Were the Primitive Methodists Pentecostals? Given that the following event happened over eighty years before the Pentecostal movement in Azusa Street, Los Angeles, this is an interesting question.
A Primitive Methodist preacher (Mr A. Brownsword) makes the following diary entry
Monday 31 July, 1820
“I preached again in this room (in Manchester). As soon as I had done, there was such an outpouring of the Spirit – such a Pentecostal shower, as I never before witnessed. Sinners were crying out for mercy on every side, and ten at least, struggled into liberty”
It sounds Pentecostal to me!
See here for more examples of powerful outpourings of the Holy Spirit.
Source: History of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, by John Petty, page 89
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