Pentecost Before Asuza by Dr. Marvin M. Arnold He teaches in this book that the UPPER ROOM CHURCH of Matthew 16:18, and Acts 2:1–38 had eternal longevity. He emphasizes that the Church of Pentecost has been alive, extant, doctrinally intact throughout each day unto this moment. It never died, never ceased to function; and it never digressed to become something else. It’s Apostolic doctrinal structure never fell; and it needed no so-called restoration.