Tradition · 1901

Pentecostal

A Protestant movement that stresses a baptism in the Holy Spirit after conversion, usually marked by speaking in tongues, along with healing and other spiritual gifts.

It grew out of the Holiness movement, which came from Methodist teaching on a second work of grace. Its origins are usually traced to Topeka, Kansas in 1901 and to the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles from 1906, which spread it around the world. Pentecostal churches, such as the Assemblies of God, are now among the fastest-growing in the world, especially in Africa, Latin America and Asia.