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The International Pentecostal Holiness Church is a , and the pentecostal revival of the early 20th Century . The ''Methodist Episcopal Church, South'' adopted a statement in 1894 which opposed the growing holiness movement in the church. Within a decade about 25 new holiness groups, including the ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'', came into existence. The oldest group that is part of the foundation of the present denomination originated in 1895 as the ''Fire-Baptized Holiness Association'' in Iowa . The leader, Benjamin H. Irwin of Lincoln, Nebraska , a former Baptist preacher, organized the body into the national ''Fire-Baptized Holiness Church'' at Anderson, South Carolina in August of 1898 . By this time, Irwin's group had organized churches in eight U. S. states and two Canadian provinces. Abner Blackmon Crumpler, a Methodist Holiness evangelist in North Carolina , founded the Pentecostal Holiness in 1897 , as the inter-denominational ''North Carolina Holiness Association''. The first congregation to carry the name Pentecostal Holiness Church was formed in Goldsboro, North Carolina , in 1898. ''Pentecostal'' was dropped from the name in 1901, but was restored in 1908. , 1911 at the Pentecostal Holiness Church building in Falcon, North Carolina . The ''Tabernacle Pentecostal Church'', churches affiliated with Nickes Holmes' Bible College in Greenville, South Carolina , merged with the ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'' in 1915 . These congregations had Presbyterian roots and were located mostly in South Carolina . After the mergers, the denomination had about 200 churches with approximately 5000 members. Since the adoption of the article of faith on the baptism of the Holy Ghost in 1908, the ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'' has taught the following beliefs as their five cardinal doctrines: justification by faith, entire sanctification, the baptism in the Holy Spirit evidenced by speaking in tongues, Christ's atonement (including divine healing), and the premillennial second coming of Christ. The church holds water Baptism and holy Communion (open communion observed quarterly) to be divine ordinances. Though not considered an ordinance, some of the churches also engage in the practice of Feet Washing . The ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'' is apparently the first church in the United States to adopt a pentecostal statement as official doctrine. In 1920 a schism came into the ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'' over divine healing and the use of medicine. Some pastors believed Christians had the right to use medicine and doctors, while the majority of the church believed in trusting God for healing without the use of medicine and doctors. The minority withdrew and formed the Congregational Holiness Church in 1921 . The church in 1999 had 8383 churches with 1,040,400 members. U. S. membership was 184,431 individuals in 1771 churches. There were 28 regional conferences and missionaries in more than 90 nations. International offices were once located in Franklin Springs, Georgia , home of Emmanuel College , but is now located in Bethany, Oklahoma (a suburb of Oklahoma City ). The church sponsors two accredited colleges, a children's home, and a convalescent center. The ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'' was a charter member of the ''National Association of Evangelicals'' in 1943 , and joined the ''Pentecostal Fellowship of North America'' (now Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America) in 1948 . The current name (the addition of ''International'') was adopted in 1975 . Several ministers who were raised in the ''Pentecostal Holiness Church'' have risen to greater name recognition than the church itself, such as Oral Roberts , an internationally known charismatic evangelist, Charles Stanley, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention , and C.M. Ward, a former Assemblies Of God radio preacher. A predominantly black organization, now known as the Fire Baptized Holiness Church Of God Of The Americas , was organized by a Bishop William E. Fuller of B. H. Irwin's ''Fire-Baptized Holiness Church''. EXTERNAL LINKS
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