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Originally Posted by TRFrance
Yes, I remember that.
According to the stats, 25% of their new converts were baptized, and only were 20% filled with the Holy Ghost.
Personally, I hardly consider a denomination like that to be Pentecostal. "According to AG Assistant General Superintendent Charles Crabtree, last year only 25 percent of new converts followed Christ in water baptism, with only 20 percent receiving the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
"If we continue this trend," Crabtree states, "in 10 years, we will have a very small percentage of Pentecostals in the Assemblies of God." " http://rss.ag.org/articles/detail.cf..._Source=search
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Well that opens a whole NEW can of worms or at least a question......
With such a small minority of new converts receiving the baptism of the Holy Ghost in the Assemblies of God, is it mandatory for their ministerial candidates to possess the Baptism of the Holy Ghost? I dont see how it could be when Holy Ghost filled members must either now or soon will be such a small percentage of the AoG constituency.