Subject: what is a charismatic church |
Bible Note: Edb: For anyone, me included, to blanketly say ALL members of this or that church or group believe totally in a certian way, is pure ignorance. Most likely not one other person believes exactllay as I do. In deed, I change my ideas as I have grown in Christ. So do movements, Churches, and theologins grow and change. Often changes nake no difference in doctrine or theology. I was a Southern Baptist for many years. I have many dear friends that are Southern Baptist. I attended a Souther Baptist University, and seminary for one year. In 1985 I could not cope, and was not willing to stand alone trying to change something that clearly whoud have caused a division. Now, some 17 years later things are much better. I felt alone, and without a church home even as I pastored three churches that we not SBC. When I was retired we spent three years looking for a church. We finally found Calvary Chapel. They are totally run different than any Baptist church. Yet ther beliefs are very simular. Is Calvary Chapel better than SBC or the other way around? I am pleased to say no. I can say I have come to the conclusion if you are unwilling to be responsible for your own personal spiritual growth then Calvary Chaple is not for a Christian to sit like a sponge. Do we have sponges? Yes we do. Do Southern Baptist have a very clear statement of Faith? Yes they do. And I agree with it. The Church Universal encompasses many believers from many churches, movements, and in places we could not imagine. We have some Assembly of God friends. Our daughter attends their youth night in our area as ther is no other Christian activity near us. We don't agree with some Assembly theology. But we talk to our daughter and it helps us explain why we believe and why, and we explain what they believe and why we do not. So narrow nindedness is something we try to avoid unless there is such a basic theology we just can not accept. I honestly have never thought Assembly of God Churches as Pentecostal. Charismatic yes, that's what I have always refered to them as. Thank you for sharing all this with me. agape, justme |