Comments on: Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches and Ecumenism: An Interview with Mel Robeck https://pneumareview.com/pentecostalcharismatic-churches-and-ecumenism-an-interview-with-mel-robeck/ Journal of Ministry Resources and Theology for Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministries & Leaders Wed, 06 Jun 2018 18:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Rick Wadholm Jr https://pneumareview.com/pentecostalcharismatic-churches-and-ecumenism-an-interview-with-mel-robeck/#comment-35590 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:14:24 +0000 http://pneumareview.com/?p=7937#comment-35590 A very fine interview with Mel Robeck! Though one of the walls to increasing dialogue (which he briefly mentions) is that there are explicit statements in some of our Pentecostal bylaws which would oppose many forms of ecumenical dialogue (my own fellowship — the AG — included). It seems that more often than not individual members and ministers have to very nearly go against the grain to attempt such dialogue.

Also, while I would agree with his quote from Vatican II, it is still something of a misreading to suggest that for the authors of that statement the wider Church is considered one. The authors, in point of fact, still exclude the majority from full communion on grounds of rejecting the faith of that majority. So while I would like to think that its authors envisioned a universal Church, I am under no pretense that it is so. Instead, again, we must all work against the grain to re-imagine the Kingdom (and His Church) as entailing all who call on the Lord Jesus and walk in His ways.

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