Anabaptist Charismatic Hybrid

I have often searched for fellowship that is both somewhat Anabaptist and Charismatic. The goal is to follow the word of God together more closely than has been possible in our cultural context. Essentially, we want to avoid human traditions that have often overgrown the word of God. We are not advocating everything that Anabaptists or Charismatics have ever taught. But where they have been strong in calling attention to overlooked areas of the New Testament, this is where we have much in common. One group tends to emphasize obedience to the Sermon on the Mount, and the other stresses that spiritual gifts are still relevant today. These are good qualities as part of a well-rounded and obedient Christian life.

We want to combine these good efforts at obedience (not to earn salvation, which is only by faith in God's gift to us in Jesus Christ). For an example, 1 Corinthians chapters 14 and 11 are almost never followed word for word in any church, at least not that I have encountered in our California setting. When, for instance, have you seen a church obedient in allowing supernatural spiritual gifts in the church AND only allowing speaking in tongues if it is interpreted AND allowing only two or three prophets to speak AND only allowing men to have speaking roles in the church AND following what is written about head coverings for men and women?

Most churches today follow only part of these sections of scripture, even though they are in the New Testament, and part of the Kingdom culture that the apostles taught and modeled in every place. In other words, what we find commanded or taught in the New Testament is for all believers everywhere. We are not to selectively choose what fits our own culture or mindset.

Here are just a couple of verses that show that the apostles expected all believers to follow their example and teachings everywhere, in every church:

"For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church."
(1 Corinthians 4:17)

[after writing about everything in 1 Corinthians 14] "If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. "
(1 Corinthians 14:37)

Read 1 Corinthians chapter 14 - the whole chapter - carefully and slowly. How are we doing at obeying this word of the Lord?

We do not believe that God's commands are optional. And since to raise these issues in most churches today would be considered controversial, it is hard to know how to proceed.