There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

need to join ranks with other Christians to strengthen the army of God. We spend so much time snuffing out the little fires in the church camps that we are too distracted to go after the huge fire that is burning the nation into ashes. This lack of unity causes some ministers and Christians to become anti-denominational and preach against being connected with any particular groups. They see this “hiding under a bushel” mentality among denominational leadership. However, throughout history God has used particular groups to revive a lost or ignored biblical doctrine. Historically, denominations are groups of people under one leader who “camped” around or emphasized a particular truth. The Roman army was also organized into various camps, just as the body of Christ has camps formed around the main doctrine that distinguishes each group from other groups. There was the justification-by-faith camp, organized by believers who followed the biblical revelation that was revived under the leadership of Martin Luther. Following justification, there was a second reviving of the truth called sanctification, which was preached by the Wesley brothers, who organized the Wesleyan Methodist church. At the turn of the twentieth century a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit was released throughout North America, which birthed the Pentecostal movement, out of which came eight major denominations that camped around the doctrine of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. This was followed in 1948 with the Healing Revival and in 1967 with the Charismatic Renewal. Each revived doctrine or specific teaching marked the group that presented it to the world. All of these different movements in the Christian faith have proved