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Pentecostal Church Bodies in the USA |
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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 |
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