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Originally Posted by Praxeas
It's not a matter of emergent church doctrine. It's a matter of "revival"...
Every great church movement by the end of the third generation has lost the fire that started their movement.
I think one of the reasons is at some point they all believe they can solve all issues by doctrinal discussions and learning. Both of those are necessary. But the great Pentecostal movement was born out of a need for personal empowerment to reach the lost...not by education and gaining more knowledge. Not by fancy church building techniques that really do nothing more than draw people from a smaller church into a larger one with a StarBucks on the campus.
We can't unify because of different doctrines, but maybe we can unify in direction...on our faces seeking God to rekindle the Pentecostal fire in us all as a movement. The Charismatics also helped to move them in the wrong direction. They were looking for something new and that search brought them a non-biblical experience that lead to nothing.
We may not get the large churches with the starbucks on the corner. We may not get the market share of the thousands of anonymous faces that attend a Joel Osteen meeting, but we will definitely grow and gain the numbers of people that really want to be part of a church body and not rather a church membership.
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You hit the nail in the head. Yes we need education and knowledge but we must never lose our passion for the lost and our desire to be passionate followers of Christ.
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