Having grown up in and pastored in the Pentecostal\/Charismatic tradition, people often ask if I am still a charismatic, now that I\u2019m an Anglican. Fortunately, to be Anglican does not require one to cease being charismatic, and I feel I\u2019ve continued in that.<\/p>\n
But being Anglican has changed my understanding of what it means to be charismatic. I tend to tell folks that I believe that most of the charismatic experience and renewal over the past century has been a move of the Holy Spirit, and has had a miraculously good effect. And yet at the same time, I tend to not agree with much of the theology and practice of the charismatic movement. When I share that, though, the reaction is often \u201cWait a minute. Can you do that? Can you be a charismatic who doesn\u2019t wholly subscribe to charismatic practice or theology?\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n
I think so. Let me explain.<\/p>\n