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

Lord at all costs. Flight into deliberate formalism is a poor
remedy for its occasional abuse and marks poor leadership.
The demands upon leaders of Pentecostal meetings for
wisdom, love, and power are tremendous. But they are the
inescapable price of being within a revival. We believe those
demands can be met in the fullness of the Spirit of Christ.
And He who delivers from unclean spirits also heals the sick
in mind.
What Others Are Saying About Us
Here are three articles from our contemporaries that carry
blunt references to the Pentecostal movement. Though
outspoken they are not unfriendly; rather the reverse. Old
prejudices that always referred to the movement as essentially
erroneous, or even devilish, happily seem at last to be dying
out. We have no objection to brotherly criticism. We have
given plenty. We trust we have enough humility of mind to
learn from what others are saying about us.
Incidentally it is significant that there are these increasing
references. We are encouraged by the fact that the
Pentecostals can no longer be treated with disdain. To be
quietly ignored is worse than violent attack. And we willingly
grant that recognition is, and must be, based upon deeds and
not words. It was the "Acts" of the apostles rather than their
words that first drew wide attention to the primitive
Pentecostal church. Theorizing about Pentecostal doctrines
will impress none but theorists. It is manifest spiritual power
that compels notice. Every true revival must find its soul in
fervent evangelism or else dwindle into a rather exclusive sect
for specialists.
For that reason we are gratified by the reference to the
Pentecostal revival made in the Annual Synod of the
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