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Basic Judaic-Christian doctrine, Acts 2:1-4, 38, stems from the Mother Church of Jerusalem. At different times in different parts of the earth there have been great outpourings of the Holy Ghost. Thus Pentecostalism was not unique to the Azusa Street Revival. However, it was new to some in the Western Hemisphere. Some have their sense of religious sites of origin slightly mixed up. Truly the Azusa Revival was great and glorious a divine phenomenon. It was another of the many thousands that have been known through the centuries. It was another great shower of the Pentecostal rain. Nor does this concept damage the wondrous image of the big meeting.
Misinformation Concerning AZUSA
There can be misinformation concerning religious history, and religious events.
One misguided historian wrote,[1] “The Holiness-Pentecostal movement began with Charles Parham in 1901 and included the Azusa Street Revival with William Seymour form 1906 to 1909.” He wrote, “The 'Oneness' or Pentecostal Unitarian movement began in 1913 and caused a major schism in the Assemblies of God in 1916.” For the most part these statements are both utterly untrue. This historian referred to 'Oneness' Christianity (one-God-ism as in Deut. 6:4) as having started in 1913-1916. He was wrong again. These Judaic-Christians preached one-God doctrine that had continued since Pentecost. Oneness Christian clergymen in 1913-1916 were enlightened continuants, not innovators.
Additionally, the monotheistic Pentecostal movement has not been in existence for merely seventy-three (73) years (as of 1989), but has had powerful national and international organizations found in every decade since Pentecost. Moreover, there was never the need to restore, or to reinstitute the Apostolic doctrinal structure, for it had never died or ceased to be fully functional.
Footnotes:
1 Vinson Synan, op.cit., pp. 2, 3. | 
