Have you ever seen professing Christians lose control of their bodies and then attribute their bizarre behavior to the Holy Spirit? Many leaders in the Charismatic Movement call this the "Baptism of Fire". But when did this practice get introduced into the Church? Daniel Long tells the story of Benjamin Hardin Irwin, an immoral and fraudulent leader who began his own denomination around an experience he believed to be the "Baptism of Fire".
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