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This is part of the legacy of the great Northwest, too. The operation and use of the gifts of the Spirit was rarely taught when I was growing up, and then only with the emphasis on the scriptures that explain that the gifts don't negate or supercede ministerial/pastoral authority. I spent most of my childhood, in a UPC church, believing that the only available gifts of the Spirit were tongues and interpretation (and then only once in a great while could they happen, and would only come from 'super spiritual' people). It was not until I was in high school that this began to change in the church I grew up in.
Now, this mindset is being replaced by correct doctrinal understanding, and the gifts of the Spirit are more manifest in congregations, at least here in the Oregon District.
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