This documentary
explores the individual experiences of Pentecostal Christians at the
Scrabble Creek Holiness Church, in Scrabble Creek, West Virginia. The
documentary includes faith healing, snake handling, speaking in tongues
and singing. Margaret Mead was quoted as having called it "one of the
best ethnographic films ever made".
Pentecostal
Christians may also be described as "Charismatic." Pentecostals include
Protestant Christians who believe that the "manifestations of the Holy
Spirit" are alive, available, and experienced by modern day Christians.
These manifestations or gifts of the Holy Spirit were seen in the first
century Christian believers (Acts 2:4; 1 Corinthians 12:4-10; 1
Corinthians 12:28) and include signs and wonders such as the message of
wisdom, the message of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous
powers, discerning of spirits, tongues and interpretation of tongues.
The term Pentecostal, therefore, comes from the New Testament
experiences of the early Christian believers on the Day of Pentecost.
Pentecostals believe in the "Baptism in the Holy Spirit."
Pentecostal
worship is characterized by emotional, lively expressions of worship.
Some examples of Pentecostal denominations and faith groups are
Assemblies of God, Church of God, Full-Gospel churches, and Pentecostal
Oneness churches.
Directed and narrated by Peter Adair.
