...In the thirties and the forties and the fifties and the sixties the church grew. It is reported that we were the fastest religious group in America. We believed and preached and taught the distinctive gospel. We believed and taught that God has but one soul-saving plan for all men, and that to that plan all responsible persons are amenable. We believed and fervently taught that everything we do, in word or in deed, must be done in the name of the Lord. We emphasized the importance of having Bible authority, we respected Bible authority, and we spent a lot of time studying and stressing “how God authorizes.” We believed and preached that the church must be PURE: pure in DOCTRINE, pure in WORSHIP, and pure in LIVING. We believed and preached and practiced “church discipline” as the Bible demands. We believed and preached and practiced the importance of personal, individual evangelism - and through faithful, consecrated Christians reached thousands with the gospel…
Roy Deaver