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The term Full Gospel or Fourfold Gospel is an evangelical doctrine that summarizes the Gospel in four aspects, namely the salvation, sanctification, faith healing and Second Coming of Christ. It has been used in various Christian traditions, including Keswickian , Pentecostal , Anabaptist , and Baptist denominations.
The Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship was established by Bishop Paul S. Morton Sr. in 1994 within New Orleans, Louisiana, [2] though it began as a movement within the National Baptist Convention, USA in 1992. [5] From 25,000 to 30,000 attended the first conference of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship in 1994. [9]
The church has its origins in a vision of "Foursquare Gospel" (or "Full Gospel") during a sermon in October 1922 in Oakland, California, by the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson [1] who was originally an ordained evangelist of the Assemblies of God where she once exerted a large influence until the split.
The three largest Pentecostal denominations that are present in South Africa include the Apostolic Faith Mission, the South African Assemblies of God, and the Full Gospel Church of God. [4] In the early 1990s, there was a surge of Nigerian, Kenyan, and Ghanaian preachers in South African townships.
In 1959, the church joined the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and was renamed the Peoples Temple Christian Church Full Gospel. [3] This affiliation was a successful attempt to both raise the dwindling membership and restore the reputation of the organization.
At the time, the Jotabeche Pentecostal Methodist congregation was the largest church in the world with over 60,000 members. With over 150,000 members, it ranks second to the Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. This denomination claims 1.7 million adherents. [18]
Two popular books among Gospel Halls – The Pilgrim Church by E.H. Broadbent [3] and Church History by Andrew Miller [4] make the claim that throughout the centuries of church history, there has always been a remnant independent evangelical testimony, and that the modern Gospel Hall movement, which began in the 1800s, with hundreds of new ...
Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide – 1 million [10] Indian Pentecostal Church of God – 0.9 million [11] God is Love Pentecostal Church – 0.8 million; Pentecostal Church of God – .6 million [12] The Fellowship Network – .4 million; Manna Full Gospel Churches – .3 million [13] International Fellowship of Christian Assemblies – .2 ...