Sentences with phrase «pentecostals practice a form»

Many Pentecostals practice a form of mysticism that contains a strain of asceticism that resists an easy acceptance of the more vulgar forms of the prosperity gospel.

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As must now be evident, the charismatic orientation may be cloaked in the style of those groups which call themselves charismatic or Pentecostal, but it is important to note that the charismatic negotiation is primarily a structure and as such may give form to the world views of persons and groups that do not adopt any of the features or practices of what is conventionally called charismatic religion.

For the first half of the twentieth century, Pentecostal belief and practice remained separate from mainstream denominational religion forming its own denominations like the Assemblies of God (the largest Pentecostal denomination), The Church of God in Christ, and many others.