History of the SPS

History of SPS Officers (PDF)
(Officers, Administrators, and Editors)
History of SPS Group Leaders (PDF)
(Interest Groups, Committees, Caucuses, and Dialogues)
The Beginnings of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (PDF) by Vinson Synan
View the report of the society's organizational meeting (PDF) as it appeared in the Pentecostal Holiness Advocate 54:18 (January 2, 1971).
Two Sermons on Christian Unity: 2024 Week of Prayer (PDF in English and Mandarin) by Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. These sermons include historical accounts of Mel's interaction with SPS in his ecumenical journey.
SPS 30th Anniversary Monograph (PDF) Commemorating thirty years of annual meetings (1971-2001)
SPS 4th Decade (PDF) Commemorating our fourth decade of annual meetings (2002-2012)
SPS 50th Anniversary Monograph (PDF) Commemorating fifty years of annual meetings (1971-2021)
The First Fifty Years of the Society for Pentecostal Studies: A Brief History by Glen W. Menzies • Free Access Brill article.

View the Lifetime Achievements of those associated with the Society.

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Programs for each annual meeting from 2002 to the present are on the Past Meetings Page.