Earlier this week I was honored to join Dr. Lisa Millen and Dr. Bob Eby and the Burnett Center for Biblical Preaching at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Our conversation explored questions about AG's relationship with COGIC, AG eschatology and how we've lost the avenues for capturing our testimonies. https://www.youtube.com/live/aSPdeBs9SKY I hope you can … Continue reading A Conversation on AG Origins at AGTS
Black History
Why Black History Month Matters
History is an act of empathy. To learn someone's history, you have to love them. You have to care about who they are, where they came from, their experiences, and what they care about. It takes tremendous compassion, empathy, and love to open yourself to someone else's experience. This is why Black History Matters. As … Continue reading Why Black History Month Matters
Influence Podcast: Revising AG History
This week I was interviewed by George P. Wood at Influence Magazine about my newest book Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins. We had a wonderful time discussing how AG history is told, discussed the mythology around the AG and Church of God in Christ origins, and other topics related to AG identity. https://influencemagazine.com/en/Podcast/Revising-Assemblies-of-God-History Influence … Continue reading Influence Podcast: Revising AG History
Introducing Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins
"Daniel Isgrigg's previous work already put him at the forefront of a new generation of Pentecostal historians. His newest book challenges widely shared assumptions in Pentecostal history. I have rarely been this surprised."--D. Allen Tennison, theological counsel, National Office of the Assemblies of God "Daniel Isgrigg produces a riveting and timely account of the Assemblies … Continue reading Introducing Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins
The Ascendancy of Black, Female Pentecostal Scholars
There has been an interesting development in several prominent U.S. seminaries in 2023. Religion News Service reporter, Rebekah Barber, notes that a number of Black, female, scholars have ascended to places of leadership in a male and white dominated field of theological education. This is certainly of note because Black women in the academy are … Continue reading The Ascendancy of Black, Female Pentecostal Scholars
Notable COGIC Women from the Tulsa Area
Tulsa's Black Pentecostal community has a rich history. As Tulsa's black population thrived along side the development of the Greenwood District known as "Black Wall Street," Pentecost also took hold with at least two Church of God in Christ Churches by 1921 with over 100 members each. In doing research for my book, Pentecost in … Continue reading Notable COGIC Women from the Tulsa Area
God Broke Me on The Wheel of My Prejudice: Jonathan E. Perkins
Jonathan Ellsworth Perkins was an early Assemblies of God pastor who served from 1924-1926 at the "5th and Peoria" Assembly of God in Tulsa. Perkins was an important early leader who wrote The Brooding Presence, one of the first AG books on the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Perkins also served with Stanley Frodsham as Associate Editor … Continue reading God Broke Me on The Wheel of My Prejudice: Jonathan E. Perkins
The African Roots of the Day of Pentecost
A Pentecostal reflection on Thomas C. Oden's claim that the first Pentecost took place in the home of an African Jewish woman.
Daniel D. Isgrigg 