36 Facts About Oneness Pentecostalism

Oneness Pentecostalism is a nontrinitarian religious movement within the Protestant Christian family of churches known as Pentecostalism.

Besides their beliefs about the Godhead, Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals differ significantly from most other Pentecostal and Evangelical Christians in matters of soteriology.

Whereas most Pentecostals and Evangelical Protestants believe that only faith in Jesus Christ is the essential element for salvation, Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that salvation is by grace through faith, and that true faith leads to repentance, full-submersion water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, and baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.

Restorationists such as Dr David K Bernard and Dr David S Norris deny any direct link between the church of the Apostolic Age and the current Oneness movement, believing that modern Oneness Pentecostalism is a total restoration originating from a step-by-step separation within Protestantism culminating in the final restoration of the early apostolic church.

Oneness Pentecostalism asserts that Trinitarianism's origin was pagan, quoting anti-Catholic Alexander Hislop, a Presbyterian minister; none of Hislop's arguments on Christian theology and history have been confirmed by historians in modern scholarship.

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The mostly-Trinitarian leadership, fearing that the new issue of Oneness Pentecostalism might overtake their organization, drew up a doctrinal statement affirming the truth of Trinitarian dogma, among other issues.

Oneness Pentecostalism has a historical precedent in the Modalistic Monarchianism of the fourth century.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that the Trinitarian doctrine is a "tradition of men" and is neither scriptural nor a teaching of God, citing the absence of the word "Trinity" from the Bible as one evidence of this.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals insist that their conception of the Godhead is true to early Christianity's allegedly strict monotheism, contrasting their views not only with Trinitarianism, but equally with the theology espoused by the Latter-day Saints and Jehovah's Witnesses .

Oneness Pentecostalism theology is similar to historical Modalism or Sabellianism, although it cannot be exactly characterized as such.

Oneness Pentecostalism clergy consecrated into the Joint College of Bishops are at odds on grounds of their claims to apostolic succession .

Oneness Pentecostalism teaching asserts that God is a singular spirit who is one .

When Oneness Pentecostalism believers speak of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, they see these as three personal manifestations of one being, one personal God.

Oneness Pentecostalism theologians teach that this passage does not imply two persons any more than the numerous scriptural references to a man and his spirit or soul imply two "persons" existing within one body.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that the title "Son" only applied to Christ when he became flesh on earth, but that Christ was the Logos or Mind of the Father prior to his being made human, and not a separate person.

Oneness Pentecostalism subscribes to the doctrine of Sola Scriptura in common with mainstream Pentecostals.

Oneness Pentecostalism theology holds that "the Word" in John 1:1 was the mind or plan of God.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that the Word was not a separate person from God but that it was the plan of God and was God Himself.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that the Word of John 1:1 does not imply a second pre-existent, divine person, but that the Word is simply the plan of God, which was put into action through the incarnation.

Oneness Pentecostalism believers are often accused of being Monistic or Modalistic.

In common with most Protestant denominations, Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostal soteriology maintains that all people are born with a sinful nature, and sin at a young age, and remain lost without hope of salvation unless they embrace the Gospel; that Jesus Christ made a complete atonement for the sins of all people, which is the sole means of man's redemption; and that salvation comes solely by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

Oneness Pentecostalism doctrine teaches that true faith has the fruit of obedience, and that true salvation is not only to profess faith, but to demonstrate it as well in action.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals maintain that no good works or obedience to law can save anyone, apart from God's grace.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals have no issue with the prayer itself, but deny that it alone represents saving faith, believing the Bible accordingly mandates repentance, baptism by water and spirit with receipt of the Holy Spirit as a manifestation of the spirit part of the rebirth experience and the true, godly faith obeyed and done by the early Church believers.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals maintain that salvation is not possible without repentance.

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Oneness Pentecostalism believers insist that all Bible's texts on the subject must be in full agreement with each other; thus, they say that either the apostles disobeyed the command they had been given in Matthew 28:19 or they correctly fulfilled it by using the name of Jesus Christ.

Some Oneness Pentecostalism believers consider that the text of Matthew 28:19 is not original, quoting various scholars and the early Church historian Eusebius, who referred to this passage at least eighteen times in his works.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals assert that all of the five mentions of baptism in the Book of Acts were performed in the name of Jesus, and that no Trinitarian formula is ever referred to therein.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a free gift, commanded for all.

Oneness Pentecostalism doctrine maintains the Holy Spirit is the title of the one God in action, hence they maintain that the Holy Spirit within any individual is nothing more or less than God himself acting through that individual.

Oneness Pentecostalism adherents assert that receipt of the Holy Spirit, manifested by speaking in tongues, is necessary for salvation.

In common with other Pentecostals, Oneness Pentecostalism believers are known for their charismatic style of worship.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe that a Christian's lifestyle should be characterized by holiness.

Practical or outward holiness for many Oneness Pentecostalism believers involves certain holiness standards that dictate, among other things, modest apparel and gender distinction.

Oneness Pentecostalism Pentecostals believe wholeheartedly in dressing modestly .

Oneness Pentecostalism denominations respond by saying that holiness is commanded by God and that it follows salvation, rather than causes it.