A Tale of Two Movements: Spirituality as Driver of Adventist and Pentecostal Differentiation

Abstract

Early Seventh-day Adventism and early Pentecostalism share many significant historical and theological similarities. However, over time the two movements have changed from their earlier iterations and increasingly diverged from each other. A critical survey of these complex internal and comparative changes reveals that much can be explained when examined through the lens of spirituality. Amid the changes both movements have maintained a profound continuity in their respective spiritualities and this helps explain their past and present identity.