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

What all true Pentecostal heart’s desire is to distinguish
between the wheat of an authentic moving of the Holy Spirit
and the chaff of individualistic exploitation of a popular cult
for personal ends. One of the recurrent temptations of
successful evangelists is to branch off on their own and
become individualists. This is partially rectified when the
evangelists see the apostolic wisdom of getting around them a
team of co-workers, and indeed the exigencies of large
campaigns leave them no alternative. A pleasant sight it is to
see a well-matched team at work in mass evangelism. But the
"team" idea needs a far wider application than the mere
campaign. The evangelistic or missionary team is itself only
part of the whole body of Christ, and the labours of the
evangelist are lost almost before he has begun if he fails to
work harmoniously with the churches around him. The God
who has set some in the church for miracles and gifts of
healing has also set first apostles, secondarily prophets, and
thirdly teachers; and He who gave some evangelists, gave
others to be pastors and teachers (1Corinthians12:28;
Ephesians4:11).
Which brings us to the other matter of our Bible schools.
God be thanked that they continue full and are increasing. I
write this from the burning heart of one of them. Let critics
within and without the Pentecostal movement weigh the fact
that these thousands of our keenest, most consecrated, most
spiritual, and most intelligent young men and women are
devoting themselves to the study of the Scriptures in order to
be well furnished for the ministry of the gospel.
It is generally conceded that the supreme priorities now in
missionary work are Bible schools and literature. For that
reason we can read with thankfulness of invaluable Bible
schools and courses conducted in the Congo, in Kenya, in
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