Sign Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Moody maintains that there is one baptism of the Holy Spirit that occurs at the time a person is born again,¹ placing that one into the body of Christ.² Moody also distinguishes between spiritual gifts distributed to believers to equip them for ministry³ and the "sign gifts" which are understood to have been manifestations of the Holy Spirit to authenticate the messenger and the gospel message during the foundational period of the church.⁴

Therefore, Moody holds that "sign gifts" are not normative for the church today.⁵ While this institutional position is not and must not be a test of fellowship with those whose traditions differ, members of this community will not practice or propagate practices at variance with Moody's position.

¹ Acts 2:38; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13

² Romans 12:4–5; 1 Corinthians 12:12

³ 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4:7–13; 1 Peter 4:10–11

⁴ 1 Corinthians 13:8–10; 14:20–22

⁵ 1 Corinthians 1:22; 13:8–10