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Pentecostalism has experienced explosive growth for the past half-century. The membership is young and fast-growing. Combined, the Pentecostals (in separate denominations) and [[Charismatic movement|charismatics]] (inside other denominations) add up to very large numbers. The statistics are highly inexact but the combined total is perhaps one Christian in ten, worldwide.[[Image:OralRoberts.jpg|thumb|300px|Oral Roberts week-long revival in Los Angeles, 1957]]
Pentecostalism has experienced explosive growth for the past half-century. The membership is young and fast-growing. Combined, the Pentecostals (in separate denominations) and [[Charismatic movement|charismatics]] (inside other denominations) add up to very large numbers. The statistics are highly inexact but the combined total is perhaps one Christian in ten, worldwide.[[Image:OralRoberts.jpg|thumb|300px|Oral Roberts week-long revival in Los Angeles, 1957]]
==Theology==
==Theology==
Pentecostalism focuses on the outpouring of the [[Holy Spirit]] on the [[Apostles]] as described in the [[Acts (of the Apostles)|Acts of the Apostles]] and Pentecostals strive to embrace that same spirituality on a weekly or daily basis.
Pentecostalism focuses on the outpouring of the [[Holy Spirit]] on the [[Apostles]] as described in the [[Acts (of the Apostles)|Acts of the Apostles]] and Pentecostals strive to embrace that same spirituality on a weekly or daily basis.
* Crowe, Terrence Robert. ''Pentecostal Unity: Recurring Frustration and Enduring Hopes.'' (1993). 282 pp.
* Crowe, Terrence Robert. ''Pentecostal Unity: Recurring Frustration and Enduring Hopes.'' (1993). 282 pp.
* DuPree, Sherry Sherrod. ''African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movements: An Annotated Bibliography.'' (1996). 650 pp.
* DuPree, Sherry Sherrod. ''African-American Holiness Pentecostal Movements: An Annotated Bibliography.'' (1996). 650 pp.
* Harrell, David Edwin. ''All Things Are Possible'' (1975), a major scholarly history
* Harrell, David Edwin. ''All Things Are Possible: The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America'' (1975), a major scholarly history [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ks-Sa1mSnI8C&dq=intitle:possible+inauthor:hARRELL&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&num=30&as_brr=0 excerpt and text search]* Harrell, David Edwin. ''Oral Roberts: An American Life'' (1985) [http://www.questia.com/read/84332901?title=Oral%20Roberts%3a%20An%20American%20Life online edition]
* Harrell, David Edwin. ''Oral Roberts: An American Life'' (1985) [http://www.questia.com/read/84332901?title=Oral%20Roberts%3a%20An%20American%20Life online edition]
* Poloma, Margaret M. ''The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas.'' (1989). 309 pp. scholarly study
* Poloma, Margaret M. ''The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas.'' (1989). 309 pp. scholarly study
* Sanders, Cheryl J. ''Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture.'' (1996). 177 pp.
* Sanders, Cheryl J. ''Saints in Exile: The Holiness-Pentecostal Experience in African American Religion and Culture.'' (1996). 177 pp.