Few, if any, of my friends who have been around the pentecostal churches for the last 20 years or so would deny that we have witnessed a change of emphasis in the preaching and ministry.
What we see is the exaltation of the power of finance, and what amounts to a suppression of the power of the Holy Spirit, at least in many of the ways He was formerly free to move in the churches.
In most pentecostal congregations, who are following the “mega” ministries of this world, we hear again and again on the importance of giving money to the local church, for “kingdom purposes” yada yada yada, bu