holiness/spirit-filled

I went to the World Cafe on Monday. http://www.asburyseminary.edu/world-cafe This is an event where our community came together to vision cast for the next few decades. It was an honor and exciting to be a part of such a momentous event!

One theme that came up particularly from our international students is the current connection to the Spirit's move and how differently it looks here than in their own countries. We learn in the classroom that the Church is exploding all over the world, particularly in the Southern Hemisphere.

While I feel more freedom to share my belief in an active and present Holy Spirit here than in many places, I still sense an undercurrent among some of hiddeness. Why do we sideline the move of the Spirit? Especially in a city that is known for its great revival in 1970. http://forerunner.com/forerunner/X0585_Asbury_Revival_1970.html

Asbury Theological Seminary was founded more than 80 years ago "to prepare and send forth a well-trained, sanctified, Spirit-filled, evangelistic ministry" in order to spread scriptural holiness around the world. Asbury Seminary continues to hold to this mission, providing holistic ministerial preparation as an interdenominational institution. http://www.asburyseminary.edu/about/history-of-asbury-theological-seminary

One of the ladies in the dorm is a member of a Vineyard Church, and in discussion has expressed her frustration at the lack of instruction on participation with the Spirit. In a country where we submit ourselves to the philosophical methods of academia, should we do so at the detriment of the fullness of what God has for us? Does this disengage us from the greater Academy?

Soundtrack: Intoxicating, David Crowder