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Survey on the Influence of Pentecostalism in the Congregation |
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Jackson Snyder, 10/5/92 |
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Dear participant:
I am a second year student at Candler School of Theology in Atlanta. A course I am
taking this term is Methodism and Movements of the Spirit. The purpose of this survey
is to assess to some degree the influence of Pentecostalism on doctrine and practice in
small, rural United Methodists Churches of our geographic area.
If you would like a copy of the finished research, please send a self-addressed
stamped envelope (with $0.58 postage) to me at the address above. Thank you.
Circle as many choices as apply.
1. My ministry in the church is
a. lay person
b. lay speaker
c. lay preacher
d. lay leader
e. appointed pastor.
2. I am
a. male
b. female
3. My age is
a. under 28
b. 28 - 46
c. over 46.
4. In the past, I have been or am now in fellowship with a
a. Baptist Church
b. Pentecostal Church
c. Holiness Church
d. Charismatic fellowship
e. Roman Catholic Church
f. other _______________________________ (or none of these).
5. I (have/have not) experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit (underline choice). (If you answer that you have, give a brief written account on a separate sheet.) 6. (If you underlined have in 5 -)
I was baptized in the Holy Spirit at
a. home
b. church
c. prayer meeting
d. (other) _____________________________.
7. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is best described as
a. empowerment for service
b. enduement of spiritual gifts
c. burning out of sins and sinful nature
d. virtually the same as water baptism
e. (other or "I don't know") ___________________________________________________.
8. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit usually happens
a. automatically at or near the time of regeneration\salvation\new birth
b. at or near the time of water baptism
c. as the response to prayer, asking for it, expecting it to happen
d. (other or "I don't know") ___________________________________________________.
9. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit happens
a. once
b. over and over
10. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit has an initial evidence of
a. power to witness
b. speaking in tongues
c. holy living
d. an inward feeling of assurance
e. (other or "I don't know") ____________________________________________________.
11. Speaking in tongues (that is, supernaturally speaking in another language without
having formally learned it)
a. is an abnormal response to "deprivation," or can best be defined scientifically
b. is of the devil in this era
c. discontinued with the Apostles
d. is a valid experience of God for today
e. is something I have no opinion about now.
12. I
a. speak in tongues now, or have spoken in tongues
b. do not speak in tongues, but want to
c. do not speak in tongues, and do not want to
d. am afraid and uncertain of such things.
13. (If you answered 12 with "a" -) I first spoke in tongues at
a. church
b. home
c. prayer meeting
d. (other) _______________________________________.
14. Around persons that speak in tongues, I feel
a. uncomfortable
b. comfortable
c. ambivalent
d. (I have never been around tongue-talkers).
15. I identify with the term
a. Pentecostal
b. Holiness
c. Charismatic
d. Renewal
e. (other or none) ___________________________.
16. If my church pastor or religious mento told me he/she spoke in tongues, I would
a. feel good about it
b. feel unconcerned about it
c. feel concerned about it
d. consider leaving the church.
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