Charismatic movement Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Denominations influenced== {{Protestantism}} ===Anglicanism=== In America, the Episcopalian [[Dennis Bennett (priest)|Dennis Bennett]] is sometimes cited as one of the charismatic movement's seminal influences.<ref>{{Citation |last=Balmer |first=Randall |title=Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and Expanded Edition |year=2004 |contribution=Charismatic Movement |edition=2nd |place=Waco |publisher=Baylor}}.</ref> Bennett was the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] at St Mark's [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] Church in Van Nuys, California when he announced to the congregation in 1960 that he had received the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.<ref>Dennis J. Bennett ''Nine O'Clock in the Morning'' (Gainesville; 1970. Reprinted 2001, 2004)</ref> Soon after this he ministered in Seattle, where he ran many workshops and seminars about the work of the Holy Spirit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anglican Pioneer in Renewal |url=http://www3.telus.net/st_simons/arm12.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111182701/http://www3.telus.net/st_simons/arm12.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2008 |access-date=January 31, 2008 |publisher=Telus}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, [[Colin Urquhart]], [[Michael Harper (priest)|Michael Harper]], [[David Watson (evangelist)|David Watson]] and others were in the vanguard of similar developments. The [[Massey University|Massey]] conference in New Zealand, 1964 was attended by several Anglicans, including the Rev. Ray Muller, who went on to invite Bennett to New Zealand in 1966, and played a leading role in developing and promoting the ''Life in the Spirit'' seminars. Other Charismatic movement leaders in New Zealand include [[Bill Subritzky]]. As of the early 21st century a "charismatic evangelical" wing or school of thought is commonly identified in the [[Church of England]], contrasted with the [[Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom|conservative evangelical]], [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]] and other tendencies. An influential local church in this movement has been London's [[Holy Trinity Brompton]], and [[Justin Welby]], Archbishop of Canterbury since 2013, has a background in charismatic evangelicalism.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sherwood |first1=Harriet |last2=Siddique |first2=Haroon |date=January 21, 2019 |title=I pray in tongues every day, says archbishop of Canterbury |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/21/i-pray-in-tongues-every-day-says-archbishop-of-canterbury |access-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121031336/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/21/i-pray-in-tongues-every-day-says-archbishop-of-canterbury |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Lutheranism=== Larry Christenson, a Lutheran theologian based in San Pedro, California, did much in the 1960s and 1970s to interpret the charismatic movement for Lutherans. A very large annual conference was held in Minneapolis during those years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strand |first=Paul |title=Charismatic Renewal Pioneer Larry Christenson Dies from Icy Fall |url=https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2017/december/charismatic-renewal-pioneer-larry-christenson-dies-from-icy-fall |access-date=December 4, 2019 |website=CBN News |date=December 28, 2017 |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204103903/https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2017/december/charismatic-renewal-pioneer-larry-christenson-dies-from-icy-fall |url-status=live }}</ref> Some Lutheran charismatics in the US formed the Alliance of Renewal Churches. [[Richard A. Jensen]]'s ''Touched by the Spirit'' published in 1974, played a major role of the Lutheran understanding to the charismatic movement. Another Lutheran charismatic leader is [[Morris George Cornell Vaagenes|Morris Vaagenes]]. In Finland the emergence of charismatic congregations has reversed, in some places, a decline in attendance of Lutheran congregations.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haapalainen |first=Anna |date=May 2015 |title=An emerging trend of charismatic religiosity in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |url=https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67568/27864 |journal=Approaching Religion |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=98–113 |doi=10.30664/ar.67568 |access-date=December 4, 2019|doi-access=free }}</ref> ===Reformed=== In Congregational and Presbyterian churches which profess a traditionally [[Calvinist]] or [[Reformed theology]], there are differing views regarding present-day [[continuationism|continuation]] or [[cessationism|cessation]] of the gifts (''[[Spiritual gift|charismata]]'') of the Spirit.