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Private Prayer Language and the Gift of Tongues -- Protestant Pastors and Laity and Southern Baptist Seminary Graduates--. Spring 2007. Methodology – Pastor and Laity. Phone survey conducted April-May 2007 1,004 Protestant laity 405 Southern Baptist senior pastors

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Spring 2007

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  1. Private Prayer Language and the Gift of Tongues-- Protestant Pastors and Laity and Southern Baptist Seminary Graduates-- Spring 2007

  2. Methodology – Pastor and Laity • Phone survey conducted April-May 2007 • 1,004 Protestant laity • 405 Southern Baptist senior pastors • 600 other Protestant senior pastors • Sample sizes for total laity and pastors provide 95% confidence that sampling error does not exceed +3.1% (+4.8% for Southern Baptist pastors) • Laity sample consists of adults (18 and over) who attend church at least 5 times a year and whose religious preference is Protestant.

  3. Methodology – SBC Seminary Graduates All 1998-2004 Masters level seminary graduates from Golden Gate, New Orleans, Midwestern, Southeastern, Southwestern, and the Canadian Baptist Seminary were invited to answer related questions. A limited subset of Southern graduates were available for the study.

  4. Key Findings Private Prayer Language • The majority of Protestant senior pastors and laity believe the Holy Spirit gives some people a special language to pray to God • Half of Southern Baptist pastors believe in Private Prayer Language

  5. Key Findings Spiritual Gift of Tongues • The majority of Protestant senior pastors and laity believe the gift of tongues is still given today • 55% of recent SBC seminary graduates believe the gift of tongues has ceased and less than 6% practice the gift • The majority of Protestant pastors understand “tongues” in the New Testament to mean languages

  6. Private Prayer Language Protestant pastors are more likely to believe the Holy Spirit gives some people a Private Prayer Language (63%) than Protestant laity (51%) Believe in Private Prayer Language Don’t Know 3% Don’t Know15% No 33% Yes 51% Yes 63% No 34% Q2 Do you believe that the Holy Spirit gives some people the gift of a special language to pray to God privately? Some people refer to this as a Private Prayer Language or the “private use of tongues.”

  7. Private Prayer Language Southern Baptist senior pastors are less likely to believe the Holy Spirit gives some people a Private Prayer Language (50%) than non-SBC Protestant pastors (66%) Believe in Private Prayer Language Don’t Know 7% Don’t Know 3% No 32% No 43% Yes 66% Yes 50% Q2 Do you believe that the Holy Spirit gives some people the gift of a special language to pray to God privately? Some people refer to this as a Private Prayer Language or the “private use of tongues.”

  8. Spiritual Gift of Tongues The majority of Protestant pastors believe the spiritual gift of tongues is still given today Q3 Which one of the following three options best describes your belief about the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues publicly? Do you believe: 1. This gift is still given today to some believers, 2. This gift is still given today to all true believers, or 3. This gift was only given in the days of the Apostles

  9. Spiritual Gift of Tongues Although a quarter of Protestant laity don’t know, a majority believe the gift of tongues is still given today Q3 Which one of the following three options best describes your belief about the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues publicly? Do you believe: 1. This gift is still given today to some believers, 2. This gift is still given today to all true believers, or 3. This gift was only given in the days of the Apostles

  10. Spiritual Gift of Tongues Southern Baptist pastors are more likely than nonSBC pastors to believe the gift of tongues has ceased Q3 Which one of the following three options best describes your belief about the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues publicly? Do you believe: 1. This gift is still given today to some believers, 2. This gift is still given today to all true believers, or 3. This gift was only given in the days of the Apostles

  11. Spiritual Gift of Tongues More recent Southern Baptist seminary graduates believe the gift of tongues has ceased than current SBC pastors Recent GraduatesfromSouthern BaptistSeminaries^ Southern Baptist Pastors* *SBC Senior Pastors who selected “This gift was only given in the days of the Apostles” as best describing their belief about the spiritual gift of speaking in tongues publicly (Q3). ^1998-2004 Masters level graduates of SBC seminaries who strongly or somewhat agree with the statement, “I believe that the gift of tongues (as described in 1Corinthians) ceased to be a valid gift in times past.”

  12. Spiritual Gift of Tongues Less than 6% of 1998-2004 Masters level graduates of Southern Baptist seminaries personally utilize the gift of tongues^ Recent GraduatesfromSouthern BaptistSeminaries^ ^1998-2004 Masters level graduates of SBC seminaries who indicated Yes to the question, “Do you pray in tongues, practice glossolalia, or have a private prayer language?”

  13. Meaning of “tongues” The majority of Protestant pastors understand “tongues” in the New Testament to mean languages; laity are divided between languages, special utterances, and not knowing Q4 Which one of the following two options best describes your understanding of the term “tongues” used in the New Testament? 1. “Tongues” refers to the God-given ability to speak another language you had not previously been able to speak, 2. “Tongues” refers to special utterances given by the Holy Spirit meant as messages to the congregation with the help of an interpreter

  14. Meaning of “tongues” Southern Baptist senior pastors are a little more likely than nonSBC Protestant pastors to understand “tongues” to mean languages in the New Testament Q4 Which one of the following two options best describes your understanding of the term “tongues” used in the New Testament? 1. “Tongues” refers to the God-given ability to speak another language you had not previously been able to speak, 2. “Tongues” refers to special utterances given by the Holy Spirit meant as messages to the congregation with the help of an interpreter

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