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denomi nationa l position in t he course of time . 17
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Th e same p rocess was seen in t he emergence of Me t hodi sll ,
wh ich began as a revival e ov e e e nt; within the established o rder
o f the Ang l ici'" Church. The aov ewent r s me mbers , os t r a c i z e d by
local p a r ishe s , f o r me d t heir own c e l lular organizations. Like
the Newfo u ndla nd pe rrt. ecos t.a L movement i t s o l f. g rowt h was s low
at first , but was f ollowe d by g radual organizat ion. 18
final resu l t was a d i stinct d e nomi na.t i on- - t he Method i s t
Church- -wh i ch in t i me beca me incompati b l e wi t h t he f e r vou r o f
its own beg i nn ing s . M" ny Meth odis t s i n Ne wfou nd l and a nd
e lsewhe r e withdr ew a nd joined with t he emergi ng Sa l va tion Army
an d later Pe ntecostal -raveaent , 19 Igor Kopy tof f de f i ned
movements in t h i s sense as " r ap i d l y emer gent i nstit u t ions".l0
I n Newfoun d l a nd Robe r t c . Engl i sh , Alice B. Garrigus' c o-
pa s tor a t Bet hesda, oversaw the mission's initial, modest
e xp a ns ron i nt o r u r al areas. 2 ! Clarke's Beac h had been t he
f i rst site c hosen. Othe r commu ni t i e s in Conce ption and
Placent ia Bay s had been i nt roduced t o the Pentecostal move ­
ment, but onl y secondarily att ach ed t hemselves t o Bethesda .
The wester n move ment was e nt irel y se pa ra te from i ts eastor n
co u nt erpart . Th e o r ga nizationa l e lement was l a c ki ng: ccnm un t­
c a t i on betwee n t he s e pa r a t e mi ssi ons was ml n I me L. "The litt l e
band in Bethes da, " Eugene Vaters noted , "wa s i n much i s ol a t i on
in thos e days: ther e was n o going to- an d-fro.. . " . 27. Though
English regularly visi ted the ou t po r t missions , comm unication
r emained inade qua te. The Pentecostal move men t ha d not bee n
The