The Pentecostal World Conference or Pentecostal World Fellowship is a fellowship of Pentecostal

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...

 believers and denominations from across the world.

The Pentecostal World Conference meets every three years. The first conference was held in 1947 at Zürich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. This meeting was organized by Swiss pastor Leonard Steiner, who was assisted by David du Plessis

David du Plessis

David Johannes du Plessis was a South African-born Pentecostal minister. He is considered one of the main founders of the charismatic movement, in which the Pentecostal experience of baptism with the Holy Spirit spread to non-Pentecostal churches worldwide.-Biography:Born to missionary parents, an...

. Since then, the Conference has met at Paris, France (1949); London, England (1952); Stockholm, Sweden (1955); Toronto, Ontario (1958); Jerusalem, Israel (1961); Helsinki, Finland (1964); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1967); Dallas, Texas (1970); Seoul, Korea (1973); London, England (1976); Vancouver, British Columbia (1979); Nairobi, Kenya (1982); Zurich, Switzerland (1985); Singapore (1989); Oslo, Norway (1992); Jerusalem, Israel (1995), Seoul, Korea (1998), and Los Angeles, California (2001). The Los Angeles meeting was convened in celebration of the Azusa Street Revival

Azusa Street Revival

The Azusa Street Revival was a historic Pentecostal revival meeting that took place in Los Angeles, California and is the origin of the Pentecostal movement. It was led by William J. Seymour, an African American preacher. It began with a meeting on April 14, 1906, and continued until roughly 1915...

. The 20th Conference met at Johannesburg, South Africa in 2004.

Pentecostal organizations that subscribe to the PWC Statement of Faith may apply for membership, which is subject to the approval of the Advisory Committee of the Pentecostal World Fellowship.

Members

• Apostolic Church of Pentecost of Canada (Canada)
• Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
  Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa
  The Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa is a classical Pentecostal Christian denomination in South Africa. With 1.2 million adherents, it is South Africa's largest Pentecostal church. Dr. Isak Burger has led the AFM as president since 1996 when the white and black branches of the church were...
  
  
• Apostolic Faith Mission of Namibia (Namibia)
• Asia Assembly Mission Council (Hong Kong)
• Assembleias de Deus
  Assembleias de Deus
  The Assembléias de Deus are a group of Pentecostal denominations in Brazil related to the Assemblies of God.- History :The Assembléias de Deus began when Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren, two Swedish Baptist immigrants from South Bend, Indiana had the Pentecostal experience in Chicago and departed...
  
   (Brazil)
• General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America (USA)
• Australian Christian Churches
  Australian Christian Churches
  Australian Christian Churches , also known as Assemblies of God in Australia , is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the Australian branch of the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world...
  
   (Australia)
• Assemblies of God in the United Kingdom
  Assemblies of God in the United Kingdom
  Assemblies of God in Great Britain is a Pentecostal denomination and a part of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with a global adherence of 52.5 million people....
  
   (United Kingdom)
• Assemblies of God Nigeria (Nigeria)
• Assemblies of God of Malaysia (Malaysia)
• Assemblies of God of Singapore (Singapore)
• Assemblies of God Romania (Romania)
• Bund Freikirchlicher Pfingstgemeinden (Germany)
• Calvary Church
  Calvary Church
  -Calvary Church, or variants thereof, may refer to:* Calvary Chapel, a Christian denomination* Calvary Holiness Church -Places in the United States:California* Calvary Church of Santa AnaDelaware...
  
   (Malaysia)
• Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
  Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
  The Church of God, with headquarters in Cleveland, Tennessee, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination. With over seven million members in over 170 countries, it is one of the largest Pentecostal denominations in the world...
  
   (USA & International)
• Church of God in Christ
  Church of God in Christ
  The Church of God in Christ is a Pentecostal Holiness Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership. With nearly five million members in the United States and 12,000 congregations, it is the largest Pentecostal church and the fifth largest Christian church in the U.S....
  
   (USA & International)
• Church of God in Korea (South Korea)
• Church of God in Mexico (Mexico)
• Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines
  Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines
  The Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines is a Christian Pentecostal Group in the Philippines. The CFGP is the national church body of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel originated in Los Angeles California...
  
   (Philippines)
• Deeper Christian Life Ministry
  Deeper Life Bible Church (Nigeria)
  Deeper Christian Life Ministry is a non-denominational Christian Church with its international headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria, mostly renowned for its teachings on Salvation from sin, biblical holiness of life and supernatural healing...
  
   (Nigeria)
• Eglise des Assemblees de Dieu (Togo)
• Fida International (Finland)
• Foursquare Gospel Church of Canada
  International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
  The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination. As of 2000 it had a worldwide membership of over 8,000,000, with almost 60,000 churches in 144 countries. In 2006, membership in the United States...
  
   (Canada)
• Graha Bethany (Indonesia)
• Hillsong (Australia)
• Hungarian Pentecostal Church (Hungary)
• Igreja Metodista Wesleyana (Brazil)
• International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
  International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
  The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination. As of 2000 it had a worldwide membership of over 8,000,000, with almost 60,000 churches in 144 countries. In 2006, membership in the United States...
  
   (USA & International)
• International Pentecostal Holiness Church
  International Pentecostal Holiness Church
  The International Pentecostal Holiness Church or simply Pentecostal Holiness Church is a Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1911 with the merger of two older denominations. Traditionally centered in the Southeastern United States, particularly the Carolinas and Georgia, the Pentecostal...
  
   (USA & International)
• Jesus for every soul ministry www.prayerfort.org [India]
• Japan Assemblies of God
  Japan Assemblies of God
  The Japan Assemblies of God is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Japan affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. It claims 10,766 adherents and 211 churches...
  
   (Japan)
• Liberia Assemblies of God (Liberia)
• Lighthouse Chapel International (Ghana)
• Manna International (India)
• New Life Assembly of God (India)
• Prayer Fort [India]
• Pakistan Assemblies of God (Pakistan)
• Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
  Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
  The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the largest evangelical church in Canada. It reports 234,385 adherents and 1,077 member congregations throughout Canada...
  
   (Canada)
• Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America
  Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America
  The Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America is an interdenominational fellowship of Pentecostal and charismatic churches and denominations in North America, existing for the purpose of promoting cooperation and understanding. It is a successor to the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America...
  
   (North America)
• Pentecostal European Fellowship (Europe)
• Pentecostal Holiness Church (Hong Kong)
• Pentecostal Holiness Church of Canada (Canada)
• Pentecostal Movement of Norway (Norway)
• Renueve de Plenitud (Central America)
• Pentecostal Union of Romania
  Pentecostal Union of Romania
  The Pentecostal Union of Romania is Romania's fourth-largest religious body and one of its eighteen officially recognised religious denominations. At the 2002 census, 330,486 Romanians declared themselves to be Pentecostals; ethnically, they were 85.2% Romanians, 10.6% Roma, 1.9% Ukrainians, 1.8%...
  
   (Romania)
• Swedish Pentecostal Movement (Sweden)
  • The Swedish Pentecostal Research and Information Center (Sweden)
• Union of Pentecostal Churches of Lithuania (Lithuania)