The Pentecost and Indigenous Spiritual Gifts Movements in the Republican Era (1912–1949)
摘要
This chapter examines the rise of the Pentecostal and indigenous Spiritual Gifts Movements in China’s Republican Era (1912–1949), focusing on Jing Dianying’s transformation and the Jesus Family movement. Through an analysis of the hymns, letters, and historical records, the chapter argues that Jing’s journey—from engagement with Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions to fervent Pentecostal Christianity—reflects a broader reconfiguration of the Christian experience in modern China. His conversion, influenced by American missionary evangelism and dramatic spiritual encounters, led to a radical communal lifestyle blending economic self-sacrifice with charismatic manifestations of the Holy Spirit. Established in Mazhuang, the Jesus Family responded to social crises—poverty, famine, and war—through egalitarian gatherings, itinerant preaching, and shared economic responsibility, embodying the Pentecostal vision of communal unity in Acts. The movement’s experiential spirituality, marked by glossolalia, prophecy, and ‘realized eschatology,’ challenged traditional ecclesiastical structures and cultural norms. Jing’s theological reflections, expressed in hymns and correspondence, shaped a distinct Pentecostal framework centered on Jesus’s imminent return and a redefined community forged through the Holy Spirit’s transformative work.