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Probably one of the strongest movements of the Holy Spirit is in the Roman Catholic Church, so there's not a huge theological difference between the official teaching of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Church.

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Nicky Gumbel
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 28
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Inner and Outer London
Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel
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