The story comes from Texas after all.
Baptists renounce speaking in tongues
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Trustees at a Baptist seminary have put it in writing: They will not tolerate any promotion of speaking in tongues on their campus.
The 36-1 vote Tuesday came nearly two months after the Rev. Dwight McKissic of Arlington, Texas, said during a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that he sometimes speaks in tongues while praying.
Mr. McKissic, a new trustee at the Fort Worth school, cast the lone dissenting vote on the resolution.
It states: "Southwestern will not knowingly endorse in any way, advertise or commend the conclusions of the contemporary charismatic movement including private prayer language. Neither will Southwestern knowingly employ professors or administrators who promote such practices." ...full
Just so "Tongues" doesn't come up as an option along with English and Spanish on the ATM machine.
Why you gotta play me like that, Paige?
Bad move by the Baptists. This is a secondary biblical interpretation issue to debate, not one to divide over.
The gift of tongues was used by the early Christians so why would they want to stop a move of the Holy Spirit... Mmmm.
God bless you all,
Maria in the UK
www.inhishands.co.uk
I'm a bit surprised that this rule wasn't in place already: I thought the SBC was pretty solidly skeptical about pentecostalism.