Hyperdispensationalism, also referred to as Mid-Acts Dispensationalism,[1][2] is a Protestant conservative evangelical movement that values biblical inerrancy and a literal hermeneutic.
[3] Some advocates of hyperdispensationalism refer to themselves as members of the Grace Movement[4] and they reject the prefix "hyper" as pejorative or misinforming.
Also, within the movement is found King James only elements associated mainly with the teachings of Richard Jordan and Grace School of the Bible.
While the Acts 2 position differs from other forms of dispensationalism, they are all true dispensationalists and fully evangelical still tending towards fundamentalism.
[citation needed] Hyperdispensationalists reject water baptism[5][6] (along with charismatic gifts, prophets, and apostles), which divides them from mainstream dispensationalists, who are often Baptists, like W. A. Criswell,[7] or in earlier times Presbyterians[8][9] like James H. Brookes.
Unlike Bullinger, Robert Anderson posited a Pentecostal dispensation during the period covered by the Book of Acts.
Thus, most of his books that had already been published, along with the writings of Robert Anderson, view Paul's epistles monolithically and are then quite compatible with Mid-Acts hyperdispensationalism.
Mid-Acts types take all of Paul's epistles to be directly written to the church, thus accepting the practice of the Lord's Supper as for that dispensation of grace, but the Acts 28 position takes only Paul's prison epistles (those written while in prison after Acts 28) to be directly applicable to the church today, thus denying the Lord's Supper for today.
Paul, it is specifically noted, was sent to preach the gospel but not to baptize, unlike notably the Lord's commission to his apostles.
One can study R.A. Huebner, who sees the Church's advent at Acts 2, to get a better understanding of Darby's scheme of dispensations, which is different than Scofield's.
Here then are found the character and life of the church"[19]O'Hair followed more closely to the early American dispensationalists and abandoned denominational loyalties.
[21] The Mid-Acts dispensational viewpoint is also shared on many current television programs, including "Forgotten Truths" with Richard Jordan, "Through the Bible" with Les Feldick, and "Transformed by Grace" with Kevin Sadler.