REVIVAL IN THE REVIVAL IN THE

PAST 1000 YEARS PAST 1000 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN OF CHRISTIAN

HISTORYHISTORY

AND THIS IS AND THIS IS JUST THE JUST THE

BEGINNING !BEGINNING !