Welcome back to another episode of Apostolic Life in the 21st Century with Dr. David K. Bernard.

We're so thankful that you've tuned in today.

Today we're going to be talking about Azusa Street.

If you're a Pentecostal, you probably have heard about Azusa

Street, and Dr. Bernard is going to tell us a little bit about that today. Dr. Bernard, during

general conference, if people tuned into that, and people can go to our YouTube page and watch

the Friday night service, the Southern California District, SoCal District, they staged a drama in which they recreated

some of what happened at Azusa Street. Now, for those in our audience who may not be familiar

with Azusa Street, and maybe for those who have heard that name, but don't really know what

happened there at Azusa Street, can you explain to us why is Azusa Street so significant for Pentecostals?

The simple answer is there was a great revival at a mission on Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California, from 1906 to 1909.

That was the peak of the revival where they were having services day and night for three

years. That is the event that caused the modern Pentecostal movement to explode around the world.

So that's why it's important. Now, of course, we believe that the Pentecostal message goes back to the Bible.

It starts on the day of Pentecost throughout the New Testament, and we've had God has poured out his spirit all throughout history.

However, by, say, the third and fourth centuries, the institutionalized church by and large had lost this outpouring of the

Holy Spirit. There were always some who received the Spirit, and as we study church history,

we can find groups here and there and testimonies here and there. But as of, say, 1900,

there was no organized group specifically teaching you can and should receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the initial sign of speaking in tongues.

But Azusa Street changed all that. By the way, if you'd like to read about it, I have a three-volume series called A History of Christian

Doctrine. So volumes one and two come after the Bible, and they will give evidence of Pentecostal

revivals or experiences throughout history. But then volume three, a history of Christian doctrine,

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