the new springtime from a pentecostal perspective vinson synan waxahachie, texas november 1, 2001
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THE NEW SPRINGTIME FROM A PENTECOSTAL PERSPECTIVE VINSON SYNAN WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS NOVEMBER 1, 2001. I. NINE CHALLENGES. 1. URBANIZATION. 79 - “SUPERCITIES” (4 MILLION +)(59 IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES) 433 - “MEGACITIES” (1-4 MILLION) 6.1 BILLION WORLD POPULATION. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE NEW SPRINGTIME THE NEW SPRINGTIME FROM A PENTECOSTAL FROM A PENTECOSTAL
PERSPECTIVEPERSPECTIVE
VINSON SYNANVINSON SYNAN
WAXAHACHIE, TEXASWAXAHACHIE, TEXASNOVEMBER 1, 2001NOVEMBER 1, 2001
I.I.
NINE CHALLENGESNINE CHALLENGES
1. URBANIZATION1. URBANIZATION 79 - “SUPERCITIES” (4 MILLION
+) (59 IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES)
433 - “MEGACITIES” (1-4 MILLION) 6.1 BILLION WORLD POPULATION
2. COMMUNICATIONS2. COMMUNICATIONS
700 MILLION COMPUTERSINTERNETE-MAIL
3. EDUCATION3. EDUCATION
WORLD CAMPUSESE-MAILCHAT ROOMSINTERNET CLASSES
4. POST INDUSTRIALISM4. POST INDUSTRIALISM
25% OF MANKIND WORK IN POST-INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIES
KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION REPLACES CAPITAL AS SOCIETY’S MOST IMPORTANT RESOURCE
5. CHANGES IN 5. CHANGES IN DEMOGRAPHICSDEMOGRAPHICS
WORLD POPULATION 6.1 BILLION
30.7 UNDER 15 YEARS OF AGE
26.1 MEDIAN AGE63.9 LIFE EXPECTANCY
6. EFFECTS ON THE 6. EFFECTS ON THE ECO-SYSTEMECO-SYSTEM
30% OF ARABLE LAND LOST IN LAST 20 YEARS
10% OF ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES EXTINCT IN LAST 20 YEARS DUE TO MANKIND
GLOBAL WARMING
7. NUCLEAR EXPANSION7. NUCLEAR EXPANSION 35 NATIONS NOW HAVE
NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES NEW NATIONS INCLUDE:
ARGENTINA, EGYPT, ISRAEL, KUWAIT, LIBYA, SAUDI ARABIA, TURKEY, NORTH KOREA, ZAIRE
SOME OF THESE ARE CONSIDERED “ROGUE STATES”
8. STATUS OF WORLD 8. STATUS OF WORLD RELIGIONSRELIGIONS
34% CHRISTIAN 83.4% ARE BEING
EVANGELIZED 2,800 LANGUAGES WITH
PRINTED SCRIPTURES
9. RISE OF 9. RISE OF PENTECOSTALS AND PENTECOSTALS AND
CHARISMATICSCHARISMATICS 26% OF ALL CHRISTIANS ARE P/C 12% OF ROMAN CATHOLICS 10% OF ANGLICANS 65% OF ALL PROTESTANTS 40% OF ALL MISSIONARIES– 25% OF CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES– 50% OF ALL PROTESTANT MISSIONARIES
2.2.NINE CHARISMATANINE CHARISMATA
I CORINTHIANS 12: 4-11I CORINTHIANS 12: 4-11
WORD OF WISDOM WORD OF KNOWLEDGE FAITH GIFTS OF HEALING WORKING OF MIRACLES PROPHECY DISCERNING OF SPIRITS DIFFERENT KINDS OF TONGUES THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES
THE GIFTS AND WORLD THE GIFTS AND WORLD EVANGELIZATIONEVANGELIZATION
ALL GIFTS EDIFY AND ARE PROFITABLE
BUT TONGUES AND INTERPRETATION GIFTS OF HEALING SIGNS AND WONDERS
HAVE LED MILLIONS TO CHRIST
APPALACHIAN APPALACHIAN CONFERENCE CONFERENCE
RETREATRETREAT
MARCH 1-2, 2002MARCH 1-2, 2002
NINE PENTECOSTAL NINE PENTECOSTAL CHARISMATIC CHARISMATIC
CONTRIBUTIONSCONTRIBUTIONS
1. RESTORATION OF THE 1. RESTORATION OF THE CHARISMATACHARISMATA
BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO CHRISTIANITY
TONGUES AND HEALING MOST
EMPHASIZED PETER WAGNER’S 24 GIFTS OF THE
SPIRIT
2. RENEWAL OF 2. RENEWAL OF EXPRESSIVE WORSHIPEXPRESSIVE WORSHIP
CONCERT PRAYER RAISING OF HANDS MASSIVE LOUD PRAISE SHOUTING OF PRAISE SPIRITUAL DANCING SINGING IN THE SPIRIT
3. A LOVE OF SCRIPTURE3. A LOVE OF SCRIPTURE
PENTECOSTALISM BASED ON SCRIPTURES
POPE PAUL VI - “MORE ASSIDIOUS READING OF SCRIPTURE”
“THE WORD OF GOD FOR TODAY” “REVELATION KNOWLEDGE ?” ARE PROPHECIES ON SAME LEVEL
AS SCRIPTURE? (RHEMA & LOGOS)
4. AGGRESSIVE USE OF 4. AGGRESSIVE USE OF THE MEDIATHE MEDIA
PRINTED MEDIA (MAGAZINES) RADIO - 1920’S THROUGH 1990’S TELEVISION - 1950’S ORAL ROBERTS JIM BAKKER JIMMY SWAGGART PAT ROBERTSON YONGGI CHO
5. NEW FORMS OF 5. NEW FORMS OF CHURCH STRUCTURECHURCH STRUCTURE
HOME CHURCHES STORE FRONT CHURCHES CELL GROUPS (WESLEY TO CHO) COVENANT COMMUNITIES DISCIPLESHIP CONTROVERSY POST-DENOMINATIONAL ERA?
