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In 1967 a popular New Zealand Christian magazine published a letter written by a concerned church minister, a certain Revd Boniface (Boniface, 1967). His complaint was that the emerging force of neo-Pentecostalism was divisive since it created major divisions within Baptist and Brethren churches, and disrupted the Anglican way of life. He also raised a profoundly pertinent question. Was this new movement ‘the most important development in Christianity in 1600 years or a tremendously dangerous psychological delusion’?
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Hunt, S., Hamilton, M., Walter, T. (1997). Introduction Tongues, Toronto and the Millennium. In: Hunt, S., Hamilton, M., Walter, T. (eds) Charismatic Christianity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26024-9_1
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