Pentecostal preacher and writer Don Basham describes the BHS, which is the heart of Pentecostal teaching and practice, this way: "The baptism in the Holy Spirit is a second encounter with God (the first is conversion) in which the Christian begins to receive the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit into his life" (A Handbook on Holy Spirit Baptism, Monroeville, PA: Whitaker Books, 1969, p.10).
At ang kilusang charismatic ay ipinapaliwanag sa ganitong paraan: “Ito ang mga pagpapalang Pentecostal, bautismo sa Banal na Espiritu, kasama ang mga espirituwal na kaloob ng 1 Mga Taga Corinto 12:8-10, sa labas ng kinikilalang denominasong Pentecostal” (pahina 130).