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Sentiments like that worry an older generation of Assemblies of God pastors…

"…It's a legitimate concern that these churches are not being fully Pentecostal."

Brooks said one might hear speaking in tongues once a month in his church — "Not as often as I would like," he said.

Sentiments like that worry a younger generation of Apostolics (including me). There is a culture and mindset among certain leaders (and church members), which seeks this type of external compliance to satisfy their own judgments regarding the salvation of others. Quite frankly, comments like that, and like the one we heard weeks before we left our former assembly, “Everyone should be speaking in tongues right now,” frightened and disturbed my wife and I. I tend to agree with Harris. Let the Spirit do the work of the Spirit. Who are we to orchestrate God’s divine gift? Why do some people feel the need to probe and gauge other Christians' spirituality by outward displays of an experience that should be privy to God alone? Harris’ approach is less divisive and exhibits a great deal of wisdom.