<ref name="phen" /><ref name="epidemic">{{Cite book |last1=Masters |first1=Peter |title=Healing Epidemic |last2=Wright |first2=Professor Verna |date=1988 |publisher=Wakeman Trust |isbn=9781870855006 |location=London |page=227}}</ref> Generally, however, Reformed charismatics distance themselves from renewal movements with tendencies which could be perceived as overemotional, such as [[Word of Faith]], [[Toronto Blessing]], [[Brownsville Revival]] and [[Lakeland Revival]]. Prominent Reformed charismatic denominations are the [[Sovereign Grace Churches]] and the [[Every Nation]] Churches in the United States, in Great Britain there is the [[Newfrontiers]] churches and movement, founded by [[Terry Virgo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presbyterian and Reformed Churches |url=http://www.tateville.com/churches.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111183209/http://www.tateville.com/churches.html |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=July 19, 2015 |website=tateville.com}}</ref> ===Roman Catholicism=== {{Catholic Church sidebar}} {{Main article |Catholic charismatic renewal}} [[File:Tarxien erwieh.jpg|thumb|right|Praise and Worship during a Catholic charismatic renewal Healing Service.]] In the United States the Catholic charismatic renewal was focused in individuals like [[Kevin Ranaghan]] and others at the [[University of Notre Dame]] in [[Notre Dame, Indiana]]. [[Duquesne University]] in Pittsburgh, which was founded by the [[Holy Ghost Fathers|Congregation of the Holy Spirit]], a Catholic religious community, began hosting charismatic revivals in 1977. In a foreword to a 1983 book by [[Leo Joseph Suenens|Léon Joseph Cardinal Suenens]], at that time the Pope's delegate to the Catholic charismatic renewal, the then [[Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]], Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later [[Pope Benedict XVI]]), comments on the Post Second Vatican Council period stating, {{quote |At the heart of a world imbued with a rationalistic skepticism, a new experience of the Holy Spirit suddenly burst forth. And, since then, that experience has assumed a breadth of a worldwide Renewal movement. What the New Testament tells us about the Charisms—which were seen as visible signs of the coming of the Spirit—is not just ancient history, over and done with, for it is once again becoming extremely topical.}} and {{quote |to those responsible for the ecclesiastical ministry—from parish priests to bishops—not to let the Renewal pass them by but to welcome it fully; and on the other (hand) ... to the members of the Renewal to cherish and maintain their link with the whole Church and with the Charisms of their pastors.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Suenens |first=Léon Joseph |title=Renewal and the Powers of Darkness (Malines document) |publisher=Darton, Longman & Todd |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-232-51591-6 |author-link=Leo Joseph Suenens}}</ref>}} In the [[Roman Catholic]] church, the movement became particularly popular in the [[Filipino people|Filipino]], [[Koreans|Korean]], and [[Hispanic]] communities of the United States, in the Philippines, and in [[Latin America]], mainly Brazil. Travelling priests and lay people associated with the movement often visit parishes and sing what are known as charismatic masses. It is thought to be the second largest distinct sub-movement (some 120 million members) within global Catholicism, along with [[Traditional Catholicism]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Barrett |first=David |title=Christian World Communions: Five Overviews of Global Christianity, AD 1800–2025 |work=International Bulletin of Missionary Research |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=25–32}}.</ref> A further difficulty is the tendency for many charismatic Catholics to take on what others in their church might consider sacramental language and assertions of the necessity of "Baptism in the Holy Spirit," as a universal act. This causes difficulty as there is little to distinguish the "Baptism" from the sacrament of confirmation.<ref>{{Citation |last1=McDonnell |first1=Killian |title=Christian Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight Centuries |year=1994 |place=Collegeville, MN |publisher=Michael Glazier Books |last2=Montague |first2=George T}}.</ref> In this regard, a Study seminar organized jointly in [[São Paulo]] by the [[Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity]] and the [[Bishops Conference]] of Brazil{{Which one| date=December 2019}} raised these issues. Technically, among Catholics, the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" is neither the highest nor fullest manifestation of the Holy Spirit.{{vague|date=December 2019}} Thus "Baptism of the Spirit" is one experience among many within Christianity (as are the extraordinary manifestations of the Spirit in the lives of the saints, notably [[St. Francis of Assisi]] and [[St. Teresa of Avila]], who levitated), and thus less dogmatically held by Catholic charismatics (than by Pentecostals).<ref>{{Citation |title=Study Seminar organized in Brazil |date=November 4, 2005 |work=L'Osservatore romano |page=4 |edition=Italian}}.</ref> Possibly, [[Padre Pio]] (now St. Pio) provides a modern-day Catholic example of this experience. Describing his confirmation, when he was 12 years old, Padre Pio said that he "wept with consolation" whenever he thought of that day because "I remember what the Most Holy Spirit caused me to feel that day, a day unique and unforgettable in all my life! What sweet raptures the Comforter made me feel that day! At the thought of that day, I feel aflame from head to toe with a brilliant flame that burns, consumes, but gives no pain." In this experience, Padre Pio said he was made to feel God's "fullness and perfection." Thus a case can be made that he was "baptized by the Spirit" on his confirmation day in 1899. It was one spiritual experience among many that he would have.