Frank D. Macchia (ThD, University of Basel, Switzerland) is professor of theology at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He has served as president of the Society of Pentecostal Studies and is a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches. Frank is senior editor of Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies.

• CONTENTSAcknowledgments..... 91 INTRODUCTION:FRAMING THE ISSUE..... 112 SPIRIT BAPTISM AND PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY:RETURNING TO OUR CENTRAL DISTINCTIVE..... 19Is Spirit Baptism the Central Pentecostal Distinctive?..... 20From Sanctification to Spirit Baptism: Early Fragmentation..... 28Spirit Baptism and Doctrinal Diversity: The DevelopingChallenge..... 33From Spirit Baptism to Eschatology: Towards Coherence..... 38From Spirit Baptism to Oral Theology: The Challengeof Theological Method..... 49Postscript: The Unfinished Business of Pentecostal Theology..... 573 THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER:EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF SPIRIT BAPTISM..... 61Spirit Baptism and Regeneration..... 64Spirit Baptism and Water Baptism..... 72Spirit Baptism and Empowerment..... 75Eschatological Framework..... 854 CHRIST AS THE KING AND THE SPIRIT AS THE KINGDOM:SPIRIT BAPTISM IN TRINITARIAN PERSPECTIVE..... 89The Pentecost-Kingdom Connection..... 91Spirit Baptism and the Church’s Faith in Jesus..... 107Spirit Baptism as a Trinitarian Act..... 113Spirit Baptism and Elements of Life in the Kingdom..... 129- Spirit-Baptized Justification..... 129- Spirit-Baptized Sanctification..... 140- Spirit-Baptized Witness..... 145In Sum..... 1535 SIGNS OF GRACE IN A GRACELESS WORLD:TOWARD A SPIRIT-BAPTIZED ECCLESIOLOGY..... 155Spirit Baptism and Koinonia..... 156Toward a Spirit-Baptized Anthropology..... 168The Spirit-Baptized Church: The Pluralist Challenge..... 178The Spirit-Baptized Church: Toward a Critical Dialectic..... 190The Spirit-Baptized Church: Biblical Models..... 199- People of God..... 200- Body of Christ..... 201- Temple of the Spirit..... 203The Marks of the Spirit-Baptized Church..... 204- Unity..... 211- Holiness..... 222- Catholicity..... 224- Apostolicity..... 229“Marks” of Preaching, Sacraments, and Charismatic Fullness..... 241- Preaching..... 244- Sacraments..... 247In Sum..... 2566 BAPTIZED IN LOVE:THE SPIRIT-BAPTIZED LIFE..... 257Importance of Divine Love..... 259Toward a Theology of Love..... 261Faith and Love..... 265Hope and Love..... 269Spirit Baptism as Love’s “Second Conversion”..... 280Scripture Index..... 283Subject Index..... 291Author Index..... 293

Frank D. Macchia (ThD, University of Basel, Switzerland) is professor of theology at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He has served as president of the Society of Pentecostal Studies and is a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches. Frank is senior editor of Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies.

