A recent phenomenon of charismatic renewal took place in Toronto in
the mid-1990s. Commonly known as the "Toronto Blessing" and
operated by the former Vineyard Church leaders John and Carol
Arnott, the renewal was defined by reports of uncontrollable
laughter, weeping, speaking in tongues, animal noises, and falling
on the floor during worship. Sympathetic Christians embraced these
practices while others who believed that this form of worship
boarded on spectacle rejected them. By the end of the 1990s most
people thought that the renewal was over. Yet, in the first decade
of the twenty-first century, the authors-a sociologist and a
theologian-heard rumors that the Toronto church, now known as
"Catch the Fire," was still holding mass meetings with upwards of
2,000 people in attendance. They also learned of an emerging
practice of "soaking prayer," an adaption of
Pentecostal-charismatic prayer that, participants and leaders
claim, facilitates and expands the reception of divine love in
order to give it away in acts of forgiveness, reconciliation,
compassion, and benevolence. Soaking, the authors reveal, is a
metaphor for practices like resting in the Spirit, prayer for
spiritual gifts, healing, prophecy, impartation, and supports
overall charismatic spirituality. Attending "Catch the Fire"
conferences, churches, and house meetings in the United States,
Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, Wilkinson and Althouse
observed first-hand how people soak, what it means to soak, and why
soaking is considered an important practice among charismatics.
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