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gering. Vinson Synan of Regent University says that of the world's 540 million Pentecostals, 52 million are from China, and 92 million are charismatic Catholics. Another 71 million are Protestantcharismatics, and 215 million belong to classical Pentecostal denominations. . . ." 3. Lyle E. Schaller, ed., Creative Leadership Series, Church Growth Strategies that Work (Nashville: Abingdon, 1980), p. 7. 4. For an interesting, succinct treatment see Riss' Survey of 20th Century Revival Move ments. 5. Hocken, "Charismatic Movement," p. 156, Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charis matic Movements by Stanley M. Burgess, Gary B. McGee and Patrick H. Alexander. Copyright © 1988 by Stanley M. Burgess, Gary B. McGee and Patrick H. Alexander. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. 6. Kilian McDonnell, ed., Presence, Power, Praise: Documents on the Charismatic Renewal (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1980), Vol. I, pp. xix-xx. 7. This conference embraced the West Indies and some adjacent coastal areas. 8. This document was issued by two groups within the same Church: the Church of England Evangelical Council and the Fountain Trust. 9. For ten essays reflecting diverse reac tions see Hamilton, Charismatic Movement. 10. McDonnell, Presence, Vol. 1, Introduc tion, p. xxii. 11. Ibid., p. xxxvii. 12. Green, I Believe, p. 209. After a very fine study on the Holy Spirit, Green closes his book with the 22-page chapter "What To Make of the Charismatic Movement?" He clearly identifies both the positives and the negatives, although I have quoted only the positives. 13. Hocken, "Charismatic Movement," p. 158, Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charis matic Movements by Stanley M. Burgess, Gary B. McGee and Patrick H. Alexander. Copy right© 1988 by Stanley M. Burgess, Gary B. McGee and Patrick H. Alexander. Used by per mission of Zondervan Publishing House. Chapter 20: Guidelines for Testing Prophetic Utterances 1. Clifford Hill, Prophecy, p. 5. 2. Cooke, Prophetic Gifting, p. 145. 3. Dunn, Unity and Diversity, p. 178. 4. From the Malines Document I, a state ment on the Catholic charismatic renewal (see chapter 19), from the Roman Catholic Church

21. Dick Iverson, foreword in Kevin J. Con ner, Today's Prophets: New Testament Teach ing on Today's Prophets (Portland: BT Pub lishing, 1989), pp. 2-3. 22. Told to me by David Schoch on June 25, 1994. 23. Gaglardi, Pastor's Pen, p. 16. 24. Ivan Q. Spencer, "Who are the Custo dians of Latter Rain?" The Elim Pentecostal Herald 20, 211 (January 1950), p. 9. See Riss, Latter Rain, p. 110. 25. P. G. Chappell, "Healing Movements," p. 372. Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charis matic Movements by Stanley M. Burgess, Gary B. McGee and Patrick H. Alexander. Copyright © 1988 by Stanley M. Burgess, Gary B. McGee and Patrick H. Alexander. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. 29. The ending of an address by David du Plessis at the opening of the First World Pente costal Conference in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1947. Riss comments: "Within a few months after these words were spoken, the 'Latter Rain Movement' exploded upon the Pentecostal scene, bringing about the very conditions fore seen by du Plessis, including disapproval from most established denominational Pentecostal organizations." Latter Rain, p. 15. 30. Marion Meloon, Ivan Spencer, Willow in the Wind (Plainfield, N.J.: Logos, 1974), p. 157. 31. Bill Hamon, The Eternal Church (Phoenix: Christian International, c. 1981), p. 249. 32. Hollenweger, Pentecostals, p. 355. Chapter 19: Denominational Response to Prophecy in the Charismatic Renewal 1. For a detailed account see the 31-page article "Charismatic Movement" by P. D. Hocken in Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, pp. 130-160. 2. At the 18th Pentecostal World conference in Seoul, South Korea (in 1998)-as reported by Stephen Strang in "Pentecostals at a Cross roads" in Charisma Magazine (November 1998), p. 130-"the conference press office dis tributed a news release showing that of the 6 billion people on earth, almost 2 billion are Christians, and of these, 540 million are Pente costals or charismatics." The article also says, "The size of the Pentecostal movement is stag 26. Ibid. 27. Ibid. 28. Bickle, Growing, pp. 63-64.

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