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Past Meetings from 1970

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Working Within the Pentecostal and Charismatic Traditions




2024

March 14-16, 2024
Candler School of Theology
Atlanta, GA

Theme: “I was a stranger and you took me in” — Pentecostal responses to the Refugee Crisis
2024 ProgramWatch Plenary Videos


2022

March 16-18, 2023
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK

Theme: “In our own tongues” Amplifying Pentecostalism's Minoritized Voices
2023 Program


2022

March 24-26, 2022
Vanguard University
Costa Mesa, CA

Theme: Advancing the Study of Pentecostalism: New Directions & Future Possibilities
2022 Program


2021

March 18-20, 2021
The King's University
Southlake, TX

Theme: "This Is My Body": Addressing Global Violence Against Women
2021 Program


2021

2020
No annual meeting was held


2021

February 28-March 2, 2019
William Seymour College
Hyattsville, MD

Theme: Reception History: Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal & Charismatic Traditions
2019 Program


2021

March 8-10, 2018
Pentecostal Theological Seminary
Cleveland, TN

Theme: The Good News of the Kingdom and the Poor in the Land
2018 Program


2017

March 9-11, 2017
St. Louis Marriott Hotel
St Louis, MO

Theme: Pentecostalism and Culture
2017 Program


2021

March 10-12, 2016
Life Pacific College
San Dimas, CA

Theme: Worship, the Arts, and the Spirit
2016 Program


2021

March 12-14, 2015
Southeastern University
Lakeland, FL

Theme: Global Spirit: Pentecostals and the World
2015 Program


2021

March 6-8, 2014
Evangel University
Springfield, MO

Theme: Hermeneutics and the Spirit: Identities, Communities, and Making of Meaning
2014 Program


2021

March 21-23, 2013
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle, WA

Theme: Holiness
2013 Program


2021

February 29 - March 3
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA

Theme:
2012 Program


2021

March 10-12, 2011
Memphis Theological Seminary and All Saints Bible
Memphis, TN

Theme: Receiving the Future: An Anointed Heritage
2011 Program


2021

March 4-6
North Central University
Minneapolis, MN

Theme: New Voices, New Visions: Future and Hope of Pentecostal Theology
2010 Program


2021

March 26-28, 2009
New Hope Christian College
(formerly: Eugene Bible College)
Eugene, OR

Theme: Pentecostal/Charismatic Intersections: What Does the Spirit Have to Say Through the Academy?
2009 Program


2021

March 13-15, 2008
Duke University
Durham, NC

Theme: Sighs, Signs, and Significance: Pentecostal and Wesleyan Explorations of Science and Creation
2008 Program


2021

March 8-10, 2007
Lee University
Cleveland, TN

Theme: The Role of Experience in Christian Life and Thought: Pentecostal Insights
2007 Program


2021

March 23-25, 2006
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA

Theme: Memories of The Azusa Street Revival: Interrogations and Interpretations
2006 Program


2021

March 10-12, 2005
school
Virginia Beach, VA

Theme: That Which We Have Received We Now Pass On: Spirit, Word, and Tradition in Pentecostalism
2005 Program


2021

March 11-13, 2004
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI

Theme: Pentecostalism and the Body
2004 Program


2021

March 20-23, 2003
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY

Theme: Wesleyan/Pentecostal Movements for a New Century: Crucial Choices, Essential Contributions
2003 Program


2021

March 14-16, 2002
Southeastern University
Lakeland, FL

Theme: Pentecostalism and the World Church: Ecumenical Opportunities and Challenges
2002 Program


2001

March 8-10, 2001
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK

Theme: Teaching to Make Disciples: Education for Pentecostal-Charismatic Spirituality and Life


2021

March 16-18, 2000
Northwest University
Kirkland, WA

Theme: Pentecostal Mission at 2000: Issues Home and Abroad


1999

March 11-13, 1999
Evangel University
Springfield, MO

Theme: Toward Healing Our Divisions: Reflecting on Pentecostal Diversity and Common Witness


