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American Church History: Pentecostal Denominations

This research guide provides resources pretraining to American church history and includes books, ebooks, open access resources, and websites.

Pentecostal Churches

Apostolic Faith Church: Founded in 1906, membership is estimated to be 2,500 across 62 churches (2016). 

Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God: Founded in 1915, membership is estimated to be 6,880 across 16 churches (2009).

Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God: Founded in 1916, membership is estimated to be 10,714 in 129 churches (2000). 

Assemblies of God: Founded in 1914, membership is estimated to be 3,094,547 across 12,739 churches (2020).

Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ: Founded in 1952, membership is statistics are unknown across 420 churches (2015).

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee): Founded in 1886 (1907), membership is estimated to be 868,446 across 5,921 churches (2010). 

Church of God in Christ: Founded in 1897, membership is estimated to be 920,429 across 3,313 churches (2020).

Church of God, Mountain Assembly: Founded in 1906, membership is estimated to be 9,000 across 103 congregations (2016).

Church of God of Prophecy: Founded in 1923, membership is estimated to be 98,407 across 1,743 churches (2010).

Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, INC.: Founded in 1919, membership is estimated to be 85,938 across 527 churches (2010).

Church of the Living God CWFF (Christian Workers for Fellowship): Founded in 1889, membership is estimated to be 42,000 across 170 temples (2006).

Congregational Holiness Church: Founded in 1921, membership is estimated to be 29,000 across 275 churches (2013).

Elim Fellowship: Founded in 1947, membership is estimated to be 20,000 across 103 churches (2012).

Fellowship of Christian Assemblies: Founded in 2000, membership is estimated to be 19,765 across 78 churches (2016).

Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God: Founded in 1898, membership is unknown across 198 churches (2008). 

Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International (The Fellowship Network): Founded in 1962, membership is estimated to be 432,632 across 684 churches (2016).

Independent Assemblies of God, International: Founded in 1922, membership is statistics are unknown (2024).

International Church of the Foursquare Gospel: Founded in 1927, membership is estimated to be 363,626 across 1,619 congregations (2020).

International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies: Founded in 1948, membership is estimated to be 7,200 across 96 churches (1999).

International Pentecostal Holiness Church: Founded in 1911, membership is estimated to be 330,054 across 2,024 churches (2012).

Open Bible Churches, INC.: Founded in 1935, membership is estimated to be 31,068 across 242 churches (2020).

Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, INC.: Founded in 1907, membership is estimated to be 1,800,000 across 2,550 churches (2012).

Pentecostal Church of God: Founded in 1919, membership is estimated to be 98,579 across 1,134 churches (2012).

Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, INC.: Founded in 1959, membership is estimated to be 28,000 across 148 churches (2010).

United Holy Church of America, INC.: Founded in 1886, membership statistics are unknown across 54 churches (2016).

United Pentecostal Church International: Founded in 1945, membership is estimated to be 646,304 across 4,358 churches (2012). 

Vineyard Churches International: Founded in 1983, membership is estimated to be 185,883 across 545 churches (2015). 

Holy Bible

There is no official bible for these denominations, but different churches may prefer one translation over another.