The mission of the Church of God is to communicate the power of Jesus Christ in the ____ of Pentecost.

• A. fire and wind
• B. wisdom and courage
• C. glory and wonder
• D. Spirit and power

Answer: (D)

Pentecost centers on the Holy Spirit coming to believers and empowering them for witness. The essential idea is that Jesus’ power is made real in the world through the Spirit’s presence working in and through His people. Therefore the phrase Spirit and power best captures how the Church carries out its mission at Pentecost: it is by the Spirit’s influence and the power He enables that believers proclaim and demonstrate Christ’s work. The symbols of fire and wind are vivid signs of that moment, but the practical means of mission is the Spirit and His power, not the symbols themselves. Other options point to imagery or qualities, yet they don’t convey the combined source and enablement that defines Pentecostal witness.