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Enrichment Journal and the Coming-of-Age of the Assemblies of God

Here are links to some impressive issues of Enrichment Journal (a quarterly ministry journal for Pentecostal and Charismatic ministers, especially Assemblies of God ministers):

 On Science and Religion
http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/201204/index.cfm
http://faithandscience.ag.org/

 On Politics and Religion


http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/201002/index.cfm

It appears to me that the Assemblies of God has been distancing itself from fundamentalist evangelicalism. I personally consider that as an admirable sensitivity to where the Spirit is
leading the Church.

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