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2.4 How ACOP Came into Existence
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To carry on home and foreign missionary work for the spread of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Very interesting to me because this is the mission to inspire me . In the book of Acts, to go and share everything what they have .
They gather together, prat together and share food together as they follow the call of God in their lives.
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Buying and selling real estate. Having been part of a church plant, I know how important having a building is. Doing build up and tear down every time you want to do a service is a huge challenge, especially with few hands on deck. Likewise, without a proper building it will be hard to maintain during the winter seasons.
Plus, selling makes money when done correctly.. we need money to take the gospel all over the world.
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#4 is interesting because they included missions not only abroad but within our own borders, growing up I always thought of missions as other places in the world, yet in 1921 they were also thinking of missions here in our own country as well. The whole world is a mission field from our neighbour next door to the most obscure places in our world and they recognized it.
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The original purpose that stands out as the most interesting to me is #1. "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". As Wes mentioned in the video, this would appear more church and doctrine-focused than the PAOC at the time, which was a group of different assemblies. It would seem to me that the modern-day ACOP is now more of a fellowship of autonomous churches and I would suggest that the PAOC now works under more of a denominational structure. I find it fascinating how the two organizations seem to have changed in that way over the years. I also find it fascinating that the doctrinal differences that used to separate the two, no longer seem to exist.
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