<ref>{{Citation |last=Ruffin |first=C Bernard |title=Padre Pio: The True Story |pages=312–13 |year=1991 |place=Huntington, IN |publisher=Our Sunday Visitor}}.</ref> The ''Compendium to the [[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'' states: {{Quote |160. What are Charisms? 799–801. Charisms are special gifts of the Holy Spirit which are bestowed on individuals for the good of others, the needs of the world, and in particular for the building up of the Church. The discernment of charisms is the responsibility of the [[Magisterium]].}}Recent Popes (John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul II and Francis) have all emphasised the importance of a deeper relationship with the Holy Spirit for all Catholics, and have spoken encouragingly to the Catholic charismatic renewal organisation on many occasions. On June 8, 2019, Pope Francis encouraged everyone in Charismatic Renewal "to share baptism in the Holy Spirit with everyone in the Church."<ref>{{Cite web |title=To participants in the International Conference of Leaders of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service - Charis (8 June 2019) {{!}} Francis |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/june/documents/papa-francesco_20190608_charis.html |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=www.vatican.va |archive-date=August 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808160948/https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/speeches/2019/june/documents/papa-francesco_20190608_charis.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 6, 2019, the CHARIS (''[https://www.charis.international/en/home/ Catholic Charismatic Renewal International Service]'') service was officially inaugurated by Pope Francis. CHARIS has a "public juridic personality" within the Roman Catholic Church and has come into being as a direct initiative of the highest ecclesiastical authority, Pope Francis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Memorandum {{!}} CHARIS |url=https://www.charis.international/en/memorandum/ |access-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002031634/https://www.charis.international/en/memorandum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The primary objectives of CHARIS are "To help deepen and promote the grace of baptism in the Holy Spirit throughout the Church and to promote the exercise of charisms not only in Catholic Charismatic Renewal but also in the whole Church."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statuts_Charis (1).pdf |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ksPhbowvMNa4aRCycyHtrntzV22szppI/view?usp=embed_facebook |access-date=September 23, 2020 |website=Google Docs}}</ref> ===Methodism=== In the [[Methodist]] tradition (inclusive of the [[holiness movement]]), [[Baptism_with_the_Holy_Spirit#Methodist_and_Holiness_Christianity|baptism with the Holy Spirit]] traditionally refers to the [[second work of grace]] subsequent to the [[born again#Methodism|New Birth]] and is called [[entire sanctification]], in which [[original sin]] is removed and the person is made perfect in love ([[Christian perfection]]).<ref name="UMC2012">{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Guidelines: The UMC and the Charismatic Movement |url=http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/guidelines-the-umc-and-the-charismatic-movement |access-date=July 31, 2019 |publisher=[[The United Methodist Church]] |quote=The Methodists were also first to coin the phrase baptism of the Holy Spirit as applied to a second and sanctifying grace (experience) of God. (Cf. John Fletcher of Madeley, Methodism's earliest formal theologian.) The Methodists meant by their "baptism" something different from the Pentecostals, but the view that this is an experience of grace separate from and after salvation was the same. |archive-date=July 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731112659/http://www.umc.org/what-we-believe/guidelines-the-umc-and-the-charismatic-movement |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Stokes1998">{{Cite book |last=Stokes |first=Mack B. |title=Major United Methodist Beliefs |publisher=Abingdon Press |year=1998 |isbn=9780687082124 |page=95}}</ref> Entire sanctification, which may be received instantaneously or gradually, "cleanses the heart of the recipient from all sin (I John 1:7, 9; Acts 15:8, 9), sets him apart and endows him with power for the accomplishment of all to which he is called (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8)."<ref name="Buschart2009">{{Cite book |last=Buschart |first=W. David |title=Exploring Protestant Traditions |date=August 20, 2009 |publisher=InterVarsity Press |isbn=9780830875146 |page=194 }}</ref><ref name="PHC2000">{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2000 |title=Doctrine |url=http://www.pilgrimholinesschurch.org/doctrine.htm |access-date=May 31, 2018 |publisher=Pilgrim Holiness Church of New York, Inc. |archive-date=May 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502115615/http://www.pilgrimholinesschurch.org/doctrine.