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50 Pentecostal and Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know / Dean Merrill Pentecostal and 50Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know Dean Merrill G 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 5 12/15/20 6:38 PM 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 © 2021 by Dean Merrill Published by Chosen Books 11400 Hampshire Avenue South Bloomington, Minnesota 55438 www.chosenbooks.com Chosen Books is a division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means— for example, electronic, photo- copy, recording— without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Merrill, Dean, author. Title: 50 Pentecostal and charismatic leaders every Christian should know / Dean Merrill. Other titles: Fifty Pentecostal and charismatic leaders every Christian should know Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Chosen, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2021] Identifiers: LCCN 2020044496 | ISBN 9780800762025 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780800761868 (casebound) | ISBN 9781493429813 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Pentecostals— Biography. | Pentecostalism. Classification: LCC BX8762.Z8 A315 2021 | DDC 269/.40922— dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020044496 Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Scripture quotations labeled amp are from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.Lockman.org Scripture quotations labeled kjv are from the King James Version of the Bible. Cover design by LOOK Design Studio Cover photo of Wonsuk Ma © Oral Roberts University. Used by permission. Cover photo of Aimee Semple McPherson by Los Angeles Public Library/Security Pa- cific National Bank Collection /Tibbals Studio—Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection; File number: LAPL00024641, PD-US Author is represented by Wolgemuth & Associates. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 6 12/15/20 6:38 PM Contents Foreword by Dr. Craig S. Keener 11 Introduction: Great Cloud of Witnesses 15 1. Maria Woodworth- Etter: The Female Forerunner 17 2. Smith Wigglesworth: Bold as a Lion 24 3. Charles H. Mason: The Man Who Said, “Yes, Lord” 30 4. William J. Seymour: Ignition on Azusa Street 35 5. John G. Lake: Make Room for the Healer 41 6. F. F. Bosworth: Listening for the Voice 48 7. Francisco Olazábal: El Azteca 53 8. Aimee Semple McPherson: Everybody’s “Sister” 57 9. J. E. Stiles: The Boat Rocker 63 10. Donald Gee: The Apostle of Balance 68 11. Agnes Sanford: Wholeness for Body and Mind 72 12. Leo Josef Suenens: The Charismatic Cardinal 78 13. David du Plessis: The Bridge Builder 82 14. Gordon and Freda Lindsay: Making Connections 87 7 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 7 12/15/20 6:38 PM Contents 15. Kathryn Kuhlman: Daughter of Destiny 91 16. Leonard Ravenhill: Sounding the Alarm 96 17. William Branham: God’s Nobody 101 18. Demos Shakarian: The Milkman 107 19. Derek Prince: Intelligent, Sincere— and Fallible 111 20. Dennis and Rita Bennett: The Reluctant Rector 116 21. Kenneth E. Hagin: Speak It, Believe It, Receive It 121 22. Harald Bredesen: The Happy Envoy 126 23. Oral Roberts: Rise Up 130 24. Tommy Tyson: The Methodist Who Stayed 136 25. T. L. and Daisy Osborn: “Prove It!” 139 26. John and Elizabeth Sherrill: The Scribes 144 27. Francis and Judith MacNutt: Divine Radiology 149 28. Bernard E. Underwood and Ithiel Clemmons: The Reconcilers 154 29. Larry Christenson: A Leader for Lutherans 159 30. Pat Robertson: The Busy Media Magnate 164 31. Everett L. “Terry” Fullam: New Life for an Old Mold 169 32. C. Peter Wagner: Riding the Waves 174 33. Michael Harper: Forks in the Road 180 34. David Wilkerson: The Straight Shooter 186 35. Jamie Buckingham: The Storyteller 191 36. Jack Hayford: On the Way to Majesty 195 37. Bill Hamon: A Man of Many “Words” 199 38. John Wimber: In the “Radical Middle” 205 39. Jane Hansen Hoyt: Out from Behind the Mask 211 40. David Mainse: At Canada’s Crossroads 216 8 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 8 12/15/20 6:38 PM Contents 41. Jesse Miranda: Up from the Barrio 220 42. Reinhard Bonnke: Plundering Hell to Populate Heaven 225 43. Kevin and Dorothy Ranaghan: Catholic to the Core 230 44. John and Carol Arnott: Catching Fire in the Frozen North 234 45. Jim Cymbala: Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire 240 46. Wonsuk and Julie Ma: The Scholars 246 47. Cindy Jacobs: The General 251 48. Nicky Gumbel: