An investigation into the phenomena and practices of spiritual ...

does not mean „Pentecostal‟ nor vice versa. There are many black majority churches whosedoctrine is not Pentecostal and who strive to maintain the doctrine and belief of otherdenominations such as Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and URC. Black majorityPentecostal churches‟ style of Pentecostal worship in the Caribbean and the UK is ananimated form of Pentecostal outpouring where there is clapping, singing, shouting,dancing and often drumming as was the customs of slaves, as they transported their stylefrom Africa to the West Indies and from the West Indies to Britain.Hollenweger (1972) attempted to classify the theology of different Pentecostalorganisation. He also argues that although the Pentecostal movement appears to be anunstructured chaos, its functions and methods are cultural and well ordered.When members venture outside of their own church they are astonished and probablyshocked at the variety of belief and practices even among other Pentecostals. They havepreviously believed that the kind of Pentecostalism that they are used to is the normal andofficial (Tugwell et al. (1976). This view is lived out in the lives of those who migrated toBritain in the late 50‟s early 60‟s. “By far the most disturbing aspect was the receptionaccorded to the newcomers to the church service was cold, nobody said hello, and nobodysmiled. Even worse, English people would sit apart from West Indian, or would walk awayfrom the pew where he too seat” (Hiro 1991). Hiro believes the behaviour of the hostcommunity was deplorable. Their search for a „normal‟ church to welcome them wasfutile, hence the beginnings of the Black Pentecostal movement in Britain.Not only was the colour of their skin problematic, the fact they were unable to get workthat was paid above the rate for manual or semi-skilled workers with little prospects ofpromotion is a feature of the majority of blacentecostal churches attendees‟. North100