What Is the Global Council?

Apostolic Life in the 21st Century

David K. Bernard

Theology, Oneness Pentecostal, Religion & Spirituality, Apostolic Pentecostal, United Pentecostal Church International, Upci, Christianity, David K. Bernard

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🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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The Global Council of the United Pentecostal Church is scheduled to convene November 15-17 in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. In this podcast episode, UPCI General Superintendent and Global Council Chairman Dr. David K. Bernard explains the council's purpose and how it helps facilitate global evangelism. Dr. Bernard also shares reports of what God is doing in various member nations.If you enjoy this podcast, leave a rating and a review on iTunes or your preferred podcast platform. We also great...

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0:00.0	This week, Apostolic leaders from around the world are scheduled to meet in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.
0:06.7	Stay tuned to find out what will be on the agenda and to learn more about what God is doing globally through the United Pentecostal Church International.
0:15.6	Welcome to Apostolic Life in the 21st Century, a podcast dedicated to helping modern day believers live out the
0:22.5	teachings of the first century church. This podcast is part of a teaching ministry of Dr. David
0:28.4	K. Bernard. Dr. Bernard is dedicated his life to studying the Bible and helping believers apply
0:34.2	its message to their daily lives. Thank you for joining us for this episode.
0:39.8	This week, the Global Council of the United Pentecostal Church International is scheduled
0:44.0	to convene, right, not too far from World Headquarters, where we're filming this podcast episode.
0:50.5	On Wednesday afternoon of this week, the delegates from the Global Council are going to be coming here to World Headquarters.
0:56.1	We're excited about hosting them.
0:57.3	We're going to give them a tour of the building, show them what we do here.
1:00.0	But I think probably a lot of people that are listening to this podcast episode, they don't maybe have any idea what the Global Council is.
1:07.6	So could you start today by just telling us what is the Global Council? Sure. Let me give
1:12.6	you a little bit of background on the UPCI. The United Pentecostal Church International is a worldwide
1:18.2	organization. We are now have some kind of presence in 199 out of 210 nations. In some cases, it might be just a contact, a Bible study, someone we've won to the Lord.
1:34.5	In other cases, we might have a few churches under the supervision of a missionary. In other cases, we may have a strong national church. And then finally,
1:47.0	we may have what we call a nationalized church, which means the leaders are all chosen by the
1:53.5	national leadership. And so, uh, so there'd be an organization akin to what we have here in North
1:58.1	America. Yes. Uh, but it but it would have its own constitution,
2:02.2	its own bylaws. It would adopt the international articles of faith. So we have common articles of
2:07.5	faith. But as far as their governance, they would have their own structure. They would elect
2:11.9	their own leaders. And legally, they would be a separate entity under the nation's laws.
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