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:high-amperage music, voluble praise, bodily movement including clapping and swaying, personal testimonies, sometimes prayers "in the Spirit," a sermon full of stories and anecdotes, announcements, lots of humorous banter, a period of intense prayers for healing, and a parting song.<ref> Cox, ''Fire from Heaven'' (1995) p 6, also p 9-10</ref>  

:high-amperage music, voluble praise, bodily movement including clapping and swaying, personal testimonies, sometimes prayers "in the Spirit," a sermon full of stories and anecdotes, announcements, lots of humorous banter, a period of intense prayers for healing, and a parting song.<ref> Cox, ''Fire from Heaven'' (1995) p 6, also p 9-10</ref>  

==Denominations==

==Denominations==

From a worldwide perspective, the Assemblies of God is the largest Pentecostal denomination. However, the vast majority of its membership is outside of the United States. It has 2.5 million members in the U.S. and 25 million overall.  

From a worldwide perspective, the [[Assemblies of God]] is the largest Pentecostal denomination. However, the vast majority of its membership is outside of the United States. It has 2.5 million members in the U.S. and 25 million overall.  

Next in size are the Church of God and The Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African American denomination based in the U.S.  Other Pentecostal denominations include the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee; the International Pentecostal Holiness Church; the International Church of the Four Square Gospel; the Full Gospel church; and the United Pentecostal Church International. Some, including the United Pentecostal Church International, do not believe in the Trinity, but most do. There are scores of smaller Pentecostal bodies.<ref> For a listing of the websites of these and other Pentecostal churches, go to http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~kbanner/pentec.html </ref>

Next in size are the Church of God and The Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African American denomination based in the U.S.   

 

 

Other Pentecostal denominations include the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee (1.0 million members in the U.S.); the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (244,000 U.S.members); the International Church of the Four Square Gospel (252,000 U.S. members); the Full Gospel Fellowshiop (412,000 members in the U.S.); and the United Pentecostal Church International (646,000 members in the U.S.) Some, including the United Pentecostal Church International, do not believe in the Trinity, but most do. There are scores of smaller Pentecostal bodies.<ref> For a listing of the websites of these and other Pentecostal churches, go to http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~kbanner/pentec.html </ref>

==History==

==History==

==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

===United States===

===United States and Canada===

* Anderson, Robert Mapes. ''Vision of the Disinherited'' (1979).  

* Anderson, Robert Mapes. ''Vision of the Disinherited'' (1979).  

* Blumhofer, Edith L. ''Restoring the Faith: The Assemblies of God, Pentecostalism, and American Culture.'' U. of Illinois Press, 1993. 281 pp.  A  major schiolarly study.

* Blumhofer, Edith L. ''Restoring the Faith: The Assemblies of God, Pentecostalism, and American Culture.'' U. of Illinois Press, 1993. 281 pp.  A  major schiolarly study.

* Poloma, Margaret M. ''The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas.'' U. of Tennessee Pr., 1989. 309 pp. scholarly study

* Poloma, Margaret M. ''The Assemblies of God at the Crossroads: Charisma and Institutional Dilemmas.'' U. of Tennessee Pr., 1989. 309 pp. scholarly study

* Stephens, Randall J. "The Convergence of Populism, Religion, and the Holiness-Pentecostal Movements: A Review of the Historical Literature." ''Fides Et Historia'' 2000 32(1): 51-64.

* Stephens, Randall J. "The Convergence of Populism, Religion, and the Holiness-Pentecostal Movements: A Review of the Historical Literature." ''Fides Et Historia'' 2000 32(1): 51-64.

* Synan, Vinson, ed. ''The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001,'' (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001)

* Synan, Vinson, ed. ''The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001,'' (Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001)

* Wacker, Grant. ''Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture.'' (2001) 380pp

* Wacker, Grant. ''Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture.'' (2001) 380pp

* Goff, Jr.  James R. ''Fields White unto Harvest: Charles F. Parham and the Missionary Origins of Pentecostalism'' (University of Arkansas Press, 1988)

* Goff, Jr.  James R. ''Fields White unto Harvest: Charles F. Parham and the Missionary Origins of Pentecostalism'' (University of Arkansas Press, 1988)

* Medhurst, Martin J. ''Filled with the Spirit: Rhetorical Invention and the Pentecostal Tradition," ''Rhetoric & Public Affairs'' v7 #4 (2004) 555-572  in Project MUSE

* Medhurst, Martin J. ''Filled with the Spirit: Rhetorical Invention and the Pentecostal Tradition," ''Rhetoric & Public Affairs'' v7 #4 (2004) 555-572  in Project MUSE

===Missions and International===

===Missions and International===