Pentecostal World Fellowship

The Pentecostal World Fellowship is a fellowship of Evangelical Pentecostal churches and denominations from across the world. The headquarters is in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Its leader is Dr. William Wilson (Tulsa, OK).

Pentecostal World Fellowship
Founded1947 (1947), Zürich, Switzerland
TypeFellowship of Evangelical Pentecostal churches
HeadquartersTulsa, Oklahoma
Location
  • 33 countries
Members
62 denominations
Key people
Dr. William Wilson
Websitepwfellowship.org

History

The Pentecostal World Fellowship was founded in 1947 at Zürich, Switzerland, during a conference of Pentecostal leaders. [1] This meeting was organized by Swiss pastor Leonard Steiner, who was assisted by David du Plessis. [2] Since then, the Conference has been conducted in various major cities around the world, every three years. [3] In 2001, the conference in Los Angeles, California, was convened in celebration of the Azusa Street Revival.

In 2019, Dr. William Wilson became Chairman of the organization. [4]

Conferences

PWF has a conference every three years. [5]

OccasionYearLocation
1st1947Zurich, Switzerland
2nd1949Paris, France
3rd1952London, UK
4th1955Stockholm, Sweden
5th1958Toronto, Canada
6th1961Jerusalem, Israel
7th1964Helsinki, Finland
8th1967Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
9th1970Dallas, United States
10th1973Seoul, South Korea
11th1976London, UK
12th1979Vancouver, Canada
13th1982Nairobi, Kenya
14th1985Zurich, Switzerland
15th1989Singapore
16th1992Oslo, Norway
17th1995Jerusalem, Israel
18th1998Seoul, South Korea
19th2001Los Angeles, United States
20th2004Johannesburg, South Africa
21st2007Surabaya, Indonesia
22nd2010Stockholm, Sweden
23rd2013Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
24th2016São Paulo, Brazil
25th2019Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Statement of Faith
  1. We believe the Bible to be inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
  2. We believe that there is one God, and one God has three appearances as in The Father,The Son and The Holy Spirit to Human kind.
  3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory.
  4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit through faith in Jesus Christ is absolutely essential.
  5. We believe in the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance according to Acts 2:4, and in the operation of the spiritual gifts and ministries.
  6. We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.
  7. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved to eternal life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  8. We believe in the church of Jesus Christ and in the unity of believers.
  9. We believe in the practical application of the Christian faith in every day experience and in the need to minister to people in every area of life, which includes not only the spiritual but also the social, political and physical.

Member organizations

In 2019, PWF has 62 member representatives in 33 countries. [6]

See also

References
  1. J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 2223
  2. Jelle Creemers, Theological Dialogue with Classical Pentecostals: Challenges and Opportunities, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK, 2015, p. 49
  3. Pentecostal World Fellowship, OUR HISTORY, pwfellowship.org, retrieved February 20, 2020
  4. Pentecostal World Fellowship, LEADERSHIP, pwfellowship.org, retrieved February 20, 2020
  5. Pentecostal World Fellowship, , pwfellowship.org, February 20, 2020
  6. Pentecostal World Fellowship, , pwfellowship.org, retrieved February 20, 2020

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