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Building on the Black Church’s Bible Legacy | [View online]( [Give Now]( Advertisement [Christianity Today Connection]( [Home]( [Our Latest]( [Subscribe]( Wednesday, February 6, 2019 [Our Churches Are Either Sacramental or Charismatic]( [Our Churches Are Either Sacramental or Charismatic]( The Early Church didn't make a distinction. So why do we? Andrew Wilson It is an oddity of contemporary Christianity, at least in the West, that the churches that emphasize the sacraments generally do not emphasize spiritual gifts, and vice versa. This Sunday, thousands of believers will enter a sanctuary in which all eyes are drawn to the table near the front. They will brush past a baptismal font as they find a seat, sing hymns and recite prayers that have sustained believers for centuries, confess that they believe in one holy, catholic, and apostolic church, and ... 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