Law, Politics, and Society in Ancient Mediterranean World Book

Ugh, this book was about 50% longer than it needed to be. The footnotes are nearly as lengthy as the main text. This book is a dissertation of Dr. Fudge's research of the results of the merger of the 2 entities that combined to form the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) in 1945. He focuses mostly on congregations in Canada and the far eastern and far western corners of the US. I had to look up a lot of big words he used which was frustrating. The book highlights ministers and pastors who belonged to these 2 former entities but who were still ministering in the UPCI and explains that not everyone felt like things were going as they wanted them to go. There was certainly dissention among the ranks along the way, and the book explains in great detail how much of that dissention was summarily handled by the authorities within the UPCI (many of whom are in leadership positions today).