The Charismatic Renewal Enters the Mainline Churches

1960 · Van Nuys (Los Angeles, California, USA)

Dennis Bennett, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Van Nuys, tells his congregation of his own experience of speaking in tongues; the charismatic renewal inside the historic churches, Catholic renewal included after 1967, dates its public beginning here.

Tagged: Revival Anglican Christian Pentecostal and Charismatic

The Event

Date
1960 (exact)
Era
Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
Location
Van Nuys; today Los Angeles, California, USA
Traditions
Christianity
Streams
Pentecostal and Charismatic, Anglican
Key figures
Dennis Bennett
Key texts
Nine O'Clock in the Morning (1970)

Primary Sources

  • Dennis Bennett, Nine O'Clock in the Morning

Secondary Sources

  • González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
  • MacCulloch, A History of Christianity (Allen Lane, 2009)

Provenance: HIST-0062; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.

Related on This Site