Baptist Seminary issues policy on Pentecostal/charismatic doctrine
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)-Fixing its focus on historic New Testament and Baptist doctrine to guide students in the tasks of world missions and evangelism, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will not knowingly endorse contemporary charismatic practices such as a private prayer language, nor hire professors who advocate the practice, according to a statement issued by trustees Oct. 17.
Earlier this semester one of the seminary's new trustees preached a chapel message in which he defended the practice of a private prayer language. In an Aug. 29 sermon, Texas pastor Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, took issue with the International Mission Board policy refusing to appoint missionary candidates who engage in the contemporary neo-charismatic practice.
SWBTS President Paige Patterson, in the midst of what he told the Southern Baptist TEXAN would be a report on...
Dr. Alan Cairns | 12/29/2008
Dr. Alan Cairns | 2/17/2008
