The Pentecostal movement is made up of different churches grouped together because of the similar belief in the physical manifestation of the Holy Spirit. In the mid-19th century, some teaching of personal holiness began among Protestant groups who claimed that after conversion a second experience was likely in which the convert would be brought into a state of purification from sin as he prepared for a life in Christ. This manifestation of spiritual power in the Azusa St Mission in Los Angeles is considered the beginning of the modern Pentecostal movement in 1906. As Pentecostalism is a spirit-directed belief system, the original Protestant Reformation movement was a spirit-led belief system focused on the Word. The Pentecostal movement is generally associated with strongly charismatic individuals and appears to be growing in a self-sustaining manner in the United Kingdom, Australia, India, South Africa and the United States. Since the 1960s, Pentecostalism has spread rapidly and is one of the fastest growing Christian movements in many countries, including Australia. In 1901, the first “Pentecost »...