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Originally Posted by Sam
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Fixed the links ...
However, sociologist Flora writes about 1965 ...
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Division in the United Pentecostal Church in North America affected Colombian Pentecostals. Brother Stairs, of the
Canadian Branch of the United Pentecostal Church, led a separation movement of Canadian churches from the parent body.
A separate Canadian mission board was set up. The Larsens, in Colombia, and the Drosts, now in Uruguay, went with the Canadian
branch of the church, becoming their missionaries, financially dependent upon them instead of the United States. The Thompsons
and Morleys stayed with the U.S. branch of the church. The U.S. church was given Colombia as a missions field. The Canadians
began urging the Colombian Pentecostals to separate for the United States, make themselves independent and join in partnership
with the Canadians.
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If I take what Bishop Holland says ... the center of this was control ... and especially control of the purse strings.
The national church in Colombia writes a manifesto in 1965 also.
In 1967 the break is finalized in Colombia ... Morley and Thompson resign from the national affiliation ... and stay with the mothership ... under the International umbrella.
I guess ... we can surmise that Drost ... was either sent to Spain by the Canadian mission board ... or decided Europe was a greener less politicized pasture than S. America ...
and of course in need of the message and heeding to the calling of God.
Lastly, Spain has been a challenge for Oneness Pentecostals ... even to this day ... it's strong roots in Catholicism and European liberalism ... might have appealed to Drost as challenging field to till.
Those Spaniards, Italians and French will not give up their wine.
OPs have yet to make a significant dent in this area of the world, IMO.
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