Hey Void!

[Faith No More]

I should be a little more specific I suppose. I do not believe in the premillenialism concept of rapture. I do believe Christ is coming, I don't think they'll be some secret group of "Christians" that get to skip out on the end times. I don't think it's supported scripturally and I think it was some Anglican Catholic thing.

Actually, it was a presbyterian named Edward Irving who was kicked out which is believed to have led to the beginning of Pentecostalism.

http://www.askelm.com/essentials/ess025.htm

In the middle 1820’s a religious environment began to be established among a few Christians in London, England which proved to be the catalyst from which the doctrine of the Rapture emerged. Expectations of the soon coming of our Lord were being voiced. This was no new thing, but what was unusual was the teaching by a Presbyterian minister named Edward Irving that there had to be a restoration of the spiritual gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians chapters 12–14 just before Christ’s Second Advent. To Irving, the time had come for those spiritual manifestations to occur. Among the expected gifts was the renewal of speaking in tongues and of prophetic utterances motivated by the spirit.

Irving began to propagate his beliefs. His oratorical skills and enthusiasm caused his congregation in London to grow. Then a number of people began to experience the “gifts.” Once this happened, opposition from the organized churches set in. It resulted in Irving’s dismissal from the Presbyterian Church in 1832. His group established themselves as the Catholic Apostolic Church and continued the teachings of Irving. These events were the beginnings of what some call present day Pentecostalism. Some church historians referred to Irving as “the father of modern Pentecostalism.”

I was shocked to read this was an English thing as I thought it was an American that came up with this. Thanks a lot England!