In other words, are those who have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues in the minority? Care to cite an estimated percentage________________
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In other words, are those who have received the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues in the minority? Care to cite an estimated percentage________________
Ball park figure.75________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
Guesstimate: < 20________________“Hell will be filled with people that didn’t cuss, didn’t drink, and may even have been baptized. Why? Because none of those things makes someone a Christian.”
90 % of those who have been in the church more than 5 yrs.
90 % of those who have been in the church more than 5 yrs.50-60 % for those less than 5 yrs.
I would estimate <50%. In my youth churches were ‘apparently’ 80%. But looking back, and probably a kid’s judgement a good percentage of that was over zealous wannabe’s. Kids see more than a lot of people realize. Adults that do one thing in church and another at home. And that seen by kids visiting and playing with their kids.I am almost ‘sure’ that many people 65-90 remember those days when folks seeking the Baptism were practically told what to say or their chins were worked enough by Sis. Beulah that they spoke in tongues, and do not want to be guilty of the same.. or i.e. saying Glory, Glory as fast as they can. But it has happened, even to me as a child! ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
I don’t consider that Pentecostal…
About 50% of our church–the older folks–have been baptized in the Holy Ghost. The rest, mostly teenagers and under, have not.BUT I don’t consider that the mark of a Pentecostal church, even though it is essential. I mean, even Baptist missionaries can speak in tongues, but I’m pretty sure their church services are still non-Pentecostal in nature.To ME (note: ME), a Pentecostal church is one that regularly EXHIBITS and EXERCISES the gifts of the Spirit. If people have been baptized in the Holy Ghost, but there is never a message in tongues, interpretation, prophecy, etc., then that statistic is largely meaningless, I think.The more a church regularly and meaningfully demonstrates the gifts of the Spirit and/or expressions of the Holy Spirit deeply moving on an audience, that is the extent to which I consider them Pentecostal.