Professional paper
What new church movements expect from spiritual leader
Miljenko Stojić
Abstract
New church movements today are a sign ofthe ivorking ofthe
Holy Špirit in His Church. Being that sinful men make up part of
them fhey are in danger ofgoing ožfin wrong directions. For that
reason it is necessary for them to have good spiritual leaders. The
main characteristics ofsuch a spiritual leader would have to be: a
broad experience ofthe faith, a faith witnesses by life, prayer and
openness to prophetic inspirations. He instructs, consoles, and
makes judgments. He teaches others how to live in obedience to
God's word and how, at the same time, to live in complete freedom.
This, of course, does not mean that either the members of new
church movements or their spiritual leaders are allowed to feel like
some privileged class. They are only doing what is recorded in
Sacred Scripture, realizing their own membership in 'The People of
God".
Keywords
new church movements; spiritual leader
Hrčak ID:
51444
URI
Publication date:
23.6.1997.
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