To those of you being honest and sharing your testimony here I truely thank you. Sticking your head above the parapet can be risky and returning to times of hurt can be painful. I can well understand you not naming names until given leave by the Lord to do so, or you feel comfortable enough.
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I'm still in a fellowship where one of our Pastors stood on stage beside Peter Wagner & prayed over Todd Bentley. (EDIT: He was on staff as a Pastor but was no longer our lead Pastor at that time.)
Now .. he did apologize, so I'm still here.
I'm still in a church that had many manifestations and effects following the Toronto "Blessing" and many in my church still long and yearn for those days. (This was before my time here.)
God has my feet planted here.
Currently there is a divide in my church between those who want to have all of the manifestations back in full force and those who want nothing to do with any of them ever again (and those also throw out the moves of God as well as the bizarre). Many who were seeking after the signs & wonders have left the church to go to another fellowship where they would be able to find such manifestations.
My church still has healings, miracles, signs & wonders. However we also have no disorderly speaking in tongues, no signs & wonders present during our Sunday morning services (also very little praying though).
At times when I have mentioned my discernment regarding various ministries .. I am criticized. I feel alone in some regards .. which I suppose is why I seek out websites like this one. ("Am I just crazy?!") Yet my spirit calls and cries out for greater discernment. (There are those who are so thirsty that they would seek after anything supernatural and they seem to forget completely about discernment.)
Many of those who attend my church are "Baby Christians" not fully mature .. and my church provides a well grounded biblical & practical teaching during the Sunday sermons accompanied by terrific worship. So I stay .. and if the Lord chooses, I am sure He will burn this passion in my heart so hot that there will come a time when I will be unable to remain silent on some issues. So I stay.
Posted 1 year ago #