Abstract:
This dissertation presents a theological evaluation and per spectives for the Pentecostal
hermeneutics, from the biblical themes studied in Sunday Sch ool Assembly of God Church,
between the years of 2000 and 2009. The first chapter discusses the Pentecostal Movement and
the Assembly of God in Brazil. Pentecostalism emerged in the United States in 1901, influenced
mainly by the "second blessing" Methodist preaching associated with the baptism in the Holy
Spirit, seeking to restore the lived experience of the Chris tian church in apostolic times . The
Brazilian Assembly of God has its origin in Belem (PA), in 1911, from the work of two Swedish
missionaries, Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren, influenced by the American Pentecostal
movement. After decades of steady growth, it currently represents about 30% of the Brazilian
evangelicals, being present in all the regions of the country. In a second moment, reflections of
some authors are presented about theology and Pentecostal principle. The second chapter deals
with the Pentecostal reading of the Bible, relating the subjects that were taught in the Sunday
School and theologically evaluating the most relevant topics: Ins piration of the Holy Bible,
Return of Jesus, Disciplines of Christian Life, Jesus, Baptism with the Holy Spirit, Theology of
Prosperity, Healing and Miracl es. The third chapter says that Bi ble reading practiced by the
Assembly of God is guided by a conservative and experimental Pentecostal hermeneutics. It
concludes, in terms of contemporary perspective, proposing the adoption of two other emphases:
the diaconal and prophetic, both translated as the willingness to serve the Church and the
community, to denounce the social ills and to seek for justice and peace, preparing the people of
God for the Christian service, in order to build the body of Christ in the Brazilian reality.
