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The phrase “full gospel” refers to a theological hermeneutic that takes account of Pentecostals’ innate articulation of their own theological story. The most consistent framework for narrating the dominant set of Pentecostal experiences is known as the four- or five-fold gospel (Dayton 1987). The larger, five-fold pattern proclaims, usually in kerygmatic form, the good news that Jesus Christ brings (1) salvation, (2) sanctification, (3) baptism in the Spirit, (4) divine healing and (5) the impending arrival of the kingdom of God. This Christocentric pattern depends on a pneumatolo…

Pentecostal theology emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century as a revivalist ideology focused on a transformative experience of Jesus Christ through a personal encounter with the Holy Spirit and has since then developed toward doctrinal and systematic formulations with attention to a wide range of theological, spiritual, ethical, sociocultural, philosophical, economic, and political concerns (Yong 2005). The debate on the character of Pentecostal theology shows a number of critical con…

Derived from biblical accounts surrounding the day of Pentecost, baptism in the Holy Spirit and its synonyms—Spirit baptism, baptism with (or in) the Holy Ghost, baptism with fire, baptism of love, the Pentecostal baptism and others—refers strictly speaking to the experience of the outpouring and reception of the Holy Spirit by the disciples of Jesus recorded in the New Testament. The original moment of this baptism, contained in the observation that the disciples “were all filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2:4), is interpreted as the eschatological fulfillment of God’s promise …