Grassroots Unity in the Charismatic Renewal

by Connie Ho Yan Au, Mark J Cartledge (Foreword by)

Overview

This book explores the nature of grassroots unity in the British charismatic renewal in the 1970s and its significance to ecumenism. The study is based on the five international conferences of the Fountain Trust and focuses on two grassroots activities: worship in general and the celebration of the Eucharist in particular. Worship in this setting nurtured unity through charisms, but the Eucharist exposed the inadequacy of this grassroots unity because of doctrinal and ecclesiological differences. This book aims to suggest a way forward by searching for the complementarity of institution and charisms, and Christology and Pneumatology in a charismatic context. It argues that the two emphases of the charismatic renewal, charisms, and the Holy Spirit, complement the institutional commitments of the church and ecumenism. The concepts of Christus praesens and Spiriti praesens are considered intrinsic to the charisms, and thus Christology and Pneumatology should both be considered significant for ecumenism. The study finally discusses the complementarity of ecumenical institutions and the charismatic renewal, the convergence of ecumenical streams, and continuity in modern ecumenical history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608995615
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	02/23/2011
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Connie Ho Yan Au is the Director of the Pentecostal Research Center of the Synergy Institute of Leadership (an Assemblies of God college) in Hong Kong. She is a PhD graduate in Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK, and member of both the Echos Youth Commission of the World Council of Churches and of the Committee of the Ecumenical and Church Relations of the Hong Kong Christian Council.

Table of Contents

List of Illustration and Table ix

Foreword xi

Acknowledgment xiii

Abbreviations xv

Introduction 1

1 The History of the Fountain Trust 19

2 The Five International Conferences 57

3 The Grassroots Unity of the Five International Conferences 98

4 An Analysis of the Grassroots Unity at the Five International Conferences 141

5 In Search of Complementarity in the Charismatic Context 183

6 Complementarity, Convergence and Continuity 223

Conclusion 247

Appendix: Numbers of Non-British Attendants of the International Conferences 251

Bibliography 253

Subject/Name Index 277