Pentecostal Conference of North American Keralites

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The Pentecostal Conference of North American Keralites(PCNAK) is an annual conference of Pentecostals of Keralite origin or from Kerala, India. [1] The conference takes place annually in various cities of North America for the purpose of "mutual edification, fellowship and renewing friendships" PCNAK is reportedly the largest annual South Asian Christian conference in North America today with over 5,000 people in attendance. [2]

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History

The first conference was held in 1983 at Oklahoma. List of the year and host city, state/province of PCNAK:

  1. 1983 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  2. 1984 Cape May, New Jersey / Dallas, Texas
  3. 1985 Cleveland, Tennessee
  4. 1986 Houston, Texas
  5. 1987 Wayne, New Jersey
  6. 1988 Chicago, Illinois
  7. 1989 Dallas, Texas
  8. 1990 Orlando, Florida
  9. 1991 Cleveland, Tennessee
  10. 1992 Toronto, Ontario
  11. 1993 Syracuse, New York
  12. 1994 Chicago, Illinois
  13. 1995 Arlington, Texas
  14. 1996 Knoxville, Tennessee
  15. 1997 Lansing, Michigan
  16. 1998 Houston, Texas
  17. 1999 Somerset, New Jersey
  18. 2000 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  19. 2001 Long Beach, California
  20. 2002 Atlanta, Georgia
  21. 2003 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
  22. 2004 Virginia Beach, Virginia
  23. 2005 Rochester, New York
  24. 2006 Arlington, Texas
  25. 2007 Orlando, Florida
  26. 2008 Atlanta, Georgia
  27. 2009 Chicago, Illinois
  28. 2010 Houston, Texas
  29. 2011 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  30. 2012 Hamilton, Ontario
  31. 2013 Hartford, Connecticut
  32. 2014 Lansing, Michigan
  33. 2015 Greenville, South Carolina
  34. 2016 Addison, Texas [3]
  35. 2017 Columbus, Ohio [4]
  36. 2018 Springfield, Massachusetts [5]
  37. 2019 Miami, Florida
  38. 2023 Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Postponed from 2020) [6] )
  39. 2024 Houston, Texas (Postponed from 2021)
  40. 2026 Chicago, Illinois

PCNAK Youth

PCNAK Youth is the English stream of PCNAK and generally people age under 40 participates. The focus is on the spiritual well being of the young people as well as opportunity is created for sports and other activities. The Sports Day Tournaments include Men's Basketball, U-19 Basketball, Men's/Women's Volleyball, and other sports based on priority expressed interest of the community. more detailed information available in the history of the pentecostal movement. author Joy Thumpamon

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References

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  1. Hinton, Carla (June 25, 2011). "OKC Pentecostal conference to gather India faithful". Tulsa World. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
  2. PCNAK About Us Page Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. https://www.facebook.com/pcnak/ [ user-generated source ]
  4. https://www.facebook.com/Pcnak2017-1035391569873034/ [ user-generated source ]
  5. https://www.facebook.com/pcnak2018/?ref=br_rs [ user-generated source ]
  6. https://2020pcnak.org/images/2020/docs/38th_PCNAK_PA_Postponed.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  7. https://pcnakonline.org