{"id":4611,"date":"2020-05-18T06:24:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T11:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/?p=4611"},"modified":"2020-05-18T06:24:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T11:24:47","slug":"pentecost-breaks-barriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/gso\/2020\/05\/18\/pentecost-breaks-barriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentecost Breaks Barriers"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are edging ever more closer to the celebration of the day of Pentecost. The word \u201cPentecost\u201d is a centerpiece to the name International Pentecostal Holiness Church, although each word carries theological significance.<\/p>\n

Put on the lens of \u201cinternational\u201d while looking at Acts 2 and you will see that all peoples of all tongues are invited to Pentecost. Some are surprised when they read about Arabs being part of the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:11), but no people group should be excluded. No barriers erected by society should a church use to exclude anyone over age, race, ethnicity, class, or gender.<\/p>\n

I could post some of my academic articles supporting this thesis, but for now I offer an oral presentation<\/a> given to the Church of God of Prophecy General Assembly that registered more than 10,000 persons in the summer of 2018.<\/p>\n

I want to highlight the leading role of the IPHC in what has come to be known as the \u201cMemphis Miracle\u201d. This was the transformation of the PFNA (Pentecostal Fellowship of North America) to the racially inclusive PCCNA (Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The two principal organizers were IPHC General Superintendent B.E. Underwood and Church of God in Christ Bishop Dr. Ithiel Clemmons. I have a link to the IPHC Archives & Research Center newsletter Legacy 4 (July 1997)<\/a> to provide reflections by Bishop Underwood. I expect to print a memorial edition of Legacy in 2021 when the IPHC Archives & Research Center celebrates her centennial. The first official IPHC archivist was the legendary GF Taylor.<\/p>\n

A link is provided also to the PCCNA magazine Reconciliation primarily because of the article by Dr. Vinson Synan and the \u201cMemphis Manifesto\u201d<\/a>. I know the inside part of this story because I was part of the NARSC (North American Renewal Service Committee) steering committee led by Dr. Synan that included Bishops Underwood and Clemmons. Also, I was one of four who signed the \u201cMemphis Manifesto\u201d and co-editor of Reconciliation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Some may not know that NARSC sponsored major conferences around the USA that attracted up to 50K leaders and members who were Roman Catholic Charismatics, Protestant Charismatics, Independent Charismatics, Classical Pentecostals, and so on. The \u201cMemphis Manifesto\u201d was celebrated last year when PCCNA met in Bishop Charles Mason\u2019s Temple in Memphis, TN.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to the April 2020 PCCNA newsletter<\/a> that highlight some efforts of reconciliation during the global pandemic.<\/p>\n

Dr. Harold D. Hunter
\nDirector
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La palabra \"Pentecost\u00e9s\" es una pieza central del nombre de Iglesia Internacional de Santidad Pentecostal, aunque cada palabra tiene un significado teol\u00f3gico. P\u00f3ngase la lente de \"internacional\" mientras mira Hechos 2 y ver\u00e1 que todos los pueblos de todas las lenguas est\u00e1n invitados a Pentecost\u00e9s. Algunos se sorprenden cuando leen que los \u00e1rabes son parte del D\u00eda de Pentecost\u00e9s (Hechos 2:11), pero ning\u00fan grupo de personas debe ser excluido. Ninguna sociedad levantada por la sociedad debe usar una iglesia para excluir a cualquier persona mayor de edad, raza, etnia, clase o g\u00e9nero. Podr\u00eda publicar algunos de mis art\u00edculos acad\u00e9micos que respaldan esta tesis, pero por ahora ofrezco una presentaci\u00f3n oral<\/a> dada a la Asamblea General de la Iglesia de Dios de la Profec\u00eda que registr\u00f3 a m\u00e1s de 10,000 personas en el verano de 2018. Quiero destacar el papel principal de IPHC en lo que se conoce como el \"Milagro de Memphis\". Esta fue la transformaci\u00f3n de la PFNA (Comunidad Pentecostal de Am\u00e9rica del Norte) en la PCCNA racialmente inclusiva (Iglesias Carism\u00e1ticas Pentecostales de Am\u00e9rica del Norte). \"\"<\/a> Los dos principales organizadores fueron el Superintendente General de IPHC BE Underwood y el Obispo de la Iglesia de Dios en Cristo, Dr. Ithiel Clemmons. Tengo un enlace al bolet\u00edn del Centro de Archivos e Investigaci\u00f3n de IPHC Legacy 4 (julio de 1997) para proporcionar reflexiones del Obispo Underwood. Espero imprimir una edici\u00f3n conmemorativa de Legacy en 2021 cuando el Centro de Archivos e Investigaci\u00f3n de IPHC celebra su centenario. El primer archivero oficial de IPHC fue el legendario GF Taylor. Tambi\u00e9n se proporciona un enlace a la revista PCCNA Reconciliaci\u00f3n principalmente por el art\u00edculo del Dr. Vinson Synan y el \"Manifiesto de Memphis\". Conozco la parte interna de esta historia porque form\u00e9 parte del comit\u00e9 directivo del NARSC (Comit\u00e9 de Servicios de Renovaci\u00f3n de Am\u00e9rica del Norte) dirigido por el Dr. Synan, que inclu\u00eda a Bishops Underwood y Clemmons. Adem\u00e1s, fui uno de los cuatro que firm\u00f3 el \"Manifiesto de Memphis\". Es posible que algunos no sepan que NARSC patrocin\u00f3 conferencias importantes en los Estados Unidos que atrajeron a m\u00e1s de 50,000 l\u00edderes y miembros que eran carism\u00e1ticos cat\u00f3licos romanos, carism\u00e1ticos protestantes, carism\u00e1ticos independientes, pentecostales cl\u00e1sicos, etc. El \"Manifiesto de Memphis\" se celebr\u00f3 el a\u00f1o pasado cuando PCCNA se reuni\u00f3 en el Templo del Obispo Charles Mason en Memphis, TN. Aqu\u00ed hay un enlace al bolet\u00edn de PCCNA de abril de 2020 que destaca algunos esfuerzos de reconciliaci\u00f3n durante la pandemia global: http:\/\/campaign.r20.constantcontact.com\/render?m=1109615552491&ca=c7573108-cce6-4553-894a-c0053db39c61 Dr. Harold D. 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