1998

March 12-14, 1998
Pentecostal Theological Seminary (formerly Church of God Theological Seminary)
Cleveland, TN

Theme: Purity & Power: Revisioning Holiness/Pentecostal/Charismatic Movements for the 21st Century


1997

March 13-15, 1997
Patten University
Oakland, CA

Theme: The Fivefold Gospel


2021

March 7-9,1996
Wycliffe College
Toronto, ON

Theme: Memory and Hope: The Society for Pentecostal Studies at 25 Years


1995

1995
No Annual Meeting Was Held


2021

March 10-12
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL

Theme: Affirming Diversity


2021

November 11-13, 1993
Guadalajara, Mexico

Theme: To the Ends of the Earth


2021

March 12-14
Assemblies of God Theological Seminary
Springfield, MO

Theme: Drinking from Our Own Wells: Defining a Pentecostal-Charismatic Spirituality


2021

November 7-9, 1991
Southeastern University
Lakeland, FL

Theme: Decades of Expectancy 1891-1900, 1991-2000


1990

November 8-10, 1990
Christ for the Nations Institute
Dallas, TX

Theme: Continuity and Change in the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements


2021

November 16-18, 1989
California Theological Seminary
Fresno, CA

Theme: New and Old Issues in Pentecostalism


2021

November 10-12, 1988
Asbury Theological Seminary
Wilmore, KY

Theme: Pentecostalism in the Context of the Holiness Revival


2021

November 12-14, 1987
school
Virginia Beach, VA

Theme: Probing Pentecostalism


2021

November 13-15, 1986
Vanguard University
(formerly Southern California College)
Costa Mesa, CA

Theme: Azusa Street Revisited: Facets of the American Pentecostal Experience


2021

November 14-16, 1985
Mother of God Community
Gaithersburg, MD

Theme: The Distinctiveness of Pentecostal-Charismatic Theology


2021

November 15-17, 1984
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
S. Hamilton, MA

Theme: Toward a Pentecostal/Charismatic Theology: Baptism in the Holy Spirit


2021

November 3-5, 1983
Pentecostal Theological Seminary (formerly Church of God Theological Seminary)
Cleveland, TN

Theme: Pastoral Problems in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Movement


2021

November 18-20, 1982
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA

Theme: Gifts of the Spirit


2021

November 12-14, 1981
East Coast Bible College
Charlotte, NC

Theme: The Spirit and Regeneration in John's Gospel


2021

November 13-15, 1980
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, OK

Theme: Contemporary Issues in Pentecostalism


2021

September 30-October 1, 1979
Broadway Tabernacle Church
Vancouver, B.C.

Theme: The Holy Spirit in the Last Days


2021

November 30-December 2, 1978
University of Valley Forge (formerly Valley Forge Christian College)
Phoenixville, PA

Theme: The Holy Spirit in the Community of Faith


2021

1977
Drury Inn of Springfield
Springfield, MO

Theme: Aspects of Pentecostal Practical Theology


2021

December 2-4, 1976
Atlanta, GA

Theme: The Biblical Basis of the Pentecostal Faith


2021

December 4-6, 1975
The Word of God Community
Ann Arbor, MI

Theme: The Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements: Where Are They? Where Are They Going?


2021

December 5-7, 1974
Vanguard University
(formerly Southern California College)
Costa Mesa, CA

Theme: The Third Force and The Third World


2021

November 29-December 1, 1973
Lee University
Cleveland, TN

Theme: Aspects of Pentecostal Origins


2021

November 9-11, 1972
Southwestern Christian University
(formerly Southwestern College)
Oklahoma City, OK

Theme: Perspectives on the New Pentecostalism


2021

November 5-6, 1971
Open Bible College
Des Moines, IA

Theme: Higher Education within the Pentecostal Perspective


2021

November 6, 1970
9th Pentecostal World Conference
Dallas, TX

Theme: Following the Spirit of Truth