Historically, Pentecostals have understood the gifts (charisms) as some being primarily personally edifying, or serving of others, and eschatological (end times evangelism). However, all gifts are for the building up of the community (koinonia).
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Sometimes I feel as if the local church needs a healthy theology of healing. I’m not speaking of my local church or any church in particular. I just wonder…. What is the responsibility of the local church toward suffering, sickness? What role/function does the Bible demand of the local church? Often the individual enduring the […]

I cannot believe that I have went through so many courses, conferences, ordinations and never read Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders! It should be mandatory reading for every Christian leader! I want to share, over the next few days, some quotes and thoughts from this masterpiece. Today I will share from a middle section […]

There are three contributing factors that lead to the beginning of a God movement; factors that are just as necessary today for us as we continue to further the message of Jesus as they were 2000 years ago. #1: Calling There were plenty of qualified Je…

Below is the proposal I sent to the Executive Council for consideration for the General Assembly 2010 Agenda. This was referred to a study commission and will not be on the Agenda this year. What are your thoughts? BACKSTORY Like so many others, I have long been concerned with the lack of commitment from the […]