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"a r e no t e d for their sincerity. their ent h us i a s t i c Gospel
singing, and for the ease with whi ch t he uns a ved are attracted
to the services". 1'3
The 1932 Ge nera l c onfere nc e of t he s en t.ec ost.a L nsee mtn Ics
of Ca na da resolved that the Newfoundland de n o mi na tion be
designated a s the Newfoundland Af f i l i a ted Council of t he
Pe nt e c ostul Assemblies of canada , with right of s elf- go vern-
ment; according t o t h e Charter o f the sma ller de nomi nation , the
right to send two delega t es t o the Pe nteco s t a l lIs s emblies o f
Canada General Conf ere nc e s , affil iat ion o n a c oope r-a t i ve
basis, a nd independent f u nctio n i ng on a f inancial and b u s i ne s s
basis. The Pentecostal Assemblies o f Ca n ad a wa s welcom e t o
send o ne or more delegates t o the ann ua l Newfoundland Confer ­
ence . 144 That is, t he larger bod y has never a bsorbed t he
smaller . Especially under Euge ne Va t e r s ' t en ure as General
superintendent, Newfoundland Pentecostalism be came a microcosm
o f the l a r ge r vhoLe-o-tihe Pentecostal Ass emblies o f Canada.
The formal association- -oistrict cou ncLr-o-as vague as it was,
p z-ovLded an added d i mens i on to the Ne wfoundland denomi nation:
a sense of be l onging to a larg e r , estab lis hed Pentecostal
body.
The NeWf ound l a nd Pentecostal movemen t t oo k a decisive
s tep i n 1925 by be i ng formed i nt o a disti nct de nomi na t i o n . A
r adic a l altercation t he n fo llowed w.it .h the Le ede z-e h I p changi ng
f rom a female to a male orientation. Following a bitte r power
s trugg le be tween ewe male l eaders, the younge r one who had