Charismatic Churches

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Charismatic churches often began in a reaction against the formalism of historic denominations, and the charismatic movement as a whole has shown little interest in any parts of the traditional Christian year outside of Christmas and Easter. However, many of these churches have begun to recover aspects of the Old Testament festal calendar, and there is renewed interest in the historic Christian calendar as well.

Observance of the traditional Christian year has been all but ignored by the...

 

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