CONSULTATION WITH PENTECOSTALS
IN THE AMERICAS
SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
4 - 8 June 1996
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
Office of Church and Ecumenical Relations
World Council of Churches
P.O. Box 2100
150, route de Ferney
1211 Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel 41 22 791 6144
Fax 41 22 791 0361
E-mail hvb@wcc-coe.org
Edited by Huibert van Beek
Special thanks go to Philip Jenks of the US office of the World
Council in New York, whose extensive notes and pre-editorial work
have greatly facilitated the editing of this report.
CONTENTS
Introduction ....................................................
Huibert van Beek
Who Are We ......................................................
Introducing the World Council of Churches .......................
Huibert van Beek and Jean Stromberg
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry .................................
Charles Brockwell and Jeremy Crawford
Facets of Pentecostal Spirituality and Justice ..................
Anthea D. Butler
Pentecostal Spirituality and the Use of Scripture ...............
Richard D. Israel
Pentecostalism in Latin America .................................
Bernardo Campos Morante
A Pentecostal Member Church of the WCC ..........................
Narciso Sepúlveda Barra
Discussion on Issues
Pentecostals and Ecumenism ................................
Proselytism or Evangelism? ................................
Concluding Statements ...........................................
List of Participants ............................................
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