Among the undoubted advantages of the Evangelical and Pentecostal brethren is that their model for ministry is --- and not in a bad sense --- entrepreneurial. If a man (or woman) feels they have been given a mission by God, all he has to do is open up a storefront or a house in a mixed-use zoning neighborhood, put out a sign that says "Iglesia de Dios en Cristo en el Evangelio del Espíritu Santo de Medellín" or whatever he wants to call his holy enterprise, and ¡Mira! He's a pastor of a church.
There are huge numbers of these quick start-ups, and some of them prove viable and give rise to new constellations of churches and fellowships if franchising proves popular.
It's evidently meeting spiritual needs in otherwise pastorally-neglected places. And to my mind, it's better to have a bodega church than no church at all. God bless them. Faith needs fellowship.
That’s a truly awesome and humble post! My sincere respects!
Megan
Amen to that.
There is a passage of scripture that says, do not neglect the fellowship of believers. Hebrews 10:26.