Apostolic Revival

Jason B · #1 03-07-2008, 08:07 PM

I am new to this board, so please pardon me if you all have discussed this before.

I am at a total loss why we apostolics tend to be divisive and reclusive as a movement. What could we do and how could we affect to world, if we had a real apostolic fellowship? Instead of putting UPC missionaries basically in competition with ALJC missionaries and PAW missionaries, we could plan better, say this city has a missionary or two, so why not put the next missionary in the next city. Imagine the influence of our churches if we had 2 or 3 large churches in a major city, instead of 40 churches of 20 people.

Yet of course, we can't fellowship with the next church, well because they have tv's, or our sleeves are longer than theirs. And we cant come together in unity, because someone would have to be an associate/asst pastor, instead of senior pastor. And God forbid if anyone give up thier place as superintendent or other posistions.

So we pine away, one split after another. We as a movement are surviving, but not thriving. And why? Has the power of God left? No. But we have decided who is God's church and who isn't.

I have never been to or even heard of a service, meeting, conference or campmeeting that was put together for the purpose of apostolics coming together for woship and unity.

I live in texas, and can testify it would be amazing if any of these things happened here. (On an unrelated thought, when did camp meeting become a social fashion party?) Can you imagine a conference that was UPC, ALJC, PAW, AWCF, and independents. It would have to be held in a stadium, certainly would be in Lufkin. Or even an area where 3 small churches pulled together to make 1 fairly strong and noticable church?

Yet from what I can gather, everyone is worried about what this person/group believes about holiness, modesty, tithing, sabbath, etc.

I say (perhaps in ignorance) that we should concentrate on the common denominator, that is our fundamental apostolic doctrine o the oneness of God, baptism in Jesus name, and the infilling of the Holy Ghost. for by One Spirit we are all baptized into One Body.