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What we believe
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What is Elim?
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What does it mean to be a Pentecostal church?
The Pentecostal movement traces it's roots back to, among others, John Wesley, and the early Church as described in the book of Acts. It seeks to model itself upon that early Church by emphasising a Theology and Christian experience as demonstrated by the apostles after the resurrection of Jesus, when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit and able to speak in tongues. The Pentecostal movement represents a reaction against the rigid theology and formal worship of traditional churches. It originated in it's modern form in the USA in 1906, and in the converts and preachers of the Welsh Revival of 1904-1905, one of the main early centres in Britain being in an Anglican Church, in Sunderland from about 1907. George Jeffreys, who became the founder of the Elim Pentecostal Church in the UK became a Christian in the early days of the Welsh Revival.
Pentecostals believe in the Bible as the authority for their faith and life, and practise charismatic worship, emphasizing the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Members are encouraged to seek to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, enabling speaking in tongues, and other spiritual gifts to be used to build up the Church and provide a powerful witness to the truth of the Christian message. Services are informal and seek to be relevant to modern culture in terms of style and music.
Pentecostals believe in the Bible as the authority for their faith and life, and practise charismatic worship, emphasizing the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Members are encouraged to seek to be baptized with the Holy Spirit, enabling speaking in tongues, and other spiritual gifts to be used to build up the Church and provide a powerful witness to the truth of the Christian message. Services are informal and seek to be relevant to modern culture in terms of style and music.