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AG History and Missions 100 Years of God’s Goodness and Blessing

AG History and Missions 100 Years of God’s Goodness and Blessing

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AG History and Missions100 Years of God’s Goodness and Blessing

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AG History: The Beginnings

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I Cor. 1: 26-31

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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Early Revivalists and the Spirit

John Wesley: 1766, Doctrine of Christian Perfection as a second experience following salvation.

American Holiness Movement: 1830s, Built on Wesley– the “Double Cure”. Terms: “Baptism in the Holy Spirit” and “The Tongue of Fire.” Believers encouraged to Tarry (Luke 24:49). Legalism.

Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee;

Let the water and the blood, from thy wounded side which flowed,

Be of sin the double cure; save from wrath and make me pure.

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Varied Definition of Spirit-Baptism

Reformed Calvinist: equated with salvation

Revivalists: Second Work of Grace

Charles Finney (1792-1875): empowerment for ministry

Keswick Convention: 1875 in England rejected Wesleyan perfection for “full consecration” and the “fullness of the Spirit”

DL Moody: emphasized Spirit baptism for empowerment for service

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Keswick Convention

W. E. Boardman, American Presbyterian: “The Higher Christian Life” in 1859

Joined by Robert Persall-Smith in 1873 in England

Keswick meetings organized by Cannon T.D. Harford-Battersby and Robert Wilson- June 1875

“All One in Christ Jesus” was the motto

Distanced itself from Wesleyan “entire sanctification”

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The Healing Movement (Ja. 5:15)

Dorothea Trudel (1813-1862” in Switzerland: Divine Healing, Healing hospice called the “Faith Home.”

John Alexander Dowie 1847-1907 and Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844-1924) prayed for sick in their meetings

A.B. Simpson (1843-1919): Healing purchased in Christ’s redemption therefore healing from every disease

A.J. Gordon (1836-1895): God is sovereign over healing

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Civilizing vs Evangelizing

Emphasis on Christian Civilization from the early 1800s and onward: building schools and developing institutions to help civilize the savage heathen.

Empire Building and Civilization

Edward Irving: 1824, London Missionary Society missionaries should follow Jesus’ command in Matthew 10:9-10.

World War I. 1914 End of Great Century of Missions

The Rise of Premillennialism

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1865 - Present

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A. T. Pierson (1837-1911)A Founding Father of Faith Missions

Presbyterian pastor strongly influenced by Moody and other revivalists

Spokesman for Foreign Missions

Supported the ministry of women and laity

Premillennial expectation and Missions

The “Watchword”

Editor of The Missionary Review of the World

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J. Hudson Taylor and the Beginning of Faith Missions

Arrived in Shanghai in Sept. 1853

Trips up the Yangtze

Chinese costume

Married Maria Dryer of on Jan. 20, 1858

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“A million people a month are dying without God”

The Establishment of the CIM in 1865

Structured upon the personality and experiences of Hudson Taylor

Committed to the interior provinces of China and the evangelism of her 400 billion souls

Interdenominational and headquartered in China

Appeal to the working class laity, thus opening the door for those not ordained

Personal financial support based on Faith

Identification with the Chinese– including dress

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(Fiedler: 32)

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Charles Spurgeon, following the Taylors’ visit to

England:

“China, China, China is now ringing in our ears in that special, peculiar, musical, forcible, unique way in which Mr. Taylor utters it.”

(Tucker: 193)

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Jonathan Goforth:A Missionary Innovator

Presbyterian missionary to China, Manchuria and Korea

Sailed to China in 1888

“China’s most outstanding evangelist”

“Open-House” Evangelism

Reliance upon the Holy Spirit’s leading, power and demonstration

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Hudson Taylor’s Advice to Goforth

Upon hearing that Goforth was assigned to Henan province in central China, he wrote the new

missionary a note:

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Faith Missions: Born in Revival

The Revival of 1859/ 1873– emphasis on prayer and evangelism

Revival Fires in Ulster and Wales: Spurgeon and Moody

The Welsh Revival of 1904

Prophetic, Brethren and Holiness Movements

Topeka in 1901 and Azusa Street in 1906

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Reflections on Faith MissionsGeorge Müller, A. T. Pierson and

Premillennialism

Pierson 1886: "Our Lord's Second Coming a Motive for World-Wide Evangelization"

Obedience to the Great Commission

The spiritual yearnings of people like Pierson, Gordon, Palmer, Finney and others of the late 19th century set the stage and prepared hearts for the revivals leading up to and Pentecostal response from God in 1906.

Early rejection became at least lukewarm acceptance in areas following the 1930s and the Shandong Revival.

