First, the popular Alpha courses that introduce Christianity, originating in London's Holy Trinity Brampton Church in the 1970s and «80s, have helped put «gifts of the Spirit» belief's into a broader framework, say
Protestant charismatic groups.
Not exact matches
The movement reached its height during the 1970s as
charismatic renewal
groups formed in every major
Protestant denomination, in Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches and among Jewish converts.
Yet because
charismatics and Pentecostals generally shared with evangelical
Protestants a conservative political - moral outlook, many in these
Protestant groups toned down their hostility and made peace in various ways.
Remnant
charismatic groups in mainline
Protestant circles persist, sometimes identifying with socially conservative renewal
groups that oppose progressive leaders in mainline denominations, attacking their liberal social stances.