From Tasmania-
THEY are happy and they are clappy, but they do not talk in tongues, says Wellspring's minister Rev David Rietveld.
"I have never heard anyone speak in tongues as part of our service," he said.
"Someone might do it in the back corner and I might not know about it.
"There would be members of our congregation who practise this [speaking in tongues] in private or in small groups."
Mr Rietveld was responding to complaints from traditional worshippers, who say happy clappers who "froth at the mouth" and "speak in strange tongues" are taking over Tasmania's Anglican Church.
Wellspring was formed when the Anglican Church sold North Hobart's historic Holy Trinity and three-quarters of Holy Trinity's congregation has left for more traditional churches.
Mr Rietveld said all organisations had to evolve and re-invent themselves.
"Some people want the Anglican Church to worship only as it
did in the '60s and '70s," he said.
"The Anglican Church has services to look after traditional Anglicans but we also need to accommodate young families, university students, overseas students, and they have different needs.
"Any organisation that does not move with the times risks dying with the generation it attaches itself to."
Mr Rietveld is a very modern minister.
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http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2010/02/01/125121_tasmania-news.html
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