All across the globe, Pentecostalism has come to display the most diverse set of ecclesiastical forms. They stretch from highly independent local-community driven movements (Scandinavia), to Presbyterian and Congregationalist-type denominations (Assemblies of God, USA), and to episcopally, with the office of bishop led “high-church” models (Black Pentecostals in the USA and a number of traditions in various global contexts). Particularly in the Global South, this diversification further continues and deepens.

Factors such as passion for freedom, resistance to inst…