Baptist Church Experience Essay

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I originally grew up attending a Baptist church that my family and I hardly ever went to, so when I first got introduced to Pentecostalism, it honestly really scared me and I thought that it was not normal. I remember sitting in a Sunday service at an Assemblies of God church for the first time and hearing someone shout and speak in other tongues. I had no idea what was going on with this lady! I was frantically looking around to see what everyone else was doing, and everyone had closed their eyes and began praying; I had no idea why. I also remember shortly after she spoke in tongues, someone else in the congregation began to interpret what she said. I thought that it was all some kind of joke at first, and it left me really confused with …show more content…

Our service ran long that night, and the senior pastor and other members of the church came and began praying for everyone in our youth group and our youth pastors. It was pretty neat that the congregation and pastor came to witness and encourage all of us. The feeling I had after this experience was indescribable. It was a sense of joy, happiness, and peace that I have never felt before in my entire life. It was most defiantly a life changing experience that I will never forget! Looking back on it there were both positive and negative aspects to my experience with Pentecostalism. The major negative aspect was the fact that I had no idea what Pentecostalism was or what it meant so when I saw it happen for the first time it terrified me, and because of that I did not even want to be filled with the Holy Spirit for the longest time. The major positive aspect was that because I had the opportunity to witness it happen to someone, it sparked my curiosity and encouraged me to learn more about it. Which in turn led me to overcome the fear I had and actually got to experience it for

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