Sign Gifts of the Holy Spirit

MBI maintains that there is one baptism of the Holy Spirit that occurs at the time a person is born again,¹ placing that one into the body of Christ.² MBI also distinguishes between spiritual gifts distributed to believers to equip them for ministry³ and the "sign gifts" which are understood to have been manifestations of the Holy Spirit to authenticate the messenger and the gospel message during the foundational period of the church.⁴ Therefore, Moody holds that "sign gifts" are not normative for the church today.⁵ While this institutional position is not and must not be a test of fellowship with those whose traditions differ, members of this community will not practice or propagate practices at variance with Moody's position.
1- Acts 2:38;  Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13
2- Romans 12:4-5; 1 Corinthians 12:12
3- 1 Corinthians 12; Ephesians 4:7-13; 1 Peter 4:10-11
4- 1 Corinthians 13:8-10; 14:20-22
5- 1 Corinthians 1:22; 13:8-10 by Innocent Morris