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  • Seminary leaders cite distinction between belief and advocacy (Tounges)

    10/30/2006 8:56:41 AM PST · by Rightly Biased · 491 replies · 2,687+ views
    SBTexan ^ | October 23, 2006 | Tammi Reed Ledbetter,
    Southwestern Seminary’s theology dean, David Allen, doesn’t expect any surprises from faculty when he sends them a memo soon about a new trustee statement regarding the neo-charismatic practice of private prayer language. Prospective faculty members have been quizzed on the subject for years, Allen said. If a current faculty member practices “a private prayer language” as one trustee alleges five of them do, then the pertinent question becomes whether that view is advocated in the classroom. “I would not bring that professor in and say, ‘You cannot say that outside of class.’ I’m not going to restrict anyone in that...
  • Poll: Pentecostals widening influence

    10/07/2006 6:40:10 AM PDT · by NYer · 490 replies · 4,306+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | October 5, 2006 | Rachel Zoll
    NEW YORK - A new 10-nation survey of Pentecostal and charismatic Christians, considered the fastest-growing stream of Christianity worldwide, shows they are deeply influencing the Roman Catholic and mainstream Protestant churches and are poised to make a big impact on global affairs. p>The poll released Thursday by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that "spirit-filled" Christians, who speak in tongues and believe in healing through prayer, comprise at least 10 percent of the population in nine of the 10 surveyed countries. The study also found that followers are more willing than previously thought to bring their...