ABSTRACT
This chapter uses Pentecostal Truths and the Pentecostal movement in Hong Kong as a case study for exploring the underlying structures of early Pentecostal print culture, especially in its transnational form. Pentecostal periodicals like Pentecostal Truths require special attention to both form and function. Pentecostal Truths was the inheritor of two rich print cultures. First, it was part of a Western evangelical print culture that extended back to the Reformation. Second, Pentecostal Truths can also be considered part of the even longer tradition of Chinese printing. Early Pentecostal periodicals shared a mutual history, similar formats, and common goals. The short, simple account belied the outsized influence that Mok had on the early Chinese Pentecostal movement as the editor of Pentecostal Truths. With Pentecostal Truths gone, Pentecostal print in China became – for the most part – a Western import.
