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The United Holy Church of America (UHCA) is the oldest African-American Holiness-Pentecostal body in the world. It was established in 1886, with the international headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. [1] The UHCA consists of an estimated 516 churches, 17 districts, and 8 territories.
The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ has been very influential among African-American Pentecostal churches, and has given rise to several spin-off bodies. The first major break-away was in 1930, when Sherrod C. Johnson created a rival organization, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, through which he challenged Lawson's ...
The three largest Pentecostal denominations that are present in South Africa include the Apostolic Faith Mission, the South African Assemblies of God, and the Full Gospel Church of God. [4] In the early 1990s, there was a surge of Nigerian, Kenyan, and Ghanaian preachers in South African townships.
Membership numbers of the following churches give only a very rough indication of size. They vary from year to year. Also, some churches report typical Sunday attendance while others report the number who are listed in church records or make financial contributions, which may be higher. Some of the larger churches are multi-site churches.
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ (PAJC) is one of the oldest active Oneness Pentecostal organizations in the world. Two of the largest Oneness Pentecostal organizations, United Pentecostal Church International and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, were once part of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ and a third, the International Circle of Faith, traces its roots to the PAJC.
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God – 2 million; Church of God of Prophecy – 1.5 million [8] Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa – 1.4 million [9] Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide – 1 million [10] Indian Pentecostal Church of God – 0.9 million [11] God is Love Pentecostal Church – 0.8 million; Pentecostal Church of God – .6 ...
Historical marker outside the church. It was founded in 1836 and headed by Reverend Ezekiel Fields who made the initial request to First Baptist Church to start a mission church. [1] [5] Fields' would serve as pastor until 1839. [1] Pleasant Litchford, a blacksmith who was formerly enslaved in Virginia, was the church's founding deacon.
This is a list of current and former individual local Pentecostal places of worship, i.e. church buildings and congregations, that are individually notable. Some may be notable for their historic buildings listed on a historic register.