Evangelicals: Pope will preach at a Pentecostal Church
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World Evangelical Alliance describes encounter with Francis
Rome / Toronto (kath.net / idea ) Francis Pope wants to preach in July in a Pentecostal church in Rome. He wanted to ask her forgiveness for harassments and abuses by the Roman Catholic Church. That did the Pope announced at a meeting with representatives of the evangelical movement in Rome, the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) reported on its website.
The “global ambassador” of the World Evangelical Alliance, the Canadian theologian Brian Stiller (Toronto), there portrays his impressions of a three-hour conversation with the Pope. In June, the head of the Roman Catholic church next Stiller had among others the Secretary-General of the WEA, Geoff Tunnicliffe (New York), and the chairman of its Theological Commission, Prof. Thomas Schirrmacher (Bonn), received. According to Stiller, a native of Argentina Pope told here that he had in previous years, made friends with a Pentecostal pastor in Rome. This had complained that the social superiority of the Catholic Church it hard doing his congregation to witness to the Christian faith and to grow. The Pentecostal churches have become the second largest Christian denomination family to the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world in about 100 years. Particularly strong growth they experience in Latin America. The Catholic Church with 1.2 billion members goes from 400 million Pentecostals from around the world. They emphasize supernatural effects of the Holy Spirit as healing the sick, prophecy and praying in “tongues”, ie in human incomprehensible sounds.
Pope does not want to “convert” Evangelicals WEA represents claims to own 600 million evangelicals in more than 120 countries. Stiller was impressed by the charm and modesty of the Pope. This had its guests personally served in the cafeteria lunch. St. Francis have also shown a great openness to evangelicals. According to his understanding of evangelism asked the Pope replied that he was not interested in converting evangelicals to Catholicism. He wished that people find Jesus in their own community. Instead of a lot of time to spend with the debate about different schools of thought, one should focus on “love to show Jesus”.
Evangelicals in dialogue with “Rome” Stiller holds it for several reasons important that evangelicals and the Roman Catholic Church keep talking, even though they represent fundamental issues of theology and church teaching different positions. sole members strength of Catholicism command the dialog. Because both their spiritual and moral authority as their failures would affect the whole world. Stiller: “If Rome gets lost when corruption their financial management determines if abuse scandals deprive them of their moral authority when their message from the spirit of Christ and his salvation from the device view, then ruled secularism. “
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