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A Practical-Prophetic Pentecostal Ecclesiology Durham E-Theses Priesthood, prophethood and spirit-led community: A practical-prophetic Pentecostal ecclesiology. Morgan, David How to cite: Morgan, David (2007) Priesthood, prophethood and spirit-led community: A practical-prophetic Pentecostal ecclesiology., Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2577/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 DAYID M ORGAN PRIESTHOOD, PROPHETHOOD AND SPIRIT-LED COMMUNITY A Practical-Prophetic Pentecostal Ecclesiology ABSTRACT This thesis is a modest practical-prophetic ecclesiology of the Pentecostal church. In Part 1, a theological identification of Pentecostals is proposed and is shown to be a useful working definition. Nicholas Healy's practical-prophetic ecclesiology is described and its usefulness, for the examination of Pentecostal ecclesiology, considered. In Part 2, a review of the theology of the priesthood of believers and the prophethood of believers is given in order to determine the practices that these two doctrines represent. Using an eschatological framework enables a Pentecostal defmition of the two doctrines as well as partitioning the practices into initiation, the priesthood of believers, the prophethood of believers and being a Spirit-led community. The history and influences that have moulded two contemporary Australian Pentecostal church movements are described, and the beliefs, represented by their statements of faith, are analysed. Part 3 demonstrates the practical-prophetic ecclesiology using an extended discussion of the practice of Pentecostal worship in Hillsong Churches and a briefer discussion concerning the contemporary exercise of the spiritual gift of prophecy in Christian City Churches. Part 4 is the conclusion. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author or the university to which it was submitted. No quotation from it, or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author or university, and any information derived from it should be acknowledged. PRIESTHOOD, PROPHETHOOD AND SPIRIT-LED COMMUNITY A Practical-Prophetic Pentecostal Ecclesiology DA VID JOHN MORGAN SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF PH.D. UNIVERSITY OF DURHAM DEPARTMENT OF THEOLOGY AND RELIGION 2007 -·-- ·. ;;; ij, ~ 8 AUG 2007 A project like the following is formed not just by the author, but also by the communities who have supported the author and his family, not only during the project, but also before and after it. It is appropriate to acknowledge those people who have richly contributed to it. Financial support has been given directly by the De Bury and Evans scholarships from the Department of Theology, Dottie Green, and Christian City Church, Carlingford. Indirectly St John's College and Citipointe School of Ministry/Christian Heritage College Brisbane, Australia, have also provided financial support. Practical support has been supplied by Therese Manning, Graham and Jenny Rees, and Richard Botta. Pastoral support has been provided by the staff of Christian City Church Carlingford, Emanuel Church Durham and Citipointe COC Church Brisbane. I must also acknowledge the support of the Department of Theology and Religion within the University of Durham and especially all those in the Contemporary Theology Seminar as well as the support from my supervisor, Stephen Sykes. Individual encouragement has been received from John Capper and Stephen Pickard as well as Nicholas Healy, both during his time in Durham and afterwards. I am also indebted to the staff of the Archdeacon Sharp Library and the Document Delivery Service ofthe University of Durham Library. My examiners Professor Philip Sheldrake and Doctor William Kay have shaped this thesis into its present form by their suggestion of changes to the original version. Dr Wayne Hudson reviewed one form of the revised thesis suggesting changes. Ill I thank my wife Judy for enduring this process and her proofreading. An early version of the thesis was proofread by Stephen Houldsworth. This version was edited by Hakan Sandgran. All errors remain mine. While Bob, Doreen, Ruth, and Silgio were not Pentecostal, I believe they would have been pleased to see this work completed. It is to their memories that this work is dedicated. lV Acknowledgments ............................ .................................................................................... .. .iii Table of Contents .............................................. ............ ............................................................ v List of Tables ........................................................................................................................... vi List of Illustrations .................................................................................................................. vii Abbreviations ........................................................................................................................... ix Part 1 Introduction and Methodology ...................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 2 Chapter 2 Identification and a Methodology for Pentecostal Ecclesiology .................... 12 Part 2 Theology and History ................................................................................................... 77 Chapter 3 Priesthood and Prophethood in Review .......................................................... 78 Chapter 4 An Eschatological Framework for Pentecostal Ecclesiology .................... .. 124 Chapter 5 The Origins and Beliefs of Two Contemporary Australian Pentecostal Churches ......................................................................................................................... 168 Part 3 Practices ...................................................................................................................... 210 Chapter 6 An Examination of the Practice ofWorship in Hillsong Churches ............. 211 Chapter 7 An Examination of the Practice of Prophecy in Christian City Church ...... 261 Part 4 Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 287 Chapter 8 Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 288 Bibliography ......................................................... ............................ ... .................................. 293 V Table 6.1 Focus ........................................................................................................................ 229 Table 6.2 Redistributed Focus ....... .. .. ...................................................................................... 232 Table 6.3 Major Category .. ................................................................... ................................... 233 Table 6.4 Worship Minor Category ........................................................................................ 234 Table 6.5 Praise Minor Category ............................................................................................ 234 Table 6.6 Declaration Minor Category ................................................................................... 235 Table 6.8 Sung By ............................................................ ........................... ................ .. .......... 236 Table 6.9 Redistributed Sung By .... ........................................................................................ 236 Table 6.10 Mention of Spirit-filled .................................. ....................................................... 237 Table 6.11 Mention ofMissions .............................................................................................. 237 Table 6.12 Action of Missions Reference ...................................... .. ............................... ........ 23 8 Table 6.13 Descriptions of Spiritual Gifts .............................................................................. 239 VI Figure 4.1 Time and the Eschaton ........................................ ................................................... 136 Figure 4.2 Initiation, Priesthood, Prophethood and Being Spirit-led ..................................... 152 Figure 4.3 Relationship between the Local and Universal Church .......................... .. ............ 166 Figure 5.1 Groups and Experiences Affecting the CCC and Hillsong Movements .............. 174 VII DECLARATION The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published in any form, including electronic and the Internet, without the author's prior written consent. All information derived from this thesis must be acknowledged
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