As of this week I am the Summer Shepherd of a church in Albany Ga., that is not Pentecostal. The pastor who is very much Pentecostal is on a 14 week mission trip to Spain. They asked me to be what they call their Summer Shepherd.None of the members are Spirit filled. The pastor has been teaching on the Holy Spirit. The church was a part of the Disciples of Christ 93 years. They officially pulled out went independent and changed their name on Mothers Day this year. Maybe we will have a breakthrough. The small church has doubled in the last 2 months. Yesterday in the pastors home our niece was filled with the Spirit. She grew up Pentecostal but married a Baptist guy. They are currently separated.I would appreciate your prayers________________Recorded Sermons @ www.pastorwiley.com
Well Hallelujah, Summer Shepherd. Nothing wrong with a real challenge. One of my best friends filled in at a Country Methodist church in NC and another was chosen to fill in at an Episcopal Church. They both enjoyed and were blessed and a blessing.I have no doubt you too will be a blessing, /God is /Good. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Glad to hear you’re pastoring again! Believing with you that the Lord will use you mightily________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
Re: Now pastoring a non Pentecostal Church
Reading statements like this irks me a bit. It is also what bothers me about the initial evidence doctrine, that Pentecostals will say things like this. How can you know? Do they not act spiritual enough? Are they living such carnal lives that you feel confident saying that? Even if you believe in tongues as initial evidence, from that perspective, how would you know if none of them had spoke in tongues?May you be blessed and be a blesshing at that church________________
It might be they WILL be a Pentecostal church by the time the pastor returns! Wouldn’t he be delighted to find that?I have honestly considered just going somewhere and pastoring a little church that love the Lord, but needs a pastor. I am born, raised, and, Lord willing, will die, Church of God. A time has come in the Church of God where, in far too many cases, you cannot tell a Church of God service from a Baptist or Methodist service.
I Cor 12: 29 All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? 30 All do not have gifts of healings, do they?
Reading statements like this irks me a bit. It is also what bothers me about the initial evidence doctrine, that Pentecostals will say things like this. How can you know? Do they not act spiritual enough? Are they living such carnal lives that you feel confident saying that? Even if you believe in tongues as initial evidence, from that perspective, how would you know if none of them had spoke in tongues?May you be blessed and be a blesshing at that church. The Fruit of the Spirit is far more important to the Spirit-filled life but gets passed right over if nobody talks in tongues. The scriptures agree with me:
Not to hijack JLarry’s thread, but what can be done to change this________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
Not to hijack JLarry’s thread, but what can be done to change this? I think what is needed fundamentally is a thorough breaking up of fallow ground, with wholehearted repentance and faith in the blood of Jesus.
Not to hijack JLarry’s thread, but what can be done to change this? I think what is needed fundamentally is a thorough breaking up of fallow ground, with wholehearted repentance and faith in the blood of Jesus. In my experience, some Pentecostals (whom I refer to as “saved, sanctified, and fossilizedâ€) think that they are perfectly okay and that they don’t need revival. Others associate revivalism with mere emotionalism, and reject both as so-called wildfire. Others I’ve known appear to have bought into easy believism, and really never seem to even think the church needs reviving. Others I’ve known seem to believe in ‘once filled, always filled,’ and so if they ever once spoke in tongues, in their mind, they are still filled with the Spirit regardless of how little they pray, worship or witness. Agreed – we need revival! We need to be sure the Holy Spirit is welcome in our churches. He is definitely welcome in our church and He moves frequently!A dear friend of mine pastors a non-denominational church that has been experiencing a phenomenal move of the Spirit for the last few years. They participate in regular corporate fasts…and actually look forward to them________________More of Him…less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
(whom I refer to as “saved, sanctified, and fossilizedâ€)
once filled, always filledI will remember that one, if I knew who to give the credit for I would.Guess I’ll just have to say, a poster on Acts.I always tell our preachers, walk through every door of opportunity the the Lord gives you.Preach anywhere and everywhere. ________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church