The Sentinel Watch

  Being slain in the Spirit is a Pentecostal practice whereby a person falls backward after a minister touches him or her on the forehead. In many Pentecostal churches, falling under the anointing is a session of the service that members eagerly await. It usually comes after the minister’s sermon. People come forward to be delivered from their life problems. The minister or pastor would then touch them of the fore head and they would fall backward. They would stay in a cataleptic state on the ground for a time ranging from one minute to one hour and sometimes more. Popular Pentecostal ministers are all involved into this practice. The minister’s power is measured by whether people fall backward and writhe on the ground at his touch. It is noteworthy at this point to say that Maria woodworth-Etter might have been the first Holiness/Pentecostal minister to exhibit the slaying in the spirit phenomenon. Roberts Liardon in his book “God’s General” says on page 48-49, under the parag