The Federation of Pentecostal Churches (''Federazione delle Chiese Pentecostali'', FCP) is a fellowship of

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

History

The FCP was officially founded in 2000, but this was just the last step of a long process of federation started in 1983 with the "Rally of Pentecostal Ministers" and continued in 1997 with the foundation of the "Communion of Pentecostal Evangelical Churches". The FCP, which is an observer member of the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy (FCEI), is the second-largest Pentecostal body in the country after the

Assemblies of God in Italy The Assemblies of God in Italy ( it, Assemblee di Dio in Italia, ADI), whose full name is Evangelical Christian Churches Assemblies of God in Italy (''Chiese Cristiane Evangeliche Assemblee di Dio in Italia''), is a fellowship of evangelical and Pen ...

and has over 50,000 members.

Members

Among FCP member organizations and movements, there are seven main groups: *the Italian Pentecostal Christian Church *the Apostolic Church in Italy, Italian branch of the Apostolic Church *the Elim Churches in Italy, Italian branch of the

Elim Pentecostal Church The Elim Pentecostal Church is a UK-based Pentecostal Christian denomination. History George Jeffreys (1889–1962), a Welshman, founded the ''Elim Pentecostal Church'' in Monaghan, Ireland in 1915. Jeffreys was an evangelist with a Welsh ...

*the International Evangelical Church and Missionary Association, Italian branch of the International Evangelical Church *the Italian branch of the

Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) The Church of God, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States, is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination. The Church of God's publishing house is Pathway Press. History Origins (1886–1902) R. G. Spurling (1857–1935) ...

*the New Pentecost Movement *the Word of Grace Church

References

External links

Official website
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