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 9 December 1935 at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, under the Government of India. K. C. John now serves as the IPC general president, Baby Varghese serves as IPC general vice-president, and T. Valson Abraham as the IPC 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.

In the late 1920s, K. E. Abraham, P. M. Samuel, K. C. Cherian, T.G.Oommen and others united the various independent Pentecostal churches into a Pentecostal denomination.

K.E. Abraham (1899–1974) became a Pentecostal in 1923, but disagreed with other missionaries mostly from Assemblies of God and founded the Indian Pentecostal Church of God.

The Indian Pentecostal Church of God was registered with the Government of India under the Societies Act XXI of 1860 on 9 December 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).

External links

www.ag.org

• IPC Derby {Derby Pentecostal Church},Derby, UK
• IPC Ebenezer,Oklahoma City
• IPC Hebron, Oklahoma City
• IPC General Council
• IPC Midwest Region
• IPC Eastern Region
• IPC UK and Ireland Region
• IPC Hebron, Dallas
• IPC Ebenezer, Dallas
• IPC Houston
• IPC Salem
• IPC Shalom
• IPC Mayur Vihar,Delhi
• IPC Kirandul, Chhattisgarh
• IPC Bethany, Bangalore
• IPC Kanjurmarg,Mumbai
• IPC Rehoboth Church Thrikkannamangal
• http://www.ipckolhapur.com/satveda theological college
• Kuwait IPC Church
• Pentecost Voice
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