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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 million [12] The Fellowship Network – .4 million; Manna Full Gospel Churches – .3 million [13] International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies – .2 ...
These are either church plants or campuses of a multi-site church under the supervision of a General Council affiliated "parent" church. [134] Existing Pentecostal churches considering affiliation with the General Council may request temporary status as a "cooperating assembly" for a term of four years before officially joining the denomination ...
The Holiness Church of Christ itself was the merger of the New Testament Church of Christ (founded in July 1894 in Milan, Tennessee by R.L. Harris, but soon led by his widow Mary Lee Cagle), [13] and a group (also called the Holiness Church of Christ), that formed in November 1904 at Rising Star, Texas from the prior merger of The Holiness ...
The other major international Pentecostal denominations are the Apostolic Church with 15,000,000 members, [218] the Church of God (Cleveland) with 36,000 churches and 7,000,000 members, [219] The Foursquare Church with 67,500 churches and 8,800,000 members, [220] and the United Pentecostal Church International with 45,521 church and 5,800,000 ...
Evangelical Assembly of Presbyterian Churches in America- 73 churches in the USA - formed by churches of Korean and Chinese origin. ECO (Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians) - more than 129,765 members, 320 churches and 500 Pastors (2018) [ 3 ] - Evangelical , Presbyterian [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The Rev. Karen Georgia Thompson, who last year became the first woman and woman of color elected general minister and president of the socially liberal United Church of Christ, agrees churches are ...
Most churches in the Pentecostal Movement view homosexual behavior as a sin. The largest Pentecostal Church in the U.S., the Assemblies of God, makes its view clear on homosexuality in a position paper stating: "...there is absolutely no affirmation of homosexual behavior found anywhere in Scripture. Rather, the consistent sexual ideal is ...
Mainline churches hold a range of theological orientations—conservative, moderate and liberal. [78] About half of mainline Protestants describe themselves as liberal. [78] Mainline Christian groups are often more accepting of other beliefs and faiths, affirm the ordination of women, and have become increasingly affirming of gay ordination. [78]