Tag Archives: Pentecostalism

Let Your Daughters Prophesy: A Call for Women to Preach

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Rick Wadholm

I believe part of the issue in our current debates about women preaching is rooted in part in both the Catholic and the Reformed traditions of “preaching” which see such as a specific form of formal congregational instruction that is … Continue reading →

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Pentecostal "Schools": Cleveland (!) and Springfield (?)

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Rick Wadholm

Recently I was asked the following question via Facebook Messenger (see…Facebook can be useful and constructive): Do you see any differences between the “Springfield school” and “Cleveland School” of Pentecostalism? If so, what do you think they are? My response … Continue reading →

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Walter Hollenweger Memoriam

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Rick Wadholm

It is with a heavy heart I announce that the Swiss Pentecostal scholar Walter Hollenweger passed away August 10, 2016. His contributions to Pentecostalism are profound. One finds him footnoted throughout Pentecostal journals, theses/dissertations (including my own) and monographs. His … Continue reading →

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The Azusa Street Papers

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Rick Wadholm

One of my co-workers just found and gave me a copy of The Azusa Street Papers which is a reproduction of the thirteen issues of The Apostolic Faith (1906-1908) published by the Apostolic Faith Mission at Azusa Street (Los Angeles, … Continue reading →

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Three Things That Keep Me in My Church Tradition

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Rick Wadholm

Rather than simply answer in the comments section to Dan’s post about “What Keeps You In Your Church Tradition?,” I have decided to reply via a post and offer it as my own personal answer (because I have in fact … Continue reading →

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Why Am I Still Preaching? A Conversation

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

Steve Swan (a friend who pastors in Winnipeg) nails it: Why Am I Still Preaching?. I’ve said something similar in a paper I presented for the Society for Pentecostal Studies that has been picked up for an edited volume in … Continue reading →

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Am I Really Pentecostal?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

Am I  really Pentecostal? I’m thinking of this in several ways because recently I have been attacked by some for (1) being too Pentecostal, and by others for (2) not being Pentecostal enough. So which is it? Or is neither … Continue reading →

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Emerging Homiletics

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Rick Wadholm

I just realized that while my paper “Emerging Homiletics: A Pentecostal Response” was accepted for presentation at the Society for Pentecostal Studies annual meeting (March 20-22, 2013) in Seattle, WA, I had failed to post it to this blog. So … Continue reading →

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