Chapter 3.1 Flashcards
- Why did the Home Missions and Education Department fail to plant churches?
Church planting was an individual endeavor. The Department lacked the authority to tell the constituency how it should be done.
- How did these Bible schools operate financially?
They operated by faith. Students were assigned chores at the schools to keep tuition low. Sometimes the schools received donations from other schools that had closed.
- What general characteristics did the schools share?
They operated by faith. Each had a low enrollment that encouraged personal contact between students and teachers (mentoring). Spiritual life was strengthened through chapel services. Bible courses formed the core of the curriculum. Teachers had little formal training. The endurance of hardships in school developed ministers with deep commitments to God’s work.
- What program was developed to prepare men and women to meet the district ministerial training requirements?
The Berean School of the Bible in 1947.
- How has Gospel Publishing House assisted in discipling believers?
The GPH printed tracts, booklets, the Pentecostal Evangel, and Sunday school materials. GPH also printed important doctrinal manuals. Songbooks assisted Pentecostals in expressing their faith through singing.
- Why did the Assemblies of God support World War II when its adherents remained pacifists during World War I?
Since the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, the Assemblies of God felt it was a just war. They supported the war effort in order to preserve religious freedom and other liberties
- What need was revealed during the World War II war effort?
The need for more ministerial training was revealed when A/G ministers were turned down for the chaplaincy.
- What reasons did J. Roswell Flower give for joining the NAE?
The need to protect investments in gospel radio programs. The NAE could also assist the Assemblies of God in other areas such as missions.
- How did the Assemblies of God benefit from joining the NAE?
The A/G benefited by being accepted as Trinitarian Pentecostals. Their gospel broadcasts were protected. The NAE office in Washington, D. C. assisted the Assemblies of God in missions and other concerns. Through contact at the NAE meetings, Pentecostals formed the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America.
- How did the Council handle the problem of the growing number of responsibilities on its officers?
They increased the number of executives. Four assistant general superintendents were added to share in the administrative responsibilities. The editor of the Pentecostal Evangel also gained executive status.
