The Pentecostal movement which arose in early twentieth century with an emphasis on the Holy Spirit, appeals to verses of the Bible and the teachings of its leaders and intellectuals to suggest that the Holy Spirit is dynamically present in the Church, drawing upon this to evangelize and propagate its religious tendency. In this paper, we examine the documents of the Bible and Pentecostal sources to show that what Pentecostals appeal to as the main component of their evangelism is at odds with verses of the Bible. The conclusion of the research includes empirical tendencies of Pentecostals, the non-Biblical ground of their Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, and the disappearance of the real person of the Holy Spirit.

Emphasizing the the imminent return of Christ and focusing on missionary activities and maximum absorption, the Pentecostal movement came to the fore in the early twentieth century. But decades later, due to the non-fulfillment of their prediction, they focused on the global, social culture issues. Church building, localization of churches and their leadership, cultural orientationism are among their cultural approaches as helping poor, paying attention to youth and their leadership in churches, urban and street advertising along with taking part in public affairs are among the most important social approaches of Pentecostalism. Using data analysis method and focusing on the Pentecostal written sources, this paper seeks to introduce the Pentecostal missionary social-cultural approaches and their challenges and problems such as Church building, leadership among the Pentecost and ignoring the elite communities.

Drawing on social movement research, this paper presents two main ideas. Firstly, it argues that we are currently in the dormant phase of the 2022-2023 unrest, rather than its end. It explains the concept and functions of a movement’s dormant phase, with a focus on the views of Alberto Melucci. Secondly, using Joseph R. Gusfield’s conceptual-theoretical distinction between linear and fluid movements, it demonstrates that: 1) studying social movements in contemporary Iran is more effective when approached from a fluid perspective, and 2) the key characteristic of this protest movement's dormant phase is its shift from linear to fluid elements. In conclusion, it offers strategic considerations for wisely and effectively dealing with this situation.

Background and objective: Over the last few decades, social movements have raised variety forms of collective behavior, which is in terms of objectives, nature and method of campaign totally different from classic movements. The new approach is concentrated on such a type of power which is described by Steven Lukes as “Third dimension of power”. The power has a different and new nature based on mentality processing and satisfaction. The type of vast cultural and social changes taken place in Iran, especially in megapolises. Meanwhile, expansion of communications has provided proper circumstances for formation of movements like this. The present research aims at identifying aspects of these movements and surveying the level of their tendency toward soft power. The basic question raised here is: “To what extent is the level of social movements approach oriented toward third power (soft power)?”Material: The research is of descriptive-survey type. A questionnaire based on Likert scale was used for collecting data from 72 commanders and managers who have had close relationship with social movements, in terms of its relevance with their professions. The samples were randomly selected in clusters.Findings: The research findings indicated that over the last few decades in Iran, social movements have had tendency toward third power (soft power). The movements have been oriented toward becoming cultural, value-based, satisfactory and avoiding violence. They have basically used some specific tools such as media, art, symbolism, etc. for displaying their objectives, and campaign. Therefore, their control and management should be fulfilled while taking into consideration these realities.