International Pentecostal Holiness Church | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Holiness Pentecostal |
Polity | Connectionalism[1] |
Leader | Dr. A. Doug Beacham Jr. |
Associations | National Association of Evangelicals, Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America, Pentecostal World Conference, Christian Churches Together, World Pentecostal Holiness Fellowship |
Region | Worldwide: divided into 28 regional conferences |
Founder | Abner Blackmon Crumpler, Benjamin H. Irwin |
Origin | January 30, 1911 Falcon, North Carolina |
Merger of | Fire-Baptized Holiness Church and Pentecostal Holiness Church (1911), Tabernacle Pentecostal Church (1915) |
Separations | Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church (1918), Congregational Holiness Church (1920) |
Congregations | 16,609 |
Members | 4,600,000 |
Official website | www |
Statistics for 2012[2] |
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The International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) or simply Pentecostal Holiness Church (PHC) is an international Holiness-Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1911 with the merger of two older denominations.[3] Historically centered in the Southeastern United States,[4] particularly the Carolinas and Georgia, the Pentecostal Holiness Church now has an international presence. In 2000, the church reported a worldwide membership of over one million—over three million including affiliates.[5]
Heavily influenced by two major American revival movements—the holiness movement of the late 19th century and the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century[6]—the church's theological roots derive from John Wesley's teachings on sanctification.[7][8]
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