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The Church of Eleven22 Statement of Faith on Continuation of spiritual gifts

UNDATED (READ 2026) · ACTS 29 / REFORMED EVANGELICAL · DOCUMENT, NOT A PERSON
READ IN A PRIMARY SOURCEAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Yes, the gifts continue

All the gifts of the Holy Spirit at work in the church of the first century are available today and are to be earnestly desired and practiced in an orderly manner. The gifts are essential in the mission of the Church in the world today.
Statement of Faith, Empowered by the Spirit ↗

THE POSITION

Continuationist without hedging. Every gift at work in the first-century church is held to be available now, to be earnestly desired, to be practised in an orderly manner, and to be essential — not merely permitted — to the church's mission. The same section frames the Spirit's empowering for witness and service as a standing expectation, with the promise of the Father freely available to all who believe and a continual filling with power to witness.

5 OTHERS HOLD THIS

AthanasiusBasil the GreatJosh HowertonIrenaeusJohn Piper
No, they ceased with the apostolic ageVODDIE BAUCHAM · CALVIN · CHRYSOSTOM · JONATHAN EDWARDS · JOHN MACARTHUR · JOHN OWEN · JUSTIN PETERS · R.C. SPROUL
Open in principle, cautious in practiceAUGUSTINE · M. HEISER · TIM KELLER · LUTHER · GAVIN ORTLUND
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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

The confession of a multi-campus Jacksonville church founded by Joby Martin in 2012 and belonging to the Acts 29 network — Reformed on sin and justification, continuationist on the gifts, and conspicuously silent on election.

10 OF 18 POSITIONS QUOTED
Everything The Church of Eleven22 Statement of Faith holds →
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"The Church of Eleven22 Statement of Faith on Continuation of spiritual gifts", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/eleven22/spiritual-gifts (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/eleven22/spiritual-gifts).

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