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> When the Methodist movement was initiated, "many individuals in London, Oxford and Bristol reported supernatural healings, visions, dreams, spiritual impressions, power in evangelizing, [and] extraordinary bestowments of wisdom".<ref name="Živadinović2015" /> [[John Wesley]], the founder of Methodism, "firmly maintained that the Spiritual gifts are a natural consequence of genuine holiness and dwelling of God's Spirit in a man."<ref name="Živadinović2015" /> As such, Methodist Churches hold to the theological position of [[continuationism]].<ref name="Živadinović2015">{{Cite journal |last=Živadinović |first=Dojcin |year=2015 |title=Wesley and Charisma: An Analysis of John Wesley's View of Spiritual Gifts |journal=Andrews University Seminary Student Journal |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=53–71}}</ref> With its history of promoting holiness and experiential faith, many Methodist congregations now engage in charismatic worship since the arrival of the charismatic movement to Methodism, though other Methodist [[connexionalism|connexions]] and their congregations eschew it.<ref name="BlumhoferSpittler1999">{{Cite book |last1=Blumhofer |first1=Edith Waldvogel |title=Pentecostal Currents in American Protestantism |last2=Spittler |first2=Russell P. |last3=Wacker |first3=Grant A. |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=1999 |isbn=9780252067563 |page=171}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1989 |title=Tongues Speaking: Study Commission On Doctrine |url=https://scod.fmcusa.org/tongues-speaking/ |publisher=[[Free Methodist Church]] |access-date=March 22, 2021 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923005425/https://scod.fmcusa.org/tongues-speaking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the latter case, the Pentecostal doctrine of a third work of grace accompanied by [[glossolalia]] is condemned by some connexions in the Methodist tradition, such as the [[Pilgrim Holiness Church]], which teaches that the state of [[Christian perfection]] in which a person is perfect in love is the goal for humans:<ref name="PHC2000" /> {{quotation|Those who teach that some special phenomena such as speaking with unknown tongues constitutes a witness to the Baptism with the Spirit expose themselves and their hearers to peril of dangerous fanaticism. Perhaps no wiser counsel has been given on this matter then that of John Wesley who wrote long before the modern "tongues" movement appeared: "The grounds of a thousand mistakes is the not considering, deeply that love is the highest gift of God - humble, gentle, patient love - that all visions, revelation, manifestations whatsoever are little things compared to love. It were well you should be thoroughly sensible of this. The heaven of heavens is love. There is nothing higher in religion; there is in effect, nothing else. If you look for anything but more love you are looking wide of the mark, you are getting out of the royal way. And when you are asking others, "Have you received this or that blessing," if you mean anything but more love you, you mean wrong; you are leading them out of the way, and putting them upon a false scent. Settle it then in your heart, that from the moment God has saved you from all sin, you are to aim at nothing but more of that love described in the thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. You can go no higher than this till you are carried into Abraham's bosom." ―Doctrine, [[Pilgrim Holiness Church]]<ref name="PHC2000" />}} Charismatic Methodists in the United States allied with the [[Confessing Movement#Methodist|Good News]] caucus and those in Great Britain have been supported by the Lay Witness Movement,<ref>Methodist Evangelicals Together, [http://www.methodistevangelicals.org.uk/resources/lay-witness-movement Lay Witness Movement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204171136/http://www.methodistevangelicals.org.uk/resources/lay-witness-movement |date=December 4, 2017 }}. Retrieved July 19, 2017</ref> which works with Methodist Evangelicals Together.<ref name="BlumhoferSpittler1999" /> In the [[United Methodist Church]], the charismatic apostolate Aldersgate Renewal Ministries was formed "to pray and work together for the renewal of the church by the power of the Holy Spirit".<ref name="RicheyRowe2012">{{Cite book |last1=Richey |first1=Russell E. |title=American Methodism: A Compact History |last2=Rowe |first2=Kenneth E. |last3=Schmidt |first3=Jeanne Miller |date=October 1, 2012 |publisher=Abingdon Press |isbn=9781426765179 |page=232}}</ref> It runs events at local United Methodist churches, as well as the Methodist School for Supernatural Ministry.<ref name="RicheyRowe2012" /> === Moravianism === Some members of the [[Moravian Church]] accepted certain elements from the charismatic movement as it spread.<ref name="Sawyer1990">{{Cite book |last=Sawyer |first=Edwin A. |title=All about the Moravians: History, Beliefs, and Practices of a Worldwide Church |date=1990 |publisher=Moravian Church in America |isbn=978-1-878422-00-2 |page=55}}</ref> === Adventism === {{Main article|Charismatic Adventism}} A minority of [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-day Adventists]] today are charismatic. They are strongly associated with those holding more [[Progressive Adventism|"progressive" Adventist beliefs]]. In the early decades of the church charismatic or ecstatic phenomena were commonplace.