The Pentecostal church in the UK largely comes under two denominations - The Assemblies of God (AOG) and Elim. I’ve attended both and my background is of going from attending AOG to Elim (there really is not that much difference between the two in my experience). I also spent a long time between churches. These days I attend a Church of England church and feel I’m a lot less religious than I used to be when I first became a believer.
Below are a few views from Pentecostals (the denominational name
of which I feel sure that many think sounds too much to them like the word
‘pentagram’ - drawing up images of sorcery and sacrifice).
“We want to see a revival in Britain. I’m not a healing evangelist; I don’t heal people but I know someone who does. I don’t believe my ministry of healing is of healing to Christians, I believe my ministry of healing is to unbelievers. Your burden should be for England, for Birmingham - if any place needs God it’s Birmingham. I want you to change Birmingham.”
David Hathaway - popular UK Christian evangelist
preaching in Birmingham
“I believe revival is going to come to the UK. But there could also be
persecution.”
Pastor David Owen
“I am so fed up with it always raining on someone else's
patch! I rejoice and celebrate with all that is happening worldwide, I really
do. But my deepest desire is to see it all here, and now. I do believe the
atmosphere is changing over our beloved nation. I guess we all need to sharpen
our spiritual antenna to become more conscious and understanding.
There has been a major change since Brexit. We must press in
to not allow the enemy and his ignorant human tools (by that I mean they do not
know they are puppets in his evil anti-God plans) to prevent the fullness of
that happening.
There have been shoots popping up all over the place showing that God is on the
move afresh…
Let's take the Kingdom by storm, in the violence that the gospel speaks about.”
Earnest (Pentecostal believer)
When the quiet revival started it was the Catholic and Pentecostal churches
which saw the initial growth in numbers. By contrast, according the report by
the Bible Society, it was the Church of England which was losing congregants.
