Harvest Chapel Sunday Service 8/30/2020
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How the 1948 North Battleford revival impacted the church
If God was restoring the church to the power demonstrated in the Book of Acts, it would need the same church government of the early church. One of the main tenants of the revival involved a restoration of the five-fold ministry: Apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers:
11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:11-13 NASV)
They believed all five ministries were necessary for the church to reach its full potential and maturity and more specifically the apostles and prophets were considered the legitimate spiritual leaders of the church.
Most church denominations accepted pastors, evangelists and teachers, but apostles and prophets posed a bigger problem because it challenged denominational authority.
Many in the 1948 revival also believed that denominations were the biggest hindrance to unity in the church. Some felt that church was geographical. The Church of Chicago would have its own leadership of Apostles and prophets and not be divided by denominational structures and authority.
As a result many Pentecostal denominations opposed the revival.
If God was restoring the church to the power demonstrated in the Book of Acts, it would need the same church government of the early church. One of the main tenants of the revival involved a restoration of the five-fold ministry: Apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers:
11 And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. (Ephesians 4:11-13 NASV)
They believed all five ministries were necessary for the church to reach its full potential and maturity and more specifically the apostles and prophets were considered the legitimate spiritual leaders of the church.
Most church denominations accepted pastors, evangelists and teachers, but apostles and prophets posed a bigger problem because it challenged denominational authority.
Many in the 1948 revival also believed that denominations were the biggest hindrance to unity in the church. Some felt that church was geographical. The Church of Chicago would have its own leadership of Apostles and prophets and not be divided by denominational structures and authority.
As a result many Pentecostal denominations opposed the revival.
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