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Originally Posted by Justin
I've been reading about this topic for some time now, but I can't fully grasp what the core differences between a "1-stepper" and a "3-stepper".
Someone please enlighten me.
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We've cussed and discussed this over and over and I see that you have been given some links so this post may be redundant.
As far as I know these forums are the only place we use the terms "one-stepper and three-stepper." They are some times used with descriptive words like "PCI one-stepper" and "PAJC three-stepper." This goes back to 1945 when the UPC was formed. Two organizations were merged. They were the PCI (Pentecostal Church Inc.) and the PAJC (Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ). Many (we really don't know the figures or percentage) of the PCI ministers believed that a person was justified/saved/ born again at repentance and then should get baptized in Jesus' Name as a testimony and act of obedience and as a child of God that person was also promised an experience called the Holy Ghost Baptism. Many (and again we don't know the figure or percentage) of the PAJC ministers believed a person was not justified/saved/born again until that person had repented, been baptized in Jesus' Name and had received the Holy Ghost Baptism.
So, both PCI and PAJC, or both one-steppers and three-steppers believe in Oneness, both believe in baptism in Jesus name. and both believe in the Holy Ghost Baptism. There just is not agreement as to how and when a person is actually saved or born again.
Because there was opposition among both PCI and PAJC ministers to the merger, the fundamental doctrine statement was written the way it was so those of both opinions could agree to it. Some ministers did not go along with the merger and the PAJC organization still exists today.
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