Abstract
A review of the literature on the Pentecostal-Holiness Movement reveals several divergent points of view concerning its origins and founding. The first strand of thought suggests that twentieth century Pentecostalism began during the turn of the century under the leadership of Charles Fox Parham. The second strand of thought suggests that the Modern Pentecostal Movement had no single founder but was interracial in its founding with emphasis on Parham and the Topeka Bible School events in 1901 and W. J. Seymour in the Los Angeles Azusa Street Revival of 1906. The third strand of thought suggests that the Pentecostal Movement of the twentieth century was primarily Afro-American in origin under the leadership of W. J. Seymour in Los Angeles in 1906. A fourth
strand suggests that twentieth century Pentecostalism came suddenly from heaven to a converted livery stable in the ghetto and was exclusively initiated by the Holy Spirit.