Full Gospel

The term Full Gospel or Fourfold Gospel is a theological doctrine used by some evangelical denominations that summarizes the Gospel in four aspects, namely salvation, sanctification, divine healing and second coming of Christ.

Doctrine

This term has its origin in 1887 in a series of sermons called "Fourfold Gospel" by the pastor Albert Benjamin Simpson, founder of the Alliance World Fellowship in New York, United States, which characterize his teaching.[1][2] According to him, this concept represents the 4 aspects of the ministry of Jesus Christ; Christ the Savior, Sanctifier, Healer and King who will soon return.[3]

History

In October 1922, the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson founder of Foursquare Church uses the expression "Foursquare Gospel" that uses the same doctrine in a sermon in Oakland, California and that will be in the center of his teaching.[4][5]

Various other Pentecostal denominations have been influenced by this doctrine which will be called the "Full Gospel".[6] A variety of Pentecostals have further developed the motif of the full gospel, predominantly the five-fold theme of salvation, sanctification, Spirit baptism, divine healing, and the coming kingdom.[7]

See also

References
  1. George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 908 : "Fourfold Gospel and Full Gospel: The term "fourfold gospel" known for its four theological tenets-salvation or regeneration, sanctification, healing and the Second Coming (…)", p. 909 : "Other so-called "Full Gospel" denominations today adhere to the concepts of the fourfold gospel even though they express their views somewhat differently."
  2. Daryn Henry, A.B. Simpson and the Making of Modern Evangelicalism, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Canada, 2019, p. 168.
  3. Bernie A. Van De Walle, The Heart of the Gospel: A. B. Simpson, the Fourfold Gospel, and Late Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Theology, Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 129
  4. Matthew Avery Sutton, Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America, Harvard University Press, USA, 2007, p. 44
  5. Allan H. Anderson, To the Ends of the Earth: Pentecostalism and the Transformation of World Christianity, OUP USA, USA, 2013, p. 97
  6. George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 909 : "Other so-called "Full Gospel" denominations today adhere to the concepts of the fourfold gospel even though they express their views somewhat differently."
  7. Thomas, John Christopher, ed. (2010). Toward a Pentecostal Ecclesiology: The Church and the Fivefold Gospel. Cleveland, TN: CPT Press. ISBN 9781935931003.
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