United Holy Church of America | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | Holiness-Pentecostal |
Polity | Episcopal |
Presiding Prelate | The Most Reverend Greg K. Hargrave |
Vice President | The Right Reverend Kenneth White |
2nd Vice President | The Right Reverend J. Derrick Johnson |
Associations | Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America, Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, Mount Calvary Holy Church of America |
Region | United States, Caribbean, Africa |
Headquarters | Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
Founder | Bishop LM Mason |
Origin | 1886 (founded), 1918 (incorporated) Method, North Carolina |
Congregations | est. 516 |
Members | 50,000+ |
Official website | uhcainc.org |
The United Holy Church of America, Inc. (UHCA) is the oldest African-American Holiness-Pentecostal body in the world. It was established in 1886. It is a predominantly black Pentecostal denomination, with the international headquarters is located at 5104 Dunstan Road in Greensboro, North Carolina.[1] The UHCA consists of an estimated 516 churches, 17 districts, and 8 territories. The largest and the oldest district of the connectional body is the Southern District Convocation (Goldsboro, North Carolina).
The United Holy Church of America holds the distinct honor of being the oldest African American Holiness Pentecostal body in the World.