Fire in My Bones: If You Want New Wine, You Need New Wineskins - J. Lee Grady CHARISMA

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

If You Want New Wine, You Need New Wineskins (Getty Images/iStock/Getty Images Plus/RinoCdZ) You may not have heard the crashing sound. But last week, old walls of tradition collapsed when the nation's largest Protestant denomination elected a new leader. The commotion occurred after J.D. Greear, 45, a successful pastor from Durham, North Carolina, was elected president of the 15-million-member Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). Greear is the youngest leader of the SBC in 37 years, and he brings with him a fresh approach to ministry that could trigger a wave of growth as well as upset some hyper-conservatives. Greear lives outside the traditional Baptist box. His church doesn't even have the word "Baptist" in it. The Summit Church, which he started with 300 members in 2001, has now grown to 10,000 members who meet in nine locations throughout the Raleigh-Durham area. The church's worship has an exuberant charismatic flair. In a 2012 teaching series on the Holy Spirit, he told his congregation that it's a sin to restrict speaking in tongues. But most of all, The Summit is aggressively evangelistic and missions-focused. When Greear was elected on June 12, he said God is stirring the SBC and exposing "a startling amount of sin in our midst." Greear said he welcomed God's uncomfortable work "because whom the Lord loves, he chastens." He was specifically referencing recent reports that SBC leaders have at times told women in abusive marriages that they should submit to domineering husbands. read more  A Voice Calling Out Prophetic Voice James Goll: How to Guard Your Heart in Seasons of Transition Trauma and heartache can easily plunge you into wrong attitudes. Here's how to keep watch. Prophetic Insight Prophecy: 'Fight the Snakes That Are Coming Against You' "Do not let dead things grow in this house. Get these snakes out." Power Up! A Sure Way to Gain Access to God's Ear The answer in hidden in the psalms. More from Charisma Magazine — Joyce Meyer Shares the Antidote to Your Deepest Fears — Wage Spiritual Warfare With this Personal Prophetic Weapon

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