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A 3 page summation of chapter 5, "What Hath God Wrought, The Rise of African American Trinitarian Pentecostal Denominations," from Estrelda Y. Alexander's Black Fire, One Hundred years of African American Pentecostalism. No additional sources are cited
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into a denomination can be attributed, at least in part, to William Seymour, whose vision for the mission was to unite its congregation through the love offered by the Holy
Spirit, regardless of race, gender, class or culture (Alexander 159)(All subsequent citations refer to this book). However, black leadership continued to be influential within the Pentecostal movement, as leadership became
diffused, as a variety of denominations evolved throughout the country and the globe, with many of these denomination broadcasting the Pentecostal message to recently emancipated, but still disenfranchised black populations
(159). Though it can be said that all Pentecostal denominations owe a debt of gratitude to Azusa Street, sometimes their association with the LA mission took a circuitous route.
The first topic that Alexander addresses in this chapter is to describe these routes. The author describes how whites drifted away from Azusa Street, forming their own congregations. While some
whites were changed permanently from their Azusa experience, others were drawn back into the existing pattern of racial segregation that existed in the early twentieth century. Next, the author
describes the principal black Trinitarian denominations, beginning with the United Holy Church of America (UHC), which is one of the "earliest black Holiness denominations" in the country (161). Alexander offers
a detailed and extensive history of the UHC, which includes how the denomination embraced Pentecostalism in 1902 (162). Likewise, the history of Mt. Calvary Holy Church of America is also
given, relating how this denomination is associated with the UHC and how it originated (169). As with UHC, Mt. Calvary did not insist that converts had to have experienced the
gift of speaking in tongues in order to be considered baptized in the Holy Spirit (170). However, the denomination did not deny this gifts importance. The third denomination described
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