The appeal to experience of God as a resource for theology became ubiquitous in Christian theology in the twentieth century, in forms varying from a broadly shared transcendent experience of God in human life or in particular social groups, to specific, individual mystical encounters. Pentecostals affirm an openness and an appeal to the experience of God, but the nature of this appeal is understood within a Pentecostal worldview and spirituality, distinguishing this perspective from other Christian traditions and theological approaches. In contrast to Christian t…