I'm coming out of the closet today ...
Today is Pentecost Sunday. Have I ever told you that I'm a Pentecostal? Absolutely full fledged, unashamed, tongue speaking, praying for healing, believing in miracles, love it when the worship team sings one song for 25 minutes, wishing I was slain in the Spirit, occasional word of knowledge & prophesy, John Wimber fan, Jack Deere disciple, wine drinking, John McArthur mocking, Pentecostal. There. It's out. I lie every time I don't put "10" on the Covenant Minister's Profile for the charismatic involvement. There. That's out too. I'm full of confession & self revelation today. |
Comments on "I'm coming out of the closet today ..."
Ok -- yawn -- so is 25% of the Covenant Ministerium. :-) Of course, they're not all out of the closet.
The problem with that goofy question on the profile is that it is going to feed someone's stereo-type rather than the reality.
Now that I'm out of the closet, I should become a Bishop. I've seen it done elsewhere.
Obviously the whole charismatic thing was a huge issue for Covenant churches and ministerium. I wonder if it still is and if it's even necessary to have that continuum on the ministerial profile any longer.
If they let me design the questions on that profile I'd dump that one -- along with a few others. But that form belongs to the supts and they didn't ask me. I'm sure they have (or HAD) their reasons.