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Pentecostal Church Bodies in the USA

General Council of Assemblies of God (1914)

2,574,531
 

Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ (1952)

413 churches - Nontrinitarian (They are modalists)
 

Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ, World Wide, Inc. (1957)

Est. 300,000
 

Christian Catholic Church (1896)

2,728
 

Christian Church of North America, General Council (1948)

7,200
 

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) (1886; 1907)

870,039
 

Church of God in Christ (1897)

Est. 5,500,000 - African American
 

Church of God Prophecy (1923)

75,112 - Women serve as Pastors
 

Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc. (1919)

Est. 30,000 - Nontrinitarian (They are modalists); Leader called Apostle
 

Church of the Living God, Christian Workers for Fellowship (1889)

Est. 100 temples - African American; Jesus was black; influenced by Freemasonry
 

Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Inc. (1903)

Est. 2,000 - Founded by Mary Magdalene Lewis-Tate, “First Chief Overseer and Mother in True Holiness”

 

Congregational Holiness Church (1921)

Est. 10,000 - Women serve as Pastors
 

Elim Fellowship (1947)

Est. 21,000
 

Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers, International (1962)

275,200
 

Independent Assemblies of God, International (1922)

Statistics not available
 

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (1927)

233,412 - Founded by faith healer Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)
 

International Pentecostal Church of Christ (1976)

5,572
 

International Pentecostal Holiness Church (1911)

185,431
 

Open Bible Standard Churches, Inc. (1935)

Est. 46,000
 

Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. (1907)

Est. 1,500,000 - Baptizes only in the name of Jesus; nontrinitarian; mostly African-American; only King James Bible used
 

Pentecostal Church of God (1919)

105,200
 

Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. (1959)

Est. 28,000
 

United Holy Church of America, Inc. (1918)

Statistics not Available
 

United Pentecostal Church International (1945)

Est. 600,000 - Baptize in the name of Jesus only; Nontrinitarian (They are Modalists)
 

Vineyard Churches International (1983)

Est. 500 churches - Founded by John Wimber at Fuller Theological Seminary

 

Dr. Richard P. Bucher