NEW APOSTOLIC CHURCHES?
(PETER WAGNER - 1996)
6. CULTURAL 6. CULTURAL ADAPTABILITYADAPTABILITY
ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS FORMS FLEXIBILITY OF CULTURES AMERICAN BLACK CHURCH KOREAN CULTURE AFRICA LATIN AMERICA
7. THEOLOGICAL 7. THEOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITYFLEXIBILITY
WESLEYAN CONTROVERSIES BAPTISTIC PENTECOSTALS PRESBYTERIAN PENTECOSTALS LUTHERAN PENTECOSTALS ANGLICAN PENTECOSTALS CATHOLIC PENTECOSTALS
8. CHURCH GROWTH8. CHURCH GROWTH
FASTEST GROWING CHURCHES IN THE WORLD
CHURCH PLANTING CELL CHURCHES MEGA-CHURCHES
9. A VISION FOR WORLD 9. A VISION FOR WORLD EVANGELIZATIONEVANGELIZATION
PRESENCE EVANGELISM PROCLAMATION EVANGELISM PERSUESION EVANGELISM POWER ENCOUNTER EVANGELISM BIBLICAL METHODS MODERN METHODS PENTECOSTAL CHARISMATIC
MISSIONS TODAY
BARRETT’S COMMENTS IN BARRETT’S COMMENTS IN THE YEAR 2000THE YEAR 2000
in in century of the holy spiritcentury of the holy spiritBYBY
VINSON SYNANVINSON SYNAN
THERE ARE THREE WAVES OF THERE ARE THREE WAVES OF RENEWALRENEWAL1. PENTECOSTAL 1. PENTECOSTAL
63,000,000 63,000,000 2. CHARISMATIC2. CHARISMATIC 175,000,000 175,000,0003. NEO-CHARISMATIC3. NEO-CHARISMATIC 295,000,000 295,000,000TOTAL 523,000,000TOTAL 523,000,000
CATHOLIC CHARISMATICS CATHOLIC CHARISMATICS WORLDWIDE IN 2000WORLDWIDE IN 2000
116,000,000
THESE ARE SEPARATE THESE ARE SEPARATE WAVES BUT ONE SINGLE WAVES BUT ONE SINGLE TIDETIDE
DENOMINATIONS:DENOMINATIONS:PENTECOSTAL 740PENTECOSTAL 740CHARISMATIC 6,530CHARISMATIC 6,530NEO-CHARISMATIC 18,810NEO-CHARISMATIC 18,810
TOTAL 26,080TOTAL 26,080
THERE HAVE BEEN THERE HAVE BEEN 795,000,000795,000,000
PENTECOSTAL AND PENTECOSTAL AND CHARISMATIC BELIEVERS CHARISMATIC BELIEVERS
(LIVING AND DEAD) (LIVING AND DEAD) SINCE 1901SINCE 1901
PENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATICPENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATICWORLDWIDE ADHERENTSWORLDWIDE ADHERENTS
0
100,000,000
200,000,000
300,000,000
400,000,000
500,000,000
600,000,000
1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2000
16 M
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27 M
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50 M
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96 M
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20252025
CHRISTIANS 3,058,229,000
CHARISMATICS 1,140,000,000
% OF CHRISTIANS 37.28%
THESE HAVE BEEN THESE HAVE BEEN
“THE MOST HARASSED, “THE MOST HARASSED, PERSECUTED,SUFFERING PERSECUTED,SUFFERING
AND MARTYRED THAN AND MARTYRED THAN PERHAPS ANY OTHER PERHAPS ANY OTHER
CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION IN RECENT HISTORY”RECENT HISTORY”
TOTAL INCOME OF TOTAL INCOME OF PENTECOSTALS AND PENTECOSTALS AND
CHARISMATICS:CHARISMATICS:
1970 $ 126 BILLION 1970 $ 126 BILLION 2000 $ 1,550 BILLION2000 $ 1,550 BILLION
““WITH PENTECOSTALS WITH PENTECOSTALS AND CHARISMATICS NOW AND CHARISMATICS NOW ACTIVE IN 80% OF THE ACTIVE IN 80% OF THE WORLD’S 3,300 LARGE WORLD’S 3,300 LARGE METROPOLISES… A NEW METROPOLISES… A NEW ERA IN WORLD MISSIONS ERA IN WORLD MISSIONS WOULD CLEARLY APPEAR WOULD CLEARLY APPEAR TO BE UNDERWAY”TO BE UNDERWAY”
FROM 1 FROM 1 PENTECOSTAL PENTECOSTAL BELIEVER ON BELIEVER ON
JANUARY 1, 1901JANUARY 1, 1901TOTO
530,000,000530,000,000ON JANUARY 1, 2001ON JANUARY 1, 2001
THE GREATEST THE GREATEST REVIVAL IN THE REVIVAL IN THE
PAST 1000 YEARS PAST 1000 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN OF CHRISTIAN
HISTORYHISTORY
AND THIS IS AND THIS IS JUST THE JUST THE
BEGINNING !BEGINNING !