Pentecostal studies has developed and expanded worldwide with numerous conferences, publications, and papers presented on panels about Pentecostalism at major academic conferences like the American Academy of Religion. There are a number of scholarly societies that specifically focus on Pentecostalism like the Society for Pentecostal Studies, USA and the European Research Network on Global Pentecostalism (GloPent). There is a standard storyline that has developed and is crystalizing among scholars about the global Pentecostal movement. Typically, the storyline is tha…