• CONTENTSAcknowledgments..... 91 INTRODUCTION:FRAMING THE ISSUE..... 112 SPIRIT BAPTISM AND PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY:RETURNING TO OUR CENTRAL DISTINCTIVE..... 19Is Spirit Baptism the Central Pentecostal Distinctive?..... 20From Sanctification to Spirit Baptism: Early Fragmentation..... 28Spirit Baptism and Doctrinal Diversity: The DevelopingChallenge..... 33From Spirit Baptism to Eschatology: Towards Coherence..... 38From Spirit Baptism to Oral Theology: The Challengeof Theological Method..... 49Postscript: The Unfinished Business of Pentecostal Theology..... 573 THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER:EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF SPIRIT BAPTISM..... 61Spirit Baptism and Regeneration..... 64Spirit Baptism and Water Baptism..... 72Spirit Baptism and Empowerment..... 75Eschatological Framework..... 854 CHRIST AS THE KING AND THE SPIRIT AS THE KINGDOM:SPIRIT BAPTISM IN TRINITARIAN PERSPECTIVE..... 89The Pentecost-Kingdom Connection..... 91Spirit Baptism and the Church’s Faith in Jesus..... 107Spirit Baptism as a Trinitarian Act..... 113Spirit Baptism and Elements of Life in the Kingdom..... 129- Spirit-Baptized Justification..... 129- Spirit-Baptized Sanctification..... 140- Spirit-Baptized Witness..... 145In Sum..... 1535 SIGNS OF GRACE IN A GRACELESS WORLD:TOWARD A SPIRIT-BAPTIZED ECCLESIOLOGY..... 155Spirit Baptism and Koinonia..... 156Toward a Spirit-Baptized Anthropology..... 168The Spirit-Baptized Church: The Pluralist Challenge..... 178The Spirit-Baptized Church: Toward a Critical Dialectic..... 190The Spirit-Baptized Church: Biblical Models..... 199- People of God..... 200- Body of Christ..... 201- Temple of the Spirit..... 203The Marks of the Spirit-Baptized Church..... 204- Unity..... 211- Holiness..... 222- Catholicity..... 224- Apostolicity..... 229“Marks” of Preaching, Sacraments, and Charismatic Fullness..... 241- Preaching..... 244- Sacraments..... 247In Sum..... 2566 BAPTIZED IN LOVE:THE SPIRIT-BAPTIZED LIFE..... 257Importance of Divine Love..... 259Toward a Theology of Love..... 261Faith and Love..... 265Hope and Love..... 269Spirit Baptism as Love’s “Second Conversion”..... 280Scripture Index..... 283Subject Index..... 291Author Index..... 293

Frank D. Macchia (ThD, University of Basel, Switzerland) is professor of theology at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California. He has served as president of the Society of Pentecostal Studies and is a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of Churches. Frank is senior editor of Pneuma: The Journal for the Society of Pentecostal Studies.

• CONTENTSAcknowledgments..... 91 INTRODUCTION:FRAMING THE ISSUE..... 112 SPIRIT BAPTISM AND PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY:RETURNING TO OUR CENTRAL DISTINCTIVE..... 19Is Spirit Baptism the Central Pentecostal Distinctive?..... 20From Sanctification to Spirit Baptism: Early Fragmentation..... 28Spirit Baptism and Doctrinal Diversity: The DevelopingChallenge..... 33From Spirit Baptism to Eschatology: Towards Coherence..... 38From Spirit Baptism to Oral Theology: The Challengeof Theological Method..... 49Postscript: The Unfinished Business of Pentecostal Theology..... 573 THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER:EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF SPIRIT BAPTISM..... 61Spirit Baptism and Regeneration..... 64Spirit Baptism and Water Baptism..... 72Spirit Baptism and Empowerment..... 75Eschatological Framework..... 854 CHRIST AS THE KING AND THE SPIRIT AS THE KINGDOM:SPIRIT BAPTISM IN TRINITARIAN PERSPECTIVE..... 89The Pentecost-Kingdom Connection..... 91Spirit Baptism and the Church’s Faith in Jesus..... 107Spirit Baptism as a Trinitarian Act..... 113Spirit Baptism and Elements of Life in the Kingdom..... 129- Spirit-Baptized Justification..... 129- Spirit-Baptized Sanctification..... 140- Spirit-Baptized Witness..... 145In Sum..... 1535 SIGNS OF GRACE IN A GRACELESS WORLD:TOWARD A SPIRIT-BAPTIZED ECCLESIOLOGY..... 155Spirit Baptism and Koinonia..... 156Toward a Spirit-Baptized Anthropology..... 168The Spirit-Baptized Church: The Pluralist Challenge..... 178The Spirit-Baptized Church: Toward a Critical Dialectic..... 190The Spirit-Baptized Church: Biblical Models..... 199- People of God..... 200- Body of Christ..... 201- Temple of the Spirit..... 203The Marks of the Spirit-Baptized Church..... 204- Unity..... 211- Holiness..... 222- Catholicity..... 224- Apostolicity..... 229“Marks” of Preaching, Sacraments, and Charismatic Fullness..... 241- Preaching..... 244- Sacraments..... 247In Sum..... 2566 BAPTIZED IN LOVE:THE SPIRIT-BAPTIZED LIFE..... 257Importance of Divine Love..... 259Toward a Theology of Love..... 261Faith and Love..... 265Hope and Love..... 269Spirit Baptism as Love’s “Second Conversion”..... 280Scripture Index..... 283Subject Index..... 291Author Index..... 293