The C&MA affirms that the Holy Spirit continues to work in and through believers today, providing guidance, empowerment, and giftings for the church's mission. This reflects the influence of Keswick holiness theology and openness to charismatic renewal. The Spirit's gifts, including prophecy, healing, and other charismata, are affirmed as continuing in the church. However, the C&MA insists that all such claims to Spirit activity must be tested against Scripture.

While affirming that God continues to speak and guide through the Spirit, the C&MA does not hold that there is new written revelation equal to Scripture. The 66 canonical books remain the complete written Word of God. Any contemporary utterance or claim to divine guidance must be consistent with Scripture and subject to verification by Scripture and the church's discernment. The C&MA leadership and theologians are cautious about claims to new revelation or prophecy, requiring that such claims be demonstrated to be from the Holy Spirit and not from human imagination or demonic deception.

This balanced position reflects the C&MA desire to honor the Spirit's ongoing work while protecting the finality and sufficiency of biblical revelation. Believers are called to be attentive to the Spirit's leading through prayer, the study of Scripture, the counsel of mature believers, and providential circumstances. The Spirit's guidance through these channels is trusted, but it never contradicts or supersedes the written Word of God.