1.4 Objectives

buy the products produced from those enterprises and/or sacrifice or contribute to the work of those organizations and finally lend money when there is a need). 2. The Pentecostal Churches throughout the whole country are served by central organs e.g. (by the Central Marriage Council for the Swedish Pentecostal Churches.)

Business organizations:

The Philadelphia Publishing House Ltd. with subsidiaries The Newspaper Dagen Ltd. with subsidiaries The General Savings and Credit Bank (Samspar)

Schools:

The ‘Kaggeholms folkhögskola’ Foundation (the Kaggeholm Foundation)

Social work:

The Philadelphia Central Fund for Preachers The Lewi Pethrus’ Foundation for Philanthropic Work, including enterprises owned by the foundation

Mission and help to developing countries:

The Swedish Free Mission (SFM) The IBRA Radio (a subsidiary company to the Newspaper Dagen Ltd.) The Swedish Pentecostal Mission’s Help to Developing Countries (SPU) The Pentecostal Mission’s International Literary Centre (PIL)

Service organs:

The Central Marriage Council for the Swedish Pentecostal Churches The Pentecostal Churches Youth Work (PU).

1.4 Objectives

I am concerned in my examination with these organs. I am looking for answers to the following questions: - Why did the Pentecostal Movement receive its specific structure? - Which picture does the Pentecostal Movement give of itself in methods pertaining to organization? - How does cooperation and the common enterprises function in practice?