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INTRODUCTIONThe Purpose of This ResourcePerhaps you have had one of the Aldersgate RenewalMinistries [ARM] local church renewal events at yourchurch. Perhaps you and/or some people from your churchhave attended the national Aldersgate conference, the MethodistSchool for Supernatural Ministry, or some other ARM event.The event is over. What now? How do you evaluate whathappened during the event and what may be happening now inyour church? What steps should be taken next? If issues havearisen, how are you going to deal with them?
Shepherding Renewal | 6This resource is designed to help clergy, congregationalshepherds, address these kinds of questions after the event is over.What is renewal or revival?Renewal and revival are not biblical terms and they have beenvariously defined: there is no universally agreed upon definition.Some people may define these words in one way and then say thatothers are not experiencing true renewal or revival unless all thefactors in their definition are present.For the purpose of this booklet renewal and revival will beloosely defined as a time when the Holy Spirit moves in a significantway, touching and changing many lives in a congregation.Air is present everywhere. It sustains life on earth. Yet aircan move in a certain location and we call it wind. Air as windcan move powerfully in a certain location and we call it a storm,or tornado or hurricane.The Holy Spirit is present everywhere and sustains life onearth. As United Methodists we believe in the prevenient grace ofGod—the Holy Spirit working on all people everywhere trying tolead them to Jesus Christ.The word for Spirit and wind are the same word in the OldTestament. Jesus compared the Spirit to the wind in his discussionwith Nicodemus in John 3. We see in the Bible that the HolySpirit, like the wind, can move, even powerfully, in a certain place.In the Old Testament the presence of God descended uponMt. Sinai. The presence of God descended upon the Tent ofMeeting. When the Tabernacle and Temple were dedicated thepresence of God came in a concentrated and powerful way, somuch so that the priests were no longer able to stand up. The Sprit
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