nr 2: Organizations and Decision Procedures within the Swedish Pentecostal Movement

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DENOMINATIONS The following list includes a selection of denominations in Swedish and in English, and may facilitate the reading. Underlined denominations are used in the main text. Allmänna Spar- och Kreditkassan, ‚Samspar‛: The General Savings and Credit Bank. The entity was an association without personal liability (‚u.p.a., utan personligt ansvar‛) – ‚Allmänna Spar- and Kreditkassan förening u.p.a.‛ Biblisk Månadstidskrift: A monthly Biblical review. Biblisk Tidskrift: A monthly Biblical review. Dagen: The Day – owned by Tidningsaktiebolaget Dagen or Tidnings AB Dagen: The Newspaper Dagen Ltd., ‚the Dagen‛. Den Kristna Bokringen (DKB): The Christian Book Ring. Den Kristne: The Christian. Evangelii Härold: The Evangelical Herald. Filadelfias Centrala Hjälpkassa för Predikanter, ‚Hjälpkassan‛: The Philadelphia Central Fund for Preachers, ‚The Assistant Fund‛. Förlaget Filadelfia AB, ‚Förlaget‛: The Philadelphia Publishing House Ltd. ‚The Publishing House‛. IBRA or IBRA Radio are abbreviations for ‚International Broadcasting Association‛. Kaggeholms Folkhögskola, ‚Kaggeholm‛: The Kaggeholm folk high-school – and consequently ‘Rörstrands folkhögskola’. Kölingaredsveckan, Nyhemsveckan and Lapplandsveckan: The Kölingared week, the Nyhem week and the Lappland week. In 1916 a numbers of Pentecostal preachers met a couple of days in Korsberga for Bible studies and talks (see the cover photo). The meeting was called ‚Bible study week‛, a designation which also was used for the annual conferences at Kölingared from 1918 and then at Nyhem, notwithstanding that conference had been a more adequate designation. Also at Husbondliden in Lappland in the northern part of Sweden there were a similar ‚weeks‛. Lewi Pethrus Stiftelse för Filantropisk Verksamhet, ‚LP-stiftelsen‛: Lewi Pethrus’ Foundation for Philanthropic work, ‚the LP Foundation‛. Ordet och Tron: The Word and Faith.

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DENOMINATIONS

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pages 93-94

7.5 The influence of the local Church

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page 82

BIBLIOGRAPHY

7min
pages 86-92

7.4 The Yearly National Conferences

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page 81

7.3 The history of the central Organizations

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page 80

6.12 The Pentecostal Churches Youth Work (PU

5min
pages 75-77

7.2 No to denomination – yes to its functions

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page 79

Churches

10min
pages 69-74

6.8 The IBRA Radio (International Broadcasting Association

7min
pages 62-65

6.6 The ‘Kaggeholms Folkhögskola’ Foundation

8min
pages 47-51

6.10 The Pentecostal Mission’s International Literary Centre (PIL

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page 68

6.7 The Swedish Free Mission (SFM

18min
pages 52-61

Foundation

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pages 66-67

6.5 Lewi Pethrus’ Foundation for Philanthropic Work

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pages 42-46

6.4 The Philadelphia Central Fund for Preachers

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pages 40-41

6.3 The General Savings and Credit Bank (Samspar

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page 39

5.3 Arguments against organizations

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page 30

6.2 The Newspaper Dagen Ltd

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pages 35-38

5.4 ‛Apostolic links‛

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pages 31-32

4.8 A leader and succession

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pages 26-27

5.2 Elders and the function of administration

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page 29

4.6 A leader’s legitimate role

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page 24

4.7 A leader and the rules

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page 25

4.5 A leader’s personality

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page 23

4.2 A leader and power

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page 20

PREFACE

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pages 7-9

2.2 The Bible and society

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page 14

4.4 A leader takes the initiative

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page 22

2.3 Time and space

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1.4 Objectives

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page 12

4.3 A leader’s calling

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page 21

WHY THE SWEDISH PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT OBTAINED ITS

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