An investigation into the phenomena and practices of spiritual ...

and they feel. It is not everybody they see that they lay hands on. It depends on where theHoly Spirit leads them. It is time we get out of the rituals in the church and allow the HolySpirit to work.Rosato (1999) argues that the “prompting of the Holy Spirit” denotes supernatural powerthat cannot be given by man. However this can only be exercised in the church communityby the permission of the minister or a body of ministers. Although there is a concept ofsupernatural application of power, similar restrictions to those in any organization are inoperation.In a similar vein respondent 2 states „the chosen person becomes a front line target andneeds nurturing and closest monitoring‟ indicating that although there may be asupernatural gift for healing, it is necessary for this gift to operate under close monitoringand cannot be used unsupervised. „There is no discipleship‘ implies that the Holy Spiritcannot be disciplined in the same way that that a Christian or an employee is disciplined bythe church or the employer.5.5.1 Selecting spiritual leaders in the Christian churchesThere is a popular religious literature aimed at potential church leaders who have not yetreceived theological training, advising them on the qualities to look for in themselves andothers. Many skilled leaders according to Winston (2002) do not believe that they arecalled to become leaders when they become members of a church. They expect to be ledby the Holy Spirit or some other force outside human skills. To some extent this is true,although leadership skills are part of the character of the person who is selected to lead.One of the tasks of the Holy Spirit in action through selected individuals is to call godly174