This article responds to a simple question: What are the distinctive contributions of Pentecostalism to the making of world Christianity? We cannot touch on every conceivable point in the discussion, and thus for our purposes I identify seven major interrelated areas that ought to stimulate our thoughts in reflecting on Pentecostalism as a global movement influencing world Christianity today. This article is devoted neither to global pentecostal statistical returns, as important as that may be, nor to the different types of pentecostal/charismatic movements in the world. Rather, I focus on the critical importance of the experience of the Holy Spirit as the religious core of this stream of Christianity and the practical ways in which the Spirit has inspired pentecostal activity in the world.

本文回答了一个简单的问题：五旬节教派对建立世界基督教有什么独特的贡献？我们无法在讨论中触及所有可能的要点，因此，出于我们的目的，我确定了七个主要的相互联系的领域，这些领域应激发我们的思想，反思五旬节主义是当今影响世界基督教的全球运动。本文既不讨论可能如此重要的全球五旬节统计回报，也不讨论世界上五旬节/魅力运动的不同类型。相反，我将重点放在作为这一基督教流的宗教核心的圣灵经验的极端重要性以及圣灵激发世界五旬节活动的实际方式上。