The Rejected Blessing: An Untold Story of the Early Days of the Pentecostal Movement - Paperback

by Jim Kerwin (Author)

Why is it that the Pentecostal movement today lacks the power of its Azusa Street roots? What teaching served as the foundation of the 1906 Azusa Street Revival, and how is it that most Pentecostals repudiated that foundation less than six years after the revival began? In this all-too-true tale, you'll discover larger-than-life -- and flawed -- men of God, scandalous animosity among Christian brothers, and a contentious prayer challenge in what could be described as a game of spiritual "Russian roulette." The book relates the roles of William J. Seymour, Charles F. Parham, and William H. Durham in the seismic shift which occurred in early Pentecostalism. This groundbreaking look at the nexus of the Holiness and Pentecostal movements explains how one of God's special works of grace became "The Rejected Blessing."

Author Biography

Jim Kerwin was born in 1952, born again in 1968, and has been in Christian ministry since 1971. Over decades of pastoring, as well as writing, and teaching at home and abroad, his calling and credentials as a gifted Bible teacher have been established in the hearts of his growing audience. Jim is president and founder of Finest of the Wheat Teaching Fellowship, an organization with a goal of "teaching God's text, in context, without pretext," with a special focus on training pastors and leaders in developing countries. He earned a master's degree in Biblical Studies from Regent University's School of Divinity. Jim hosts the Kernels of Wheat Podcast and blogs on KernelsOfWheat.com, and his Bible teaching articles and audios appear on FinestOfTheWheat.org.