Synan, (Harold) Vinson

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SYNAN, (Harold) Vinson

SYNAN, (Harold) Vinson. American, b. 1934. Genres: History, Social commentary, Theology/Religion. Career: Pentecostal Holiness Church, pastor, 1956-74, officially commissioned Historian, 1973-85; Regent University, School of Divinity, dean, 1994-. Society for Pentecostal Studies, president, 1973-74; North American Renewal Committee, chairman, 1985-2001. Publications: Emmanuel College: The First Fifty Years, 1969; Holiness- Pentecostal Movement in U.S., 1971; The Old Time Power, 1973; Charismatic Bridges, 1974; In the Latter Days, 1984; The Twentieth Century Pentecostal Explosion, 1987; The Spirit Said Grow, 1992; Under His Banner, 1992; Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition, 1997; Old Time Power, 1998; Century of the Holy Spirit, 2001. EDITOR: Aspects of Pentecostal-Charismatic Origins, 1975; Azusa Street, 1976. Address: 939 Copper Stone Cir, Chesapeake, VA 23320, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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