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The Pentecostal World Fellowship is an international fellowship of
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Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Cl ...
churches and denominations from across the world. The headquarters is in
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. Its leader is William Wilson ( Tulsa, OK).


History

The Pentecostal World Fellowship was founded in 1947 at
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, during a conference of
Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Cl ...
leaders. This meeting was organized by Swiss pastor Leonard Steiner, who was assisted by David du Plessis. Since then, the Conference has been conducted in various major cities around the world, every three years. In 2001, the conference in
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, was convened in celebration of the Azusa Street Revival. In 2019, William Wilson became Chairman of the organization.


Conferences

The Pentecostal World Fellowship has a conference every three years.


Member organizations

In 2023, the Pentecostal World Fellowship has 76 member representatives in 47 countries. Pentecostal World Fellowship,

pwfellowship.org, retrieved November 2, 2023


See also

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World Evangelical Alliance The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is an interdenominational organization of evangelical Christian churches with 600 million adherents that was founded in 1846 in London, England, to unite evangelicals worldwide. WEA is the largest internati ...
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Born again To be born again, or to experience the new birth, is a phrase, particularly in evangelical Christianity, that refers to a "spiritual rebirth", or a regeneration of the human spirit. In contrast to one's physical birth, being "born again" is d ...
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Worship service (evangelicalism) A church service (or a worship service) is a formalized period of Christian communal worship, often held in a church building. Most Christian denominations hold church services on the Lord's Day (offering Sunday morning and Sunday evening servi ...
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* {{Pentecostal World Fellowship 1947 establishments in Switzerland Pentecostal denominations Christian organizations established in 1947