One of the notable features of the early Pentecostal movement was the degree of racial and ethnic diversity, as well as gender equity, among its membership and its leadership. The welcorhing of minorities and members of the lowest social classes — groups often termed "the disinherited" — played a significant role in its early success, and the movement's leaders did not hesitate to make the most of their inclusiveness. Just as the original Pentecost of Acts 2 resulted in the apostles evangelizing citizens "from every nation under heaven," so in the Pentecostal movement did "Ethiopians, Chinese, Indians, Mexicans and other nationalities worship together," proclaimed the first issue of The Apostolic Faith, the newspaper of the Azusa Street Mission. Many more ethnic groups than that author named were also involved, as were women (reflecting tendencies toward gender equality that were already...