Friday, December 21, 2007

INDIAN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD

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].

Pastor K. C. John now serves as the General President and Rev T. Valson Abraham as the General Secretary of IPC. The not-for-profit 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.