All with One Accord (Donald Gee) - Deal Pentecostal Church

could be done on this line that is well worth doing. The
further multiplication of new sects has become little better
than a crime. Organized fellowship between similar
denominations provides valuable opportunity for easing
friction and strengthening a common testimony in many ways.
But the dream of creating one world-wide denomination out
of the Pentecostal movement can be dismissed as hopeless. If
ever it were achieved we may be almost certain it would no
longer be Pentecostal.
In view of these things there are those who choose the road
of retreat into the idea of entirely independent churches. This
offers a superficial imitation of the primitive Christian
assemblies, but the stern necessity of serving our own
generation by the will of God insists upon the realism that
they succeed in provoking just one more division in the
Church - the independents as distinct from all the rest! An
ideology of "freedom" easily results in bondage to an idea
harsher than anything found in more organized groups. The
centre of fellowship shifts from the communion of the Holy
Spirit, to mutual agreement about a certain concept of church
government, and that is an impossible practical basis for
world-wide unity.
What, then, is possible Pentecostal unity? An answer is
offered with diffidence. But since our only authority for
quoting the word "Pentecostal" is in a testimony connected
with what happened on that Day we turn to the context with
assurance. It is explicitly stated that the disciples were of "one
accord" before Pentecost, at Pentecost, and after Pentecost
(Acts 1:14; 2:1; 2:46). Their unity, nevertheless, was not of the
impossible type advocated by some fervent preachers as
essential for revival. Put briefly, their primitive Pentecostal
unity consisted of acceptance of the Lordship of Jesus
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