Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW ) is a Christian Pentecostal church based in the United States. It is considered the oldest denomination relating to Pentecostal Unitarians . In 2006, the church united 1750 communities [1] and 1.3 million parishioners [2] .
The headquarters of the organization is located in Indianapolis (Indiana).
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History
The history of the movement dates back to the community of J. Freyzy, founded in 1906 in Los Angeles as a result of awakening on Azusa Street . It is believed that the community baptized new members "in the name of Jesus." Hartfield Thomas Hayfood (1880–1931), an African-American minister in a major Indianapolis church, gave a new impetus to the Pentecostal Sole movement. In 1916, with his active participation, the Pentecostal Assemblies of the world were organized, and two years later the Apostolic Assemblies of Freyzy joined the organization. Initially, the communities of the new union were mixed, but in 1924, white leaders, under pressure from the laws of Jim Crow , left the union. Subsequently, they created the United Pentecostal Church .
In 1932, Samuel Joshua Grimes, who ran the church for 35 years, became the commanding bishop of the Pentecostal assemblies of the world . With him, the church experienced significant growth.
More than 1,000 communities in Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana, Jamaica, Germany, the United Kingdom, India, a number of Caribbean islands and Oceania have been created by missionaries of the Pentecostal world assemblies.
The highest theological institution of the church is the Bible College in Indianapolis.
Faith and Practice
Adhering to the basic Protestant doctrines, the Pentecostal Assemblies of the world reject the doctrine of the Trinity , replacing it with one of the forms of modalism . The church baptizes new members “in the name of Jesus Christ”, and not “in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit”.
In August 2010, Charles Ellis III became the presiding bishop of the fraternity. Elisse’s Detroit megachurch “Temple of Great Grace” at the end of 2008 attracted the attention of world media with the service “for saving the American automobile industry” when three SUVs were parked on the church stage [3] .
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Literature
- Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices / J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann . - Oxford, England: ABC CLIO, 2002 ISBN 1-57607-223-1 .