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 CONSULTATION WITH PENTECOSTALS

IN THE AMERICAS

SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

4 - 8 June 1996

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES


Office of Church and Ecumenical Relations
World Council of Churches
P.O. Box 2100
150, route de Ferney
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel 41 22 791 6144
Fax 41 22 791 0361
E-mail hvb@wcc-coe.org

 

Edited by Huibert van Beek


Special thanks go to Philip Jenks of the US office of the World Council in New York, whose extensive notes and pre-editorial work have greatly facilitated the editing of this report.


CONTENTS



Introduction ....................................................

Huibert van Beek

 

Who Are We ......................................................


Introducing the World Council of Churches .......................

Huibert van Beek and Jean Stromberg


Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry .................................

Charles Brockwell and Jeremy Crawford


Facets of Pentecostal Spirituality and Justice ..................

Anthea D. Butler

 

Pentecostal Spirituality and the Use of Scripture ...............

Richard D. Israel


Pentecostalism in Latin America .................................

Bernardo Campos Morante


A Pentecostal Member Church of the WCC ..........................

Narciso Sepúlveda Barra


Discussion on Issues


Pentecostals and Ecumenism ................................


Proselytism or Evangelism? ................................

 

Concluding Statements ...........................................


List of Participants ............................................

 

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