[Amcasci]

Aaron,
By charismatic I meant the movement that emphasized speaking in tongues and healing. I was on and off with that for a short time. The New Covenant Apostolic Order was Jon Braun, dick ballew, jack Sparks, Pete gilquist, ray Nethery and another man whose name slipped away. They had all been buddies in campus crusade for christ, departed from that and all kept in touch working at various ministries. The NCAO became very authoritarian not unlike lee. The whole authority submission thing was rampant in many quarters in those days. The Wor of God catholic charismatic community in Ann arbor was very authoritarian. Eventually most of the NCAO ended up in the antiochian Orthodox Church. Ray Nethery broke with them and the Mansfield Ohio church became Covenant Renewal Churches or some such name and very a,in to Vineyard churches.

I am so at home in the one holy catholic and apostolic church. Holy baptism unites me to all who believe and are baptized in His Name. Sadly we are not all agreed in doctrine but doctrine is not the bogey man...sin is. True doctrine is healthy and life giving as Paul plainly taught and false doctrine is damning. I would much rather be in submission to doctrine, than to a Lee or any abusive authoritarian leader and there are many. It is the way of our old Adam.

Art