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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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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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I find the first point the most interesting, that it would all be one church with many branches. I feel as though we have departed from that the most out of all the statements, not necessarily in a negative way, just factually. There are many churches within the fellowship that have ties to ACOP but have little to no association with other affiliated churches. There often feels as though there is a great divide between any of our churches and we have changed the structure of ACOP from when it first started.
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The purpose that stands out to me as the most interesting is: “to engage in philanthropic work of any kind;”. This sticks out to me as the most interesting because that is a big statement to say that they will engage in any kind of philanthropic work. This does not put any kind of limit or requirement on the kind of work they will engage in. I just think that it is cool to have that openness to be the hands and feet of Jesus and engage in work that helps others as much as possible.
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