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Early Jesus Movement

1. THE EARLY JESUS NAME
MOVEMENT
© 2003 David K. Bernard

2. People of the Name
“Simeon hath declared how God at the first did
visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people
for his name…. That the residue of men might
seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon
whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who
doeth all these things” (Acts 15:14, 17).

3. Jesus Name Baptism in History
2d c.Majority, some Montanists, modalists
3d Widespread, Sabellians, Stephen of Rome endorsed
4-6thSabellians, Ambrose endorsed
7-9thEndorsed by Bede, Council of Frejus, Pope Nicholas I
12thMentioned by Peter Lombard, Hugo Victor
13thMentioned by Bonaventure, Thomas Aquinas
16thSome Anabaptists, people known to Martin Luther
17thSome Baptists, some English “heretics”
19thSome Plymouth Brethren, John Miller (Presbyterian)

4. Jesus Name Baptism among Early
Pentecostals
Charles Parham, 1901
Missionary in Latin America, 1904
From Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles,
Joshua Sykes, 1907
From Azusa Street to Mexico, 1909
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Andrew Urshan, 1910
Possibly some converts of William Durham

5. William Durham
Baptism of Spirit at Azuza, 1907
“Finished Work of Calvary,” 1910
Acts 2:38 is “God’s standard of salvation”
“The baptism in the Holy Spirit is the seal
of a finished salvation in Jesus Christ.”
“God’s standard of the baptism in the
Holy Spirit is found in Acts 2:4, and He
has only one standard.”

6. “We have an abnormal Christianity in the
world today (that is, those we must
recognize as Christians, but who are not
filled with the Holy Spirit) for which it is
impossible to find any Scriptural provision.”
“A Church, from a Scriptural standpoint, is a
company of people who are called out of the
world, made new creatures in Christ Jesus,
buried with Him by baptism into death, and
filled with the Holy Spirit.”
Conversation with Fundamentalist
A. C. Dixon

7. Worldwide Camp Meeting, 1913
Arroyo Seco, near Los Angeles, April
R. E. McAlister: examples in Acts
John Schaepe: inspiration
Frank Ewart (associate of Durham): Oneness
concepts; discussion with others

Glenn Cook (associate of Seymour)
Frank Small, Winnipeg, Nov.: baptisms

8. Frank Ewart

9. Rebaptisms
Ewart and Cook, April 1914, Acts 2:38
Assemblies of God formed 1914
G. T. Haywood, 1914, Indianapolis
1915: Howard Goss & E. N. Bell, the origi-
nal founders of AG; many other leaders,
including founders of 5 major groups
1916: Split between Oneness and trinitarian
believers at 4th General Council, St. Louis

10. G. T. Haywood

11. Early Oneness Organizations
General Assembly of the Apostolic
Assemblies, 1917
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, 1918
Three new organizations in 1925; then two:
Pentecostal Church Incorporated &
Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ
United Pentecostal Church International,
merger in St. Louis, 1945

12. Andrew Urshan

13. Conclusions
1.Jesus Name baptism was practiced from the
beginning of Pentecostal movement, and
many early leaders embraced it.
2.Ewart, Cook, Haywood, Urshan, and others
began the Oneness Pentecostal movement,
but the true founder was the Holy Spirit.
3.They preached Acts 2:38 as the new birth.

14. Conclusions
4. Majority of Pentecostals stayed with church
tradition, however. Today only a minority in
these churches still receive Holy Ghost.
5.Jesus Name message is spreading among
trinitarian Pentecostals and charismatics.
6.Estimated 20 million Oneness constituents.
7. Time for a REVIVAL OF THE NAME!