Oneness Pentecostalism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Forming Oneness organizations=== {{Main|Pentecostalism#Early controversies}}Several small Oneness ministerial groups formed after 1914. Many of these ultimately merged into the [[Pentecostal Assemblies of the World]], while others remained independent, like [[Apostolic Faith Mission Church of God|AFM Church of God]]. Divisions occurred within the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World over the role of women in ministry, usage of wine or grape juice for [[Eucharist|communion]], divorce and remarriage, and the proper mode of water [[baptism]]. There were also reports of racial tension in the organization. African Americans were joining the church in great numbers, and many held significant leadership positions.<ref>Clayton, Arthur L. "United We Stand," Pentecostal Publishing House, 1970, p. 28-29</ref> In particular, the African American pastor [[Garfield Thomas Haywood|G. T. Haywood]] served as the church's general secretary, and signed all ministerial credentials. In 1925, three new organizations were formed: the Apostolic Churches of Jesus Christ, Emmanuel's Church in Jesus Christ and the Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pentecostal Ministerial Alliance (1924 - 1932) |url=https://www.thearda.com/us-religion/group-profiles/groups?D=1205 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Association of Religion Data Archives}}</ref> The first two later merged to become the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ,<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ|url=https://www.acjcii.org/history|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119011948/https://www.acjcii.org/history|archive-date=19 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020|website=ACJC International|language=en}}</ref> and the second became the Pentecostal Church, Inc. In 1945 a merger of two predominantly-white Oneness groups, the Pentecostal Church, Inc. and the [[Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ]], resulted in the formation of the [[United Pentecostal Church International]], or UPCI.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the UPCI |url=https://upci.org/about-the-upci/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=United Pentecostal Church International |language=en-US}}</ref> Beginning with 521 churches, it has become the largest and most influential Oneness Pentecostal organization through its evangelism and publishing efforts, reporting a membership of over 5.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 UPCI Statistics |url=https://upci.org/stats/ |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=United Pentecostal Church International}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page