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  • Major Baptist seminary rejects practice of speaking in tongues

    10/19/2006 5:44:54 PM PDT · by split · 223 replies · 2,806+ views
    Kansas City Star ^ | Oct. 17, 2006 | Brett Hoffman
    FORT WORTH, Texas - After a Baptist pastor said in a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that he sometimes speaks in tongues when he prays, seminary trustees adopted a resolution Tuesday that states the institution will not tolerate the promotion of the practice of speaking in tongues. The resolution: "Southwestern will not knowingly endorse in any way, advertise, or commend the conclusions of the contemporary charismatic movement including private prayer language. Neither will Southwestern knowingly employ professors or administrators who promote such practices." Speaking in tongues is described in the Bible as a spiritual gift from God that...