Radical Evangelicals (Gary McGee)

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Characteristics of Faith Missions

Emphasis on eschatology and Premillennial urgency

Providential Provision

Guidance and power of the Spirit

Divine Healing and Miracles

Prophecy

Increased role for women, laity, students and Blacks

Volunteer missionaries

Bible Schools and Training

The Baptism in the Holy Spirit and tongues

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A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) and the CMA

1877: Expressed a desire to be a missionary to China

1882: Founder of New York Gospel Tabernacle

1883: New York Missionary Training College

1887: Founding of CMA (CIM Pattern)

Contributions:United Bible School training, the fellowship movement and missions; adding independent congregations

Impacted Pentecostal Missions

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William W. Simpson

Pioneer Missionary of the CMA to Tibet from 1892

Served as Dean for the AG missionary training school: Bethel Bible Training School in Newark, NJ

Returned to China in 1918 with the AG Mission

Gave the AG its Chinese name: 神教会

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The Beginning of Pentecostal Missions

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Charles Parham and Topeka 1901

“More than anyone else, he forged the movement which has mushroomed in the second half of the twentieth century . . . [and] infused the movement with a zeal of missions” (Goff: 163-164).

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Division of Sanctification

Reformed Tradition: Sanctification began at conversion

Holiness: Wesleyan Second Blessing

Parham (Defacto leader 1901-1906)

Salvation by Grace AloneSeparate from Conversion: SanctificationBaptism in the Holy Spirit

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William J. Seymour and Los Angeles 1906

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Seymour (con’t.)

The Apostolic Faith: “The world seems ripe for Pentecost in all lands and God is sending it.”

The Outpouring of the Spirit and the Latter Rain: Spirit Baptism and the End-Time Harvest

Xenolalia or Glossilalia

Synan: Azusa Street: “the birthplace of global Pentecostalism”

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Becoming an Apostolic Faith Missionary

1. Identify the language

“given” at Spirit

Baptism

2. Call toMissions?

3.Ready To Go?

4. Funded andSent

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The First Pentecostal Missionaries to China

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McIntosh– Hong Kong 1907

Alfred and Lillian Garr– Hong Kong 1907

Rosa Pittman and May Law– Hong Kong with the Garrs

Paul and Nellie Bettex– Guangzhou

Antionette Moomau– Shanghai 1907

Bernt and Magna Berntsen (Scandinavia)– Shangdong 1908

The Assemblies of God Church in Mukden,

Manchuria (Shenyang) 1935

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Mok Lai ChiGarr’s Translator

Received Baptism and left American Board

Founded China’s first Pentecostal newspaper: Pentecostal Truths

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Key People

A. B. Simpson (1843-1919): Closer walk with Christ and Evangelize world in power of Spirit. CMA Founder

John Alexander Dowie (1847-1907): Return of Apostolic Christianity, Healing and End Times

Maria B. Woodworth-Etter (1844-1924): Modeled Women in Ministry, Slain in the Spirit

Frank W. Sanford (1862-1948): Restoration of NT Church, Baptism and Gifts of the Spirit, Evangelization

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Other Pentecostal Leaders

Ivey G. Campbell (1874-1918): The American Mid-west

Elizabeth V. Baker (1849-1915): Founded Rochester Bible Training School in NY. Students became leaders in the AG. Received Baptism in 1907.

Gaston B. Cashwell (1862-1916): Borrowed money to get to Los Angeles. Troubled by blacks, but asked Seymour to pray for him. Great revival in NC.

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“The Finished Work of Calvary”

William H. Durham (1873-1912), Chicago

Opposed Sanctification as a Second Work of Grace believing it to be a part of salvation

Sermon: The Finished Work of Calvary

Great Impact on the AG First General Council in Hot Springs, Arkansas in April 1914

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Faith-Life Missionaries

First Pentecostal Missionaries: Mary Johnson and Ida Andersson– South Africa in 1904

4 Types of Missionaries among 200 who served by 1910:

Ill-prepared

Hardy Souls

Veteran Missionaries

Bible Institute Graduates

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Indigenous Church

Henry Venn (Anglican, Church Missionary Society) (1796-1873) and Rufus Anderson (Congregationalist, American Board) (1796-1880). In reaction to mission’s paternalism.

Self Governing

Self Supporting

Self Propagating

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John Nevius (1829-1893) Presbyterian 40-

years in ChinaChristians should continue to live in their neighborhoods and pursue their occupations, being self-supporting and witnessing to their co-workers and neighbors.

Missions should only develop programs and institutions that the national church desired and could support.

The national churches should call out and support their own pastors.

Churches should be built in the native style with money and materials given by the church members.

Intensive biblical and doctrinal instruction should be provided for church leaders every year.

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Cooperation and Not

Comity (Working together in cooperation across denominational and doctrinal barriers)

Bible Translation, Educational endeavors, Relief

Conferences in 1860, 1885, 1900

1910 World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh Scotland

World Council of Churches and Division