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2.4 How ACOP Came into Existence
Of the original purposes listed for the formation of the ACOP, which stands out to you as the most interesting, and why?
- To establish and carry on a church for the worship of God to be known as "Apostolic Church of Pentecost" and for this purpose to develop the work of such Church in all its branches in Canada;
- (For such purposes) to buy, acquire, hold, sell or lease real estate or personal property, and to build upon, improve or otherwise develop real property;
- To sell or otherwise dispose of the property of the Corporation, or any part thereof, as the Corporation may think fit;
- To carry on home and foreign missionary work for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ;
- To engage in philanthropic work of any kind;
- To print, publish, distribute and sell and buy Christian literature, periodicals, pamphlets, booklets, books and other writings for the furtherance of the work of the Corporation;
- To solicit, collect and accept moneys or funds, or other subscriptions of money or goods for carrying on the work of the Corporation and any other Christian or benevolent purpose
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The first purpose is the one that stands out to me as in previous videos in the Vision and Culture Course, Wes spoke a lot about the ACOP as a fellowship not a denomination. It’s interesting to me to consider whether Franklin Small or any of the signatories had this view of a fellowship in mind, or if they were as Wes hinted at, perhaps a bit more reactionary to the PAOC. Given the latitude for difference in the current statement of faith the narrative commentary, and both of their recognitions of different orders of truths or positions, I wonder what Franklin Small would make of that today, and how he would have navigated the self governing nature of the ACOP churches today, and if that was what they had in mind.
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For such purposes) to buy, acquire, hold, sell or lease real estate or personal property, and to build upon, improve or otherwise develop real property. I believe this is the most interesting idea! The church was going to function as an evangelistic outreach but it was going to be self-sustaining and wouldn’t need to depend on the people to do it’s business. Now this does have drawbacks in that the people would have very little vested interest in the church as their money would be going elsewhere; and where our money goes, so goes our heart…I am not sure how much I agree with this statement, but I do find it very original as it relates to the church business we know today. If done well, the church could afford to house the homeless, feed the poor and provide various supports in their community.
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What stand out the most , point six. To print and publish literature and get them into the hands of the masses. This way there was not conflict of theology. This was what the ACOP stood for. To buy and sell real estate may because the founder might have been a real estate agent, that’s an interesting way to be financially stable as an organization.
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Number 3.
Our church is growing exponentially, therefore this sticks out to me. Having the ability to leave something to find bigger and or add on for growth purposes.
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