Full Gospel

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The term Full Gospel or Fourfold Gospel is an

Baptist denominations.[1][2]

History and usage

Alliance World Fellowship logo representing the four aspects of the Gospel

This term has its origin in 1887 in a series of sermons called "Fourfold Gospel" by the

Jesus Christ; Christ the Savior, Sanctifier, Healer, and King who will soon return.[5]

Foursquare Church logo representing the four aspects of the Gospel

In October 1922, the

Jesus Christ; Savior, Baptizer with the Holy Ghost, Healer, and King. Various other Pentecostal denominations have been influenced by this doctrine, which is sometimes known as the "Full Gospel".[8] A variety of Pentecostals have further developed the motif of the full gospel, predominantly the five-fold theme of salvation, sanctification, Spirit baptism, divine healing, and the coming kingdom.[9]

The Missionary Church, an Anabaptist denomination with Radical Pietist and Wesleyan influences holds a commitment to "A. B. Simpson’s fourfold emphasis on Jesus Christ as Savior, Sanctifier, Healer and Coming King".[2]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-5326-6086-3
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  2. ^ a b "Planting Churches and Making Disicples". The Missionary Church. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  3. ^ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 908: "Fourfold Gospel and Full Gospel: The term "fourfold gospel" known for its four theological tenets-salvation or regeneration, sanctification, healing and the Second Coming (…)", p. 909: "Other so-called "Full Gospel" denominations today adhere to the concepts of the fourfold gospel even though they express their views somewhat differently."
  4. ^ Daryn Henry, A. B. Simpson and the Making of Modern Evangelicalism, McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP, Canada, 2019, p. 168.
  5. ^ Bernie A. Van De Walle, The Heart of the Gospel: A. B. Simpson, the Fourfold Gospel, and Late Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Theology, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 129
  6. ^ Matthew Avery Sutton, Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America, Harvard University Press, USA, 2007, p. 44
  7. ^ Allan H. Anderson, To the Ends of the Earth: Pentecostalism and the Transformation of World Christianity, OUP USA, USA, 2013, p. 97
  8. ^ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 909: "Other so-called "Full Gospel" denominations today adhere to the concepts of the fourfold gospel even though they express their views somewhat differently."
  9. ISBN 9781935931003
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