Where are They?

[Apocrypha]

Originally Posted by Edward Anglin

From Wikipedia:

"According to the UPCI, it has grown from 617 member churches in 1946 to 4,358 churches in 2007 (which includes 4099 autonomous and 258 daughter works).[23] The UPCI in North America has 9,085 ministers and reports a Sunday school attendance of around 650,000. The UPCI has a presence in 175 other nations with 22,881 licensed ministers, 28,351 churches and meeting places, 652 missionaries, and a foreign membership of over 3 million. Total worldwide membership, including North America, is listed at 4,036,945."

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From "The Future of Pentecostalism in the United States" Patterson, Eric; Rybarczyk, Edmund (2007).

"Oneness Pentecostalism (also known as Jesus Name or Apostolic Pentecostalism) refers to a grouping of denominations and believers within Pentecostal Christianity, all of whom subscribe to the theological doctrine of Oneness. This movement claims an estimated 24 million adherents today."

Of 24 million Oneness believers, 20 million belong to something other than the United Pentecostal Church. Where are they, and what criterion do we use to determine if someone qualifies as "Oneness Pentecostal?"

That number is based off Talmadge French's Masters thesis for his M. Theology from Wheaton Seminary... which later became the book Our God is One.

I was at IBC when he was finishing it and released it. He includes anyone who baptizes in Jesus name. The number is not "oneness pentecostal" in the strict sense... just those that baptize in Jesus name specifically as a doctrinal point.