ARLINGTON – The Southern Baptist pastor who found himself at the center of a controversy over speaking in tongues drew renewed support Tuesday from a group of pastors who want the denomination to re-examine policies governing the practice.
About 150 pastors and other church leaders from around the country participated in a roundtable discussion at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, home of the Rev. Dwight McKissic.
Trustees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth voted in October that they would not tolerate any promotion of "private prayer language" at the school. The vote came nearly two months after McKissic said during a chapel service that he sometimes speaks in tongues while praying....