What Made Them Think They Could? Volume 3

Shaping Theology, Policy, and Praxis in Early Twentieth-Century Pentecostalism

By: Rosemarie Daher Kowalski

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

In the first quarter of the twentieth century, many women - single and married - experienced the Pentecostal revival and entered Pentecostal missions in every corner of the world. Generally discouraged from preaching and leading congregations in the USA, these disempowered women considered their Holy Spirit baptism all the permission and empowerment they needed to go abroad to share the gospel. However, Pentecostal missionaries in the Assemblies of God, the largest American Pentecostal organization, soon became part of an emerging system of AG policy and emerging regulations. Why and how did this happen? And in what ways did precedent Evangelicalism and denominational missions of the nineteenth century shape the beliefs and practices of the women who became part of global Pentecostal missions?