Other traditions may pay lip-service to such an operation, Pentecostals, at the grass roots, wait expectantly for this to occur. It has been said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. One might conclude that such a link is found in the Institutional Word. To be fair, the fault for such a predicament does not lie entirely with the work of the Institution in and of itself. The heart of the problem lies with its inherited reputation.
Pentecostals are forever suspicious of institutions or regimentation.
Even their acknowledgement of its necessity does little to allay such negativity. Pentecostals are not necessarily anti-institutional, they just do not like institutions. As a result, in a partial effort to bolster its own self-esteem, the Institutional Word has translated pragmatism into a blueprint for success. If glossolalia is verifiable evidence of Spirit baptism, then church growth has become verifiable evidence of God's blessing on the organization. Pragmatism argues again that if it works then it must be true.