Pentecostalism and Charismaticism have in recent times made many inroads into evangelical churches, including amongst the Mennonites. Some depart from more “conservative” type evangelical churches into Pentecostalism or Charismatic-type of neo-evangelical churches. The lack of continuationism is a game changer for them; they want the sign gifts, the healings, tongues-speaking, exorcisms and secondary baptism of the Holy Spirit, since they want to believe God is continuing to

The gift of tongues, which was bestowed upon men for the first time on the day of Pentecost, was a miraculous endowment which enabled those who received it to speak in languages unfamiliar to themselves. Thereby they were empowered to declare the glad tidings to those with whom they would not have been able otherwise to communicate. This “tongues-speaking” of Pentecostals and Charismatics, on the other hand, is snake oil. It’s an imposter and needs to be boldly and aggressive