Live music, bright flashing lights, a large crowd of young people waving their hands in the air and a sound crew mixing audio in the background.So far, it fits the bill for your everyday gig.But add speaking in tongues, divine healing and a hip-looking middle-aged pastor preaching with his smartphone and what you actually have is a service for one of Australia’s fastest growing religious movements: Pentecostalism.
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Author: ABC Australia
Keywords: pentecostal, pentecostalism, speaking in tongues, unknown tongues, Tongues, Foreign tongues, New tongues, Glossolalia, unknown tongue, handling snakes, snake handling, contemporary Christian music, charismatics, Holy Spirit baptism, faith healer
Bible reference(s): Isaiah 28:11, Mark 16:17, Mark 16:18, Acts 2:4, Acts 2:11, Acts 10:46, Acts 19:6, Romans 8:26, 1 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Corinthians 12:28, 1 Corinthians 12:30, 1 Corinthians 13:1, 1 Corinthians 13:8, 1 Corinthians 14:2, 1 Corinthians 14:4, 1 Corinthians 14:5, 1 Corinthians 14:6, 1 Corinthians 14:9, 1 Corinthians 14:13, 1 Corinthians 14:14, 1 Corinthians 14:18, 1 Corinthians 14:19, 1 Corinthians 14:21, 1 Corinthians 14:22, 1 Corinthians 14:23, 1 Corinthians 14:26, 1 Corinthians 14:27, 1 Corinthians 14:39
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