International Pentecostal Holiness Church (Africa)

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The International Pentecost Holiness Church (or IPHC) is the second largest African initiated churches in South Africa. The church was founded in Meadowlands, Soweto, in 1962 by Frederick S Modise. The church's headquarters is at Silo in the town of Zuurbekom; visitors were encouraged to make a monthly pilgrimage to Silo. [1]

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References

  1. Anderson, Allan H. (November 1992). "Frederick Modise and the International Pentecost Church: A modern African messianic movement" (PDF). Missionalia: Southern African Journal of Mission Studies (From Sabinet - African Journals). 20 (3): 186–200.[ dead link ]