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When he was a boy, the Rev. Thomas Barclay noticed a difference between the worshippers of his small Pentecostal<\/a> denomination and churches he visited of the larger Assemblies of God<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy are they all white and we\u2019re all black?\u201d he asked his father.<\/p>\n

After a racial divide that lasted for nearly a century, the two denominations, the Assemblies of God and the United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God, have agreed to a new partnership.<\/p>\n

Four years ago, after Barclay was elected as head of the UPCAG, he wrote a letter to George O. Wood, the general superintendent of the 65 million-member Assemblies of God. \u201cI felt the Lord saying to me, \u2018I\u2019ve put you in this office to do a job,\u2019\u201d Barclay recalled. \u201cI asked him what it was, and he told me to write this letter to the Assemblies of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a Feb. 11 service at the Assemblies of God headquarters in Springfield, Mo., Barclay and Wood signed a 12-point agreement to build cooperation that includes introducing their churches to each other and sharing resources, including the Assemblies of God Credit Union.<\/p>\n

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