The Azusa Street Mission and Revival: The Birth of the Global Pentecostal Movement
Written by Cecil M. Robeck
Narrated by Barry Scott
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In Azusa Street Mission and Revival, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. brings to bear expertise from decades of focused study in church history to reveal the captivating story of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles, which became known as the Azusa Street Mission.
From humble beginnings with few resources, this small uniquely diverse and inclusive congregation led by William J. Seymour ignited a fire that quickly grew into a blaze and spread across the world giving rise to the global Pentecostal movement. Sifting through newspaper reports and other written accounts of the time as well as the mission’s own publications, and through personal interaction with some of those blessed to stand very near to the fire that began at the mission, Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. relates not only the historical significance of the revival but also captures the movement of the Holy Spirit that changed the face of modern Christianity.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Extremely good book. A must read or listen. Great work
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A highly detailed account of the Azusa Street mission. The author exhaustively covers many details about the mission and revival. At times this can make for difficult, or mundane reading, however I doubt a more accurate accout exists about these events that changed the modern church in America and around the world.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is an excellent read that gives a much closer glimpse to the events that began the Pentecostal faith. Robeck, Jr. does not show us a perfect picture and examines, along with the positive growth and expansion of the movement, the unity and diversity of the believers, and the gracious character and overcoming faith of it's leaders, especially of William J. Seymour, but also the controversies, failures, pettiness, and weaknesses of it's leaders, which may have eroded and finally ended the revival. Chapters 7 and 8 are truly heart-breaking to read. They follow Seymour's last years in his struggle against betrayal and the church's dwindling congregation in the hopes of bringing back the initial Pentecostal revival of 1906-1908.It is amazing to read how this little group of African American believers, in the midst of severe racism where lynching was rampart, turned into a multicultural church that has miraculously expanded into the largest and fastest growing Christian denomination where an "estimated 35,000 people join the Pentecostal church each day. Of the world's two billion Christians a quarter are now Pentecostal—up from 6 percent in 1980."If one wants to know something about the beginnings of Pentecostalism, this is a must read.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A little methodical in its approach, but for an individual that grew up in the faith it provides a substantial amount of history for the roots of the Pentecostal denomination.