Latter Rain

Apologetics | Cults & False Teaching
What about the Latter Rain and Manifest Sons of God movement?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas April 11, 2026August 11, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 60072. The Latter Rain movement began in a small Canadian town in 1948 and has shaped far more of modern charismatic Christianity than most of its heirs realise. Its ideas are still with us, usually without the label attached. I write as a continuationist. I believe the gifts of the Spirit remain, and I…
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Pneumatology (Holy Spirit)
What Was the Latter Rain Movement?
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas June 30, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4163. The Latter Rain movement was a revival that broke out in 1948 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and although it was formally disowned by the main Pentecostal denominations within a few years, its ideas have proved remarkably durable and lie behind a great deal of what we see in charismatic circles today. To understand…
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What about the Latter Rain and Manifest Sons of God movement?