Mr. Alpha 255 49. Mike Bickle: Twenty- Four/Seven 260 50. Robert Morris: The Explainer 264 Notes 269 9 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 9 12/15/20 6:38 PM Foreword t is my great privilege to write the foreword for this timely book. Dean Merrill has a special gift for combining valu- Iable content with an engaging style, making learning both enjoyable and edifying. And edifying this book is, reminding us of the difference that empowerment by God’s Spirit can make in our lives! One mark of an ingeniously designed work is that it meets a need that its predecessors had not yet recognized. There are an increasing number of works on Pentecostal and charismatic history, and some biographical treatments of key figures. But where does one start? This book offers a handy primer on most of the leading figures—a valuable refresher for those schooled in Pentecostalism and a crucial survey to initiate beginners. Pentecostals and charismatics will relish the book for treat- ing some of their favorite figures and for filling gaps in knowl- edge about the histories of their movements. And outsiders will find this book valuable to expose them to the basics of the history and figures in a movement that is now exploding across the world. Depending on how one defines Pentecostals 11 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 11 12/15/20 6:38 PM Foreword and charismatics, estimates of their global presence now often exceed half a billion, making them the second-largest Christian movement in the world after Roman Catholicism (which itself includes a substantial number of charismatics). Understanding the development of Pentecostal and charis- matic history, therefore, is valuable for every reader, and encoun- tering stories about the lives of key figures is one of the most interesting ways to engage that history. Tracing these stories makes for exciting reading, especially at the hands of a nimble writer such as Dean Merrill. Even in our age of tweets and sound bites, and even for ADHD persons such as myself, this collection of fifty fast- moving, brief vignettes holds our attention. With our respective interests and traditions, various readers might have added some different figures and left others out. Some would have included Charles Parham; I would have voted for Pandita Ramabai and (here my New Testament scholar bias is showing) Gordon Fee, while omitting a few figures, the nam- ing of whom would further reveal my biases. In many cases, however, the figures we would have left out are those about whom we have the most to learn, and we already know enough about the figures we would have added. For the most part, the author’s selections are ideal in providing a fairly representa- tive cross-sample of Western charismatics and Pentecostals, especially from the past eighty years. At this distance from the beginning of the Pentecostal re- vival, it is easier to identify the most influential figures than it might have been in the immediate wake of the initial revival. William Seymour’s stature has rightly grown, for example, along with renewed appreciation of his impact. Because his- tory requires some hindsight, it is more difficult to choose the most influential figures of the past half century. The charismatic movement, moreover, is diffuse, spread throughout so many 12 50 Pentecostal & Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know • Dean Merrill Chosen Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group © 2021 used by permission _Merrill_50Leaders_KD_bb.indd 12 12/15/20 6:38 PM Foreword denominations and sub-movements that few of us are famil- iar with all its reaches. This makes a primer on many of these figures all the more valuable. Recent figures are naturally also more controversial, but love them or hate them— hopefully in a Christian way!— they are figures and oicesv we should know. Those concerned about any of the choices (or wondering why their pastor is left out!) should remember that these are inevitably samples. Yet Merrill has done a superb job in provid- ing an array that reflects the great diversity of Pentecostals and charismatics: both genders, multiple ethnicities and representa- tives from a wide range of denominations. Because many of the selected figures were associated with other Pentecostal or charismatic leaders, moreover, Merrill manages to sneak in a few more figures than the fifty specifically named (for example, Carrie Judd Montgomery and Elias Letwaba) without adding extra space.
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