Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship
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The Pentecostal Charismatic Peace Fellowship (PCPF) is a multicultural
, gender inclusive, and ecumenical organization that promotes peace, justice, and reconciliation work among Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. Members and adherents in over twenty denominations
, fifteen countries, and forty universities and seminaries participate.
The PCPF was first suggested in a paper presented in July 2001 at the European Pentecostal Charismatic Research Association http://www.epcra.ch conference in Leuven, Belgium by Paul Alexander, an Assemblies of God
minister and professor from Texas (USA). By March 2002 about thirty Pentecostals and Charismatics had signed on after another version of the original paper was presented at the Society for Pentecostal Studies conference in Lakeland, Florida
.
Later that year Marlon Millner penned "Send Judah First: An Open Letter to President George W. Bush," encouraging the USA not to invade Iraq. This letter, which was signed by many Pentecostal and Charismatic pastors, students, and teachers, helped launch the PCPF and brought together the leadership that continues to guide the organization.
The PCPF held its first conference, Intercession as a Way of Life: Peacemaking and Discipleship, near Dallas, Texas in October, 2005. The following October they met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Seeking the Peace of the City. In October 2007 they met at the Hot Dog Church in San Francisco, California for Reconciliation: Message, Ministry, and Movement.
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
, gender inclusive, and ecumenical organization that promotes peace, justice, and reconciliation work among Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians. Members and adherents in over twenty denominations
Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is an identifiable religious body under a common name, structure, and doctrine within Christianity. In the Orthodox tradition, Churches are divided often along ethnic and linguistic lines, into separate churches and traditions. Technically, divisions between one group and...
, fifteen countries, and forty universities and seminaries participate.
The PCPF was first suggested in a paper presented in July 2001 at the European Pentecostal Charismatic Research Association http://www.epcra.ch conference in Leuven, Belgium by Paul Alexander, an Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God , officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely-associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination...
minister and professor from Texas (USA). By March 2002 about thirty Pentecostals and Charismatics had signed on after another version of the original paper was presented at the Society for Pentecostal Studies conference in Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States, located approximately midway between Tampa and Orlando along Interstate 4. According to the 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate, the city had a population of 94,406...
.
Later that year Marlon Millner penned "Send Judah First: An Open Letter to President George W. Bush," encouraging the USA not to invade Iraq. This letter, which was signed by many Pentecostal and Charismatic pastors, students, and teachers, helped launch the PCPF and brought together the leadership that continues to guide the organization.
The PCPF held its first conference, Intercession as a Way of Life: Peacemaking and Discipleship, near Dallas, Texas in October, 2005. The following October they met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Seeking the Peace of the City. In October 2007 they met at the Hot Dog Church in San Francisco, California for Reconciliation: Message, Ministry, and Movement.