The concern for a theological tradition among Pentecostals responds to pressing questions of the recognition, invention, and rejection of tradition in late modern society and religion. Tradition, to put it succinctly, is a concern not for the past but for the future of Pentecostalism. This essay critically examines the challenges of designating pentecostal theology as a global tradition by asking what theological elements constitute Pentecostalism as a tradition, what are the dominant theological patterns of its reenactment, and how these constructs aid or resist the formation of pentecostal theology in the future. The quest for answers follows the five essential patterns of tradition proposed by Anthony Giddens: collective memory, ritual expression, a formulaic conception of truth, guardians of the tradition, and its normative content. The results form an ideological, historical, and institutional critique of Pentecostalism and its existential challenges as a theological tradition.

五旬节派对神学传统的关注，回应了现代社会和宗教对传统的承认，发明和拒绝的紧迫问题。简而言之，传统不是五旬节主义的过去，而是未来的关切。本文通过询问哪些神学要素构成五旬节教义作为传统，其重演的主要神学模式是什么以及这些构造如何在将来帮助或抵制五旬节神学的形成，来批判性地考察将五旬节神学指定为全球传统的挑战。 。寻求答案遵循的是安东尼·吉登斯提出的五种传统的基本模式：集体记忆，仪式表达，真理的公式化概念，传统的守卫者及其规范内容。