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June 4, 2005

Reformed-Pentecostal talks focus on discernment

by Jerry L. Van Marter
 
LOUISVILLE ? How Pentecostal and Reformed Christians discern the will of God
through the Holy Spirit as they try to follow Jesus Christ was the subject of
a May 25-31 dialogue in Detmold, Germany, between representatives of some
Pentecostal churches and the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.

	The meeting was the third in a series of international dialogues on
"Experience in Christian Faith and Life" that began in 2002. An initial round
of talks on "Word and Spirit, Church and World" took place between 1996 and
2000.

	Four papers were presented to facilitate the dialogue, which focused
on the differences and similarities between the ways Pentecostal and Reformed
churches approach discernment of the Holy Spirit and its significance for the
life and witness of Christian communities.

	Presentations by two pastors working in the region, Claudia
Währisch-Oblau of the Church of Rhineland and United Evangelical Mission, and
Samuel Odonkor-Quartey of the Lighthouse Fellowship, Bielefeld, examined the
life of immigrant Pentecostal congregations in Germany and their
relationships with other German churches.

	The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) was represented in the dialogue by
the Rev. Joseph Small, coordinator of theology and worship in the
Congregational Ministries Division in Louisville.

	The next session of the Pentecostal-Reformed international dialogue
is scheduled for May 2006.

Information for this story was provided by the World Alliance of Reformed
Churches.

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