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Originally Posted by Aquila
Amen. A sad state of affairs for the "institutional church". 
I come from the house church side of the tracks. We don't believe that buildings, "sermons", pews, programs, salaries, offices, or positions are NT requirements. We meet in homes, coffee houses, parks, and other venues. We have "elders" who are spiritual mentors, or spiritual fathers, not suited and licensed religious agents of the state with ecclesiastical authority. The the church gatherings are more like family renunions. Gives a whole new meaning to being "brothers and sisters" in the LORD.
It breaks my heart how the Apostolic movement stopped following God upon getting licensed and incorporated. |
Well, it seems to me that since the tenets that the movement were instituted by, basically, attrition, they can be un-instituted the same way (An ordained minister needn't publicly deny it--just stop teaching it!). I was raised to believe in the glossololia experience, also, as the sign of the Holy Spirit--I had one, myself--but an important point, too, is that this does not mean that the HS just automatically
stays with you forever...just ask Moses!
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