The term Pentecostal, when applied to religious groups, teachers, or customs, usually implies that the participants believe that all Christians should expect to experience the same empowerment of the Holy Spirit, particularly evidenced by the gift of speaking in tongues. Many Pentecostals believe this empowerment to happen at a time separate from conversion or water baptism.
We had a pastor who told us not to tell anyone we were Pentecostal because there were "57 varieties" of Pentecostal. We were told to call ourselves Apostolic meaning we believed and practiced what the Apostles taught.
On my business cards it says I am:
Apostolic in doctrine
Pentecostal in experience
Charismatic in practice
Non-denominational in affiliation
Inter-denominational in fellowship
If that's the case, and I agree with you consequently, why do you think there is such a push in the UPCI to make everyone line up lockstep on the "other issues"?
__________________ "Many people view their relationship with God like a "color by number" picture. It's easier to let someone else define the boundaries, tell them which blanks to fill in, and what color to use than it is for them to take a blank canvas and seek inspiration from the Source in order to paint their own masterpiece"
Why does Paul write that the believer may eat meat sacrificed to Idols (Romans 14:14-23), (1 Corinthians 8:4-13) but in Revelation Jesus Christ condemns the Church of Pergamus and Thyatira for "eating meats sacrificed to Idols (Revelation 2:14, 20)??
The term Pentecostal, when applied to religious groups, teachers, or customs, usually implies that the participants believe that all Christians should expect to experience the same empowerment of the Holy Spirit, particularly evidenced by the gift of speaking in tongues. Many Pentecostals believe this empowerment to happen at a time separate from conversion or water baptism.
I stopped saying I was Pentecostal when I was in high school because of a group of crazy holiness people in our town. They were the kind you didn't want to be associated with. Sorry - just telling ya how it was.
If that's the case, and I agree with you consequently, why do you think there is such a push in the UPCI to make everyone line up lockstep on the "other issues"?
Because some among of us have perverted what the gospel actually is/was.
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