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A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

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4<br />

Oneness Pentecostal<br />

Organizations<br />

When the Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God adopted its trinitarian<br />

statement <strong>of</strong> faith in October 1916, the Oneness ministers<br />

were left without an organizational home. The other<br />

major Pentecostal organizations in existence were Second<br />

Work Pentecostals who had retained the doctrine <strong>of</strong> the<br />

trinity as part <strong>of</strong> their theological system. The Oneness<br />

message had arisen within the Finished Work wing <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Pentecostal movement, <strong>of</strong> which the Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God<br />

was the chief representative.<br />

Most Oneness Pentecostal ministers had been forced<br />

to leave two organizations: first, when they received the<br />

Holy Spirit, and second, when they were baptized in<br />

Jesus’ name. Many Pentecostals had long questioned the<br />

need and value <strong>of</strong> organization; indeed, Parham himself<br />

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