A Gem in the Water
A Contribution to Contemporary Pentecostal Theology on Baptism of the Holy Spirit from a Study of Willis Hoover’s Chilean Methodist Pentecostalism
- Theology
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2025
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Publisher's Description
This book explores the Pentecostal doctrine of Baptism of the Holy Spirit (the Gem) and its effects and ripples on the water of Chilean society. Drawing up Hoover's previously unwritten Methodist Pentecostal Theology. It proposes that the Pentecostal blessing as portrayed in Acts of the Apostles is available and accessible to all churches today.
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“A GEM IN THE WATER: A CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY ON BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM A STUDY OF WILLIS HOOVER’S CHILEAN METHODIST PENTECOSTALISM (REGNUM MINI BOOK SERIES) A GEM IN THE WATER: A CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY ON BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FROM A STUDY OF WILLIS HOOVER’S CHILEAN METHODIST PENTECOSTALISM (REGNUM MINI BOOK SERIES) the general public. Cooper combines both an historical survey of the ministry of a leading pastor from a Methodist background (Willis Hoover) who experienced what has become known as 'the baptism of the Spirit' with a theological discourse on the implications for the world-wide church of contemporary insights into a fuller discernment of all that the Holy Spirit can mean. Being the distillation of a doctoral research project, the reader will find some fascinating fresh thinking on how the Holy Spirit can be received in a way that helps Christians from different backgrounds to appreciate the magnitude of the Spirit's many blessings. The book is likely to open new perceptions. It is truly original in its scope. It is more than worthwhile to discover the new gems to be found.”
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