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Why Have Scholar left Classical Pentecostal Denominations?
Lewis, Paul W.
Lewis, Paul W.
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"One of the big issues in the last several years within Pentecostalism is the distant relationship between Pentecostal scholars and the Pentecostal church. This was especially highlighted in March 7, 2006 by Roger E. Olson's article entitled "Pentecostalism's Dark Side" in Christian Century and the response letters found in May 16, 2006 issue of the same journal.' It was in these writings and others where concerns were expressed and ultimately some of the factors listed why scholars like Olson left the Pentecostal denominations in they had participated. This leads many to ask the question: 'Why have scholars left Pentecostal denominations?' In asking this question, there are some definitions and limitations that need to be noted. First, by Pentecostal, I referring to the classical Pentecostal denominations which include the Assemblies of God (USA), the Church of God (Cleveland, TN), the Church of God in Christ, the Open Bible Standard Church, the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, and others whose roots go back to the early part of the (and late century. Second, to the limits of this author, it is mainly limited to the North America classical Pentecostal denominations (primarily from the Anglo Pentecostal denominations')."
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2008
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