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Charismatic Movement
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= ## Definition and Meaning
- The Korean term *eunsa* (恩賜) means a gift that God bestows by grace; it translates the New Testament Greek word *charisma*. The charismatic movement holds that the gifts of the Holy Spirit did not cease after the early church. Accordingly, it actively seeks tongues, prophecy, divine healing, and other gifts in personal faith and in worship. In the narrow sense, the term refers to a movement that emphasized experience of the Spirit while remaining within established denominations, as distinguished from Pentecostalism, which formed its own denominations in the early twentieth century. In a broader sense, the term is sometimes used for both streams together.
+ The charismatic movement holds that the gifts of the Holy Spirit did not cease after the early church. Its name derives from the New Testament Greek word *charisma*, a gift that God bestows by grace. Accordingly, the movement actively seeks tongues, prophecy, divine healing, and other gifts in personal faith and in worship. In the narrow sense, the term refers to a movement that emphasized experience of the Spirit while remaining within established denominations, as distinguished from Pentecostalism, which formed its own denominations in the early twentieth century. In a broader sense, the term is sometimes used for both streams together.
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= ## Biblical and Historical Background
- Proponents of the charismatic movement cite 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, Romans 12:6-8, Acts 2, and other passages in support of their position. The beginning of the charismatic movement within mainline Protestant denominations is commonly traced to 1960, when Dennis Bennett, an Episcopal priest in the United States, publicly announced his experience of speaking in tongues. In the late 1960s, a charismatic renewal movement also arose within the Catholic Church. In the 1980s, the so-called "Third Wave" emerged, emphasizing signs and wonders across denominational lines.
+ Proponents of the charismatic movement cite 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, Romans 12:6-8, Acts 2, and other passages in support of their position. The beginning of the charismatic movement within mainline Protestant denominations is commonly traced to 1960, when Dennis Bennett, an Episcopal priest in the United States, publicly disclosed his experience of speaking in tongues. In the late 1960s, a charismatic renewal movement also arose within the Catholic Church. In the 1980s, the so-called "Third Wave" emerged, emphasizing signs and wonders across denominational lines.
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= ## In the Korean Church
- In Korea, a movement emphasizing experience of the Holy Spirit is reported to have spread across denominational lines during the 1970s and 1980s. Revival meetings, gatherings at prayer houses, and the growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church under Pastor David Yonggi Cho are cited as factors behind it. Tongsung kido (simultaneous audible prayer), praying in tongues, healing services, and praise and worship led by worship teams are often mentioned as practices influenced by this movement.
+ In Korean Protestantism, a movement emphasizing experience of the Holy Spirit is reported to have spread across denominational lines during the 1970s and 1980s. Revival meetings, gatherings at prayer retreat centers, and the growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church under Pastor David Yonggi Cho are cited as factors behind it. Simultaneous audible prayer (tongsung kido), praying in tongues, healing services, and praise and worship led by worship teams are often mentioned as practices shaped by this movement.
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- Understandings differ by denomination.
+ Understandings differ among Korean denominations.
= - Full Gospel churches (such as the Korea Assemblies of God) stand in the Pentecostal tradition. They emphasize as doctrine baptism in the Holy Spirit, with speaking in tongues as its evidence.
= - Methodist and Holiness churches, influenced by Wesleyan theology, have a tradition of valuing experiential faith. The Holiness Church in particular includes divine healing in its Fourfold Gospel (regeneration, sanctification, divine healing, and the Second Coming).
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The charismatic movement is a stream of Christian faith that holds that gifts of the Holy Spirit such as tongues, prophecy, and divine healing are still given today, and that seeks to experience and practice them. The term refers chiefly to the renewal movement that arose within established denominations in the mid-twentieth century.
Definition and Meaning
The charismatic movement holds that the gifts of the Holy Spirit did not cease after the early church. Its name derives from the New Testament Greek word charisma, a gift that God bestows by grace. Accordingly, the movement actively seeks tongues, prophecy, divine healing, and other gifts in personal faith and in worship. In the narrow sense, the term refers to a movement that emphasized experience of the Spirit while remaining within established denominations, as distinguished from Pentecostalism, which formed its own denominations in the early twentieth century. In a broader sense, the term is sometimes used for both streams together.
Biblical and Historical Background
Proponents of the charismatic movement cite 1 Corinthians 12:8-10, Romans 12:6-8, Acts 2, and other passages in support of their position. The beginning of the charismatic movement within mainline Protestant denominations is commonly traced to 1960, when Dennis Bennett, an Episcopal priest in the United States, publicly disclosed his experience of speaking in tongues. In the late 1960s, a charismatic renewal movement also arose within the Catholic Church. In the 1980s, the so-called "Third Wave" emerged, emphasizing signs and wonders across denominational lines.
In the Korean Church
In Korean Protestantism, a movement emphasizing experience of the Holy Spirit is reported to have spread across denominational lines during the 1970s and 1980s. Revival meetings, gatherings at prayer retreat centers, and the growth of Yoido Full Gospel Church under Pastor David Yonggi Cho are cited as factors behind it. Simultaneous audible prayer (tongsung kido), praying in tongues, healing services, and praise and worship led by worship teams are often mentioned as practices shaped by this movement.
Understandings differ among Korean denominations.
- Full Gospel churches (such as the Korea Assemblies of God) stand in the Pentecostal tradition. They emphasize as doctrine baptism in the Holy Spirit, with speaking in tongues as its evidence.
- Methodist and Holiness churches, influenced by Wesleyan theology, have a tradition of valuing experiential faith. The Holiness Church in particular includes divine healing in its Fourfold Gospel (regeneration, sanctification, divine healing, and the Second Coming).
- Views within Presbyterianism vary widely. Some hold to cessationism, the view that the gifts ceased with the apostolic age, while others hold that the gifts continue today but require order and discernment (cessationism and continuationism).
Critics point to two dangers: that experience may take precedence over Scripture, and that the movement may drift toward claims of new revelation or new offices, as in the New Apostolic Reformation. Supporters hold that the work of the Holy Spirit must not be restricted and regard the charismatic movement as a force for renewing the church.