Talk:Pentecostal Church of God

Origin of the "Trash Can of Pentecost" epithet
My source for this quotation is Pastor L.L. Collins, of the Pentecostal Highway of Holiness Church in Hamilton, Ohio. He is a senior minister who remembers this phrase being widely used among Pentecostal people during the 1940s and 1950s. Even as recently as the early 1960s, the PCG was the only Pentecostal denomination that would ordain divorced and remarried ministers for any reason. Collins' group, the Free Holiness, or Independent Pentecostal people, holds to a higher standard, comparable to that of the Assemblies of God. I have confirmed this fact with the PCG headquarters office, that divorce doctrine is the only real issue separating the PCG from the Assemblies of God. "The Trash Can of Pentecost" was the way this difference was colloquially expressed.


 * Unfortunately that constitutes original research, which Wikipedia forbids. If you can find a legitimate source such as a newspaper or book, the information can be added. David L Rattigan 21:23, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Trash Can of Pentecost
From one who is a member of the Pentecostal Church of God and one who has studied the history of the Pentecostal Church of God and one who has talked to many people who have been members of the Pentecostal Church of God since the 30's, I must say that neither I nor any of the people I have talked to have ever heard the Pentecostal Church of God referred to as "the trash can of Pentecost".

The Pentecostal Church of God has a stance on divorce that says if the divorce is caused by either fornication or by the departure of an unbeliever from the marriage then the divorce is legitimate, otherwise, it isn't. It is almost impossible for a divorcee to get licensed through the Pentecostal Church of God. I have tried to get licensed through them and have been turned down because I, myself, am divorced.Ķ

I may have a lot of issues with the PCG, but I would never go so far as to say that it is the 'Trash Can of Pentecost'. I had never seen or heard this phrase until I visited this page. I appreciate the Wikipedian who pointed out that this epithet constitutes 'original research', and is not permitted in Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.16.105.40 (talk) 16:54, 24 April 2008 (UTC)