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Philadelphia in Stockholm etc. during the years these have been in progress.

He has also been Pastor of the Philadelphia

Church in Stockholm ………………………….. 1910 – 1958 Of the 12 cooperated organs presented in this study, he is a member of seven of the boards, chairman in three of them and vice chairman of one. He has been the driving power behind the creation of these organs in every case, apart from the Pentecostal Youth Work. It is quite evident from the documents I have had access to, that no one within the Pentecostal Movement has had or has a position corresponding to that of Pethrus. My investigation makes it clear that Pethrus' leadership can be interpreted as a charismatic leadership in Weber’s sense and in this fact one can see an important reason why the Swedish Pentecostal Movement has received a specific organizational structure. One cannot overlook the facts, that historical, cultural, religious and overall social psychological factors during this period might have been favourable for such a leadership. But this problem has not been a part of this study.

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that the representatives of the Swedish Pentecostal Movement have eagerly held, that the Bible, lacks advice as to denominational organization. On the other hand they suggest however that the Bible speaks of local Churches who work together in unison though they are independent from an ecclesiastical point of view. This instruction from the Bible is considered to be binding for the Christian Church for all times. From the Church history they even quote examples to show the negative consequences that can follow if one deviates from the independent, biblical Church. What is considered to be denominational organization in this respect however is something not clearly stated in the document. The only direct effort to define what is considered to be a denominational organization is presented by Pethrus.

‛When one accepts or excommunicates Churches, then one is a Church denomination‛ he claims. Those administrative organs examined by me, in some sense can accept or excommunicate Churches but this has not been looked into. Such an analysis could be well motivated. In the material about the Marriage Council for example, I