“If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.” 1 Pet. 4:11
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. …But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. … the word of wisdom … the word of knowledge … faith …gifts of healing … effecting of miracles, … prophecy, …distinguishing of spirits, …tongues, … interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. …For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, … and we were all made to drink of one Spirit… ” 1 Corinthians 12:4-13 & 31
“What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.” (1 Corinthians 14:26-27)
Because we hold to a high view of the Holy Spirit we endeavor to obey God in seeking to speak as the oracles of God and to serve only in the strength that God Himself supplies through “the speaking gifts” and “the doing gifts" of the Holy Spirit. We hold that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are needed today for ministry in the church and in the world. We further hold that the best gifts of the Spirit should be eagerly sought and expected from God by placing ourselves in ministry situations where our love for others and our desire to meet the needs that they have in their lives will require the Holy Spirit’s power to be manifested in us for their benefit. We further understand that the local gathering of the church is the appropriately safe place to learn how to move in the gifts of the Holy Spirit for the building up of the Body in love so that we may move in the same ministry gifts throughout the week as we serve as Ambassadors for Christ.
Reform #3—“Charismatic in Ministry”