The Church of God of Prophecy is a Christian denomination with beliefs and principles similar to Pentecostal Holiness

Holiness movement

The holiness movement refers to a set of beliefs and practices emerging from the Methodist Christian church in the mid 19th century. The movement is distinguished by its emphasis on John Wesley's doctrine of "Christian perfection" - the belief that it is possible to live free of voluntary sin - and...

 Christian

Christian

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 faith. It is one of five Church of God bodies headquartered in Cleveland, Tennessee

Cleveland, Tennessee

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 that descended from a small meeting of believers who gathered at the Barney Creek Meeting House near the Tennessee

Tennessee

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/North Carolina

North Carolina

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 border in 1886.

The Church of God of Prophecy has congregations and missions in over 130 countries, with a membership of over 1,500,000 In 2006, membership in the United States was 84,762 in 1,871 churches.