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2.4 How ACOP Came into Existence
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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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I personally find the most interesting factor to be the one that is absent; nothing about training, teaching, disciple-making, or missions-oriented things. Perhaps that is not the time and place for such a thing, but you would imagine in the foundations of anything to do with Christ there should be a ministerial, outreach-oriented focus in every list you have.
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- To engage in philanthropic work of any kind; One of my passion is to spread the gospel to individuals with addictions. To allow God to work in their lives. To let them know God loves them and he can heal them.
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