Indian Pentecostal Church of God
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The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC) is the largest indigenous Pentecostal movement in India, with its headquarters at Hebron, Kumbanad, Kerala, India. The movement was established in 1924 and registered on December 9, 1935 at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, under the Government of India[1]. K. C. John now serves as the general president, Baby Varghese serves as IPC general vice-president, and T. Valson Abraham as the general secretary. The organization has about 7,500 churches located in over 25 regions and states around the world. However, the state of Kerala, India has the greatest number of IPC churches: nearly 4,500 local congregations.
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[edit] Origin and growth
In the late 1920s, K. E. Abraham, P. M. Samuel, K. C. Cherian, and others united the various independent Pentecostal churches into a Pentecostal denomination. The Indian Pentecostal Church of God was registered with the Government of India under the Societies Act XXI of 1860 on December 9, 1935. P. M. Samuel from Andhra Pradesh was chosen as the first president, K. C. Cherian as the vice president, and P. T. Chacko as the secretary. K. C. John has served as the general president from 2006 until the present).
[edit] PowerVision
The PowerVision TV channel was launched on February 6, 2006 in New Delhi, India, as a free-to-air channel to serve as a tool to spread the message of evangelism. This channel broadcasts devotional programmes throughout the day in Malayalam, English, Hindi and Tamil and are relayed across 41 countries of the world ,with a reported audience of 50 million. Efforts are on to create a pan-India viewership by broadcasting the programmes in all the major languages spoken in India. Its headquarters are located in Thiruvalla, Kerala,India.
[edit] Publications
Zion Kahalam, a Malayalam monthly, is published for the church from Kumbanadu.
[edit] External links
- IPC General Council
- IPC UK & Ireland Region
- IPC Houston
- IPC Salem
- IPC Shalom
- IPC Kirandul, Chhattisgarh
- IPC bethany,bangalore
- IPC Kanjurmarg,Mumbai
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