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Patrick |date=c. 1999 |title=Early Adventist worship, Ellen White and the Holy Spirit: Preliminary Historical Perspectives |url=http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/discern/holyspirit.htm |access-date=February 15, 2008 |website=Spiritual Discernment Conference |publisher=SDAnet AtIssue |archive-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007140636/http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/discern/holyspirit.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Patrick |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Patrick |date=c. 1999 |title=Later Adventist Worship, Ellen White and the Holy Spirit: Further Historical Perspectives |url=http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/discern/flesh.htm |access-date=February 15, 2008 |website=Spiritual Discernment Conference |publisher=SDAnet AtIssue |archive-date=October 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011052704/http://www.sdanet.org/atissue/discern/flesh.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Eastern Orthodoxy=== {{Eastern Orthodox sidebar}} Although most [[Laestadian]]s are Lutheran and they are often termed Apostolic Lutherans, it is an interdenominational movement, so some are Eastern Orthodox. Eastern Orthodox Laestadians are known as [[:ru:Ушковайзет|Ushkovayzet]] (article is in Russian).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uralistica.com/profiles/blogs/karelskoe-religioznoe |title=Karelian religious movement Uskhovayzet |access-date=March 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803182457/http://uralistica.com/profiles/blogs/karelskoe-religioznoe |url-status=live }}</ref> Laestadian charismaticism has been attributed to influences from the shamanistic ecstatic religious practices of the [[Sámi people|Sami]], many who are Laestadians today. The charismatic movement has not exerted the same influence on the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] that it has on other mainstream Christian denominations. Although some Eastern Orthodox priests have advanced Charismatic practice in their congregations, the movement is seen as incompatible with Orthodoxy by writers within the church. For instance, an article published in the Journal "Orthodox Tradition" says "There is nothing Orthodox about the charismatic movement. It is incompatible with Orthodoxy, in that it justifies itself only by perverting the message of the Fathers, suggesting that the Church of Christ needs renewal, and indulging in the theological imagery of, Pentecostal cultism."<ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Charismatic Movement and Orthodoxy |url=http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/charmov.aspx |journal=Orthodox Tradition |volume=1 |issue=4&5 |pages=29–32 |access-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-date=November 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123054441/http://orthodoxinfo.com/inquirers/charmov.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this some priests forward Charismatic renewal in the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese]], the Brotherhood of St. Symeon, and other orthodox churches.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 30, 2013 |title=What is Renewal? |url=https://ocl.org/what-is-renewal/ |access-date=December 4, 2019 |website=Orthodox Christian Laity |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204113257/https://ocl.org/what-is-renewal/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Nondenominational=== [[File:Lakewood worship.jpg|thumb|An [[evangelical charismatic movement|evangelical charismatic]] [[Worship service (evangelicalism)|worship service]] at [[Lakewood Church]], [[Houston]], Texas, in 2013]] The movement led to the creation of independent evangelical charismatic churches more in tune with the revival of the Holy Spirit. These churches are often [[nondenominational Christianity|nondenominational]]. [[Calvary Chapel]] Costa Mesa, California was one of the first evangelical charismatic churches, founded in 1965.<ref>Douglas A. Sweeney, ''The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement'', Baker Academic, U.S., 2005, pp. 150–51</ref> also victory outreach international founded in east Los Angeles in 1967 .also the United Kingdom, [[Jesus Army]], founded in 1969, is an example of the impact outside of the United States.<ref>Simon Cooper, Mike Farrant, ''Fire in Our Hearts: The Story of the Jesus Fellowship/Jesus Army'', Multiply Publications, England, 1997, p. 169</ref> Many other congregations were established in the rest of the world.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding the Charismatic Movement |url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/october/charismatic-renewal-movement.html |access-date=July 19, 2015 |website=The Exchange – A Blog by Ed Stetzer |archive-date=August 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825050944/http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2013/october/charismatic-renewal-movement.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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