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

Pastor Richard P. Bucher, Th.D