Abstract
The Catholic Church and Classical Pentecostalism have been in official ecumenical dialogue for several decades. Although their differing sense of mission has often been the source of conflict, a more fruitful dialogue on mission may be advanced by a conscious Catholic reception of the pneumatological significance of Pentecostal Spirit baptism. After exploring Pentecostal mission statements and recent Pentecostal missiologies, points of convergence are identified from a Catholic perspective in recent magisterial statements on mission. By acknowledgement of the “sign” value of the Pentecostal movement, the Catholic Church is called to a greater fidelity to mission in the power of the Spirit.
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