Restorationism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Oneness Pentecostalism=== {{Main|Oneness Pentecostalism}} Pentecostalism began primarily as a restoration movement that focused on the "experiential" aspect of the early church.<ref>Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer, ''Restoring the Faith: The Assemblies of God, Pentecostalism, and American Culture'', University of Illinois Press, US, 1993, p. 13</ref> The early pioneers of the Pentecostal movement sought to restore the work and power of the Holy Spirit to the church, which they felt had been lost early on after the Apostolic Age. [[Oneness Pentecostalism|Oneness Pentecostals]], in particular, continue to have a lot of restorationist themes present in their movement. Many Oneness Pentecostals see their movement as being a restoration of the Apostolic Church, which is why many of them refer to themselves as "apostolic" or to their movement as the "Apostolic Pentecostal" movement. ====British New Church Movement==== {{Main|British New Church Movement}} {{Unreferenced section|date=October 2009}} During the charismatic movement of the 1960s and 1970s, which focused on the transformation of the individual, some leaders formed what has become known as the Charismatic Restorationist Movement. These leaders, of whom [[Arthur Wallis (Bible teacher)|Arthur Wallis]], David Lillie and Cecil Cousen were at the forefront, focused on the nature of the church and shared a distinctive view that authentic church order was being restored to the whole church. This authentic church order centred on what is referred to as the "fivefold ministries", as listed in Ephesians 4:11: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Teachers and Pastors. Although the Charismatic Movement brought the Pentecostal gifts to the denominational churches, these restorationists considered denominationalism unbiblical, and shared a conviction that God would cause the church to be directly organized and empowered by the holy spirit. The movement has thousands of adherents worldwide, and notable church networks include [[Newfrontiers]] led by [[Terry Virgo]], [[Salt and Light Ministries International]] led by [[Barney Coombs]] and [[Ichthus Christian Fellowship]] led by Faith and [[Roger T. Forster|Roger Forster]]. ====Shepherding movement==== {{Main|Shepherding movement}} {{Unreferenced section|date=October 2009}} The British leaders of charismatic restorationism mutually recognised a parallel movement in the United States, centered on the Fort Lauderdale Five; [[Derek Prince]], [[Don Basham]], Bob Mumford, Charles Simpson and Ern Baxter. This movement became known as the Shepherding movement and was the subject of significant controversy in the mid-1970s. The movement left a significant legacy through its influence on contemporary ministries [[International Churches of Christ]], [[Maranatha Campus Ministries]] and [[Great Commission International]]. ====Apostolic-Prophetic Movement==== {{Main|Apostolic-Prophetic Movement}} {{Unreferenced section|date=October 2009}} More recently another form of charismatic restorationism with a similar recognition of the [[apostle|apostolic]] office has emerged in the form of the Apostolic-Prophetic Movement, centered on the [[Kansas City Prophets]]. Leading proponents of the movement include [[C. Peter Wagner]], [[Rick Joyner]], [[Mike Bickle (minister)|Mike Bickle]] and [[Lou Engle]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page