Indian Pentecostal Church of God

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The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC)
AbbreviationIPC
Classification Protestant
Orientation Evangelicalism
Theology Pentecostal
Polity Presbyterian polity
Headquarters Kumbanad, India
OriginStarted in July 1924;101 years ago (1924), as 'Thennindia Pentecosthu Daivasabha'
Registered on 9 December 1935 as "The Indian Pentecostal Church of God" at Eluru
Congregations10,000+
Official website https://ipcinternational.live

The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC) is a Pentecostal Christian Denomination in India. [1] Its organisational headquarters located in Kumbanad, Kerala, India and was founded in 1924. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. "History – Indian Pentecostal Church of God". Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. Burgess, Stanley (2001). "Pentecostalism in India: an overview" (PDF). Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies. 4 (1): 85–98. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  3. Michael Bergunder, The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2008, p. 33
  4. Michael Bergunder, The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2008, p. 40
  5. M. M. John, History of the Indian Pentecostal Church, IPC Literature, 1982.
  6. Kunjachen Chacko, History of the Pentecostal Movement in Kerala, Faith Publishing, 1998.