General Conference Archives - upci.org (2024)

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What is the UPCI General Conference? ›

General Conference is the UPCI's flagship event. The four-day gathering features dynamic worship and inspirational preaching, as well as practical instruction and networking opportunities for credentialed ministers and constituents alike.

The United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) is a Oneness Pentecostal denomination headquartered in Weldon Spring, Missouri. The United Pentecostal Church International was formed in 1945 by a merger of the former Pentecostal Church, Inc.

UPCI General Conference 2024 Schedule. All services will be held in the Pacific Ballroom Arena at the Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, California 90802.

David K. Bernard is the general superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International, which has 5.75 million constituents in 44,000 churches in over 200 nations.

We believe in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit with the sign of speaking in other tongues. We believe that Christians must be filled daily by using the prayer language, but the evidence of the Holy Spirit's indwelling presence is a changed life. We believe in the manifestation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

(KRDO) -- New disturbing details against a former music teacher at the First United Pentecostal Church, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a child in a position of trust, shows multiple minors were involved in an inappropriate relationship.

Conclusions: Oneness Pentecostals have an anti-trinitarian view of God, an unbiblical doctrine of Jesus Christ, and unbiblical requirements for salvation (speaking in tongues, water baptism in “Jesus' name,” and a legalistic moral code).

Trinity - The word "Trinity" does not appear in the Bible. UPCI says that doctrine is invalid. God, according to United Pentecostals, is not three distinct persons, as in the Trinity doctrine, but three "manifestations" of the one God.

From 521 churches in 1945, the UPCI has grown to more than 45,000 churches (including preaching points), 45,000 credentialed ministers, and 5.8 million constituents worldwide.

Who are the founders of the UPCI? ›

Later, in 1945, the UPCI was formed by the merger of the Pentecostal Church and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. Prominent United Pentecostal Church founders include Robert Edward McAlister, Harry Branding, and Oliver F. Fauss.

Peak Attendance of 11,200

Attendance increased relative to recent General Conferences.

From its beginning in 1945, the UPCI has given ministerial credentials to both men and women. Originally women were about 21 percent of total ministers. The percentage has decreased over time for various reasons, but in recent years the number of women ministers has grown to a new record of 461 .

No jewelry except wedding ring and wristwatch. No low necklines. No sleeveless dresses or shirts. No very tight or very thin clothes.

Charles Fox Parham, an independent holiness evangelist who believed strongly in divine healing, was an important figure to the emergence of Pentecostalism as a distinct Christian movement. Parham, who was raised as a Methodist, started a spiritual school near Topeka, Kansas in 1900, which he named Bethel Bible School.

Doctrines of the Church of God General Conference include belief in the authority of the Bible as the rule of faith, one God, who is the Father, Jesus is God's Son, who came into existence beginning with his miraculous conception in Mary's womb, repentance is lifelong change, the literal premillennial second coming of ...

General Conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), general conferences are a semiannual meeting where general authorities and other church leaders preach sermons and give guidance to church members.

We believe in the personal and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the endless suffering of the unbeliever in Hell and the eternal joy of the believer in the presence of God.

We believe the one God reveals himself as the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit, distinct but inseparable, eternally one in essence and power. We believe in Jesus Christ, truly God and truly man, in whom the divine and human natures are perfectly and inseparably united.