conservative groups such as the Missouri Synod also hold mostly to a cessationist position. Standing in clear opposition to the cessationist position are three groups that encourage the use of all spiritual gifts today: Pentecostals, charismatics, and the Third Wave. Although sometimes people have used the terms “Pentecostal” and “charismatic” indiscriminately to refer to all of these groups, the terms are more accurately understood in the following way: Pentecostal refers to any denomination or