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The prayer group accepted Seymour's teaching and prayed to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost. [31] To help him minister to these people as they sought the baptism of the Spirit, he contacted two friends in Houston: Lucy Farrow and Joseph Warren, who he invited to join them at the Asberry's home. [31]
However, Spirit baptism and speaking in tongues is not a requirement for membership or participation in an Assembly of God church. [95] An increasing minority of pastors has expressed concern that there is a lack of biblical support for the claim that Spirit baptism must always be accompanied with speaking in tongues. [96]
An Essential Guide to Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Foundations on the Holy Spirit Book 1. Charisma House, June 7, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61638-239-1. Written by a charismatic Southern Baptist pastor. Torrey, R.A. The Baptism With The Holy Spirit. Kessinger Publishing, LLC, September 10, 2010 (originally published in 1895). ISBN 978-1-168-92945-7.
COGIC teaches that the Holy Spirit is alive and active in the world. The Holy Spirit is the agent that equips, empowers, leads, and guides the church until the return of Christ. [46] Baptism performed in Lake Mead in 1972 by members of the North Las Vegas Church of God in Christ
[27] [28] Adherents of the Charismatic Movement teach the belief that "baptism in the Holy Spirit unleashes the Holy Spirit that is already present within us, by revitalizing the graces we received in the sacrament of Baptism" and that it "equips and inspires the individual for service, for mission, for discipleship and for life."
In the early years of the denomination, the age at baptism was generally older. The mode of baptism is trine (three times) immersion in a forward direction in the Name of the Father, and in the name of the Son, and in the name of the Holy Spirit. This is followed by laying on of hands for the impartation of the Holy Spirit.
For as we believe in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, so also we are baptized in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The confession that brings salvation comes first and there follows baptism which seals our assent." [36] Jerome, Rufinus of Aquileia, Ambrose and John Chrysostom received baptism at a later age. [30]
[citation needed] The one baptism for today, it is asserted, [by whom?] is the "baptism of the Holy Spirit" of the believer into the Body of Christ church. [280] [non-primary source needed] Many in this group [who?] also argue that John's promised baptism by fire is pending, [citation needed] referring to the destruction of the world by fire.