When it comes to spiritual gifts, I would describe myself as a quiet charismatic. Much of this has been influenced by spending most of my last 20 years with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. For those not familiar with the Alliance it can probably be best described as being halfway between Baptist and Pentecostal. Not a bad place for an Eclectic Christian to be if he wants to look at both Baptist and Pentecostal perspectives. Indeed, I have also spent a fair bit of time in Baptist and Pentecostal churches and am relatively comfortable in each type of church.
Theologically the Alliance tends to be charismatic in theology but not in practice. This pretty much describes where I am currently at in my own spiritual journey.
I found an excellent article that discusses how the Alliance has moved from being a charismatic to largely non charismatic denomination. A lot of it centers around how much we “seek” the gifts. The article can be read here. For those interested in Alliance history and thought in general, there is a great collection of articles hosted by Ambrose University.
Michael Bell
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