reasons for indiginization: (1) self-governing policy of mission leaders (2) indigenous latino leaders affected by Azuza revival (3) division and fragmentation1 (275-276)
"This fragmentation thesis hypothesizes that Pentecostal leaders invoke direct unmediated experiences with God as a pretext or basis for splitting off from an existing denomination to form another in an effort to restore Christianity back to its apostolic roots as described in the Acts of the Apostles."2
1G Espinosa ' The Pentecostal of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity', Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26:2 (2004), 262–292, 275–276.
2G Espinosa ' The Pentecostal of Latin American and U.S. Latino Christianity', Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies 26:2 (2004), 262–292, 276.
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