Oneness Pentecostals believe that Trinitarian doctrine is a " tradition of men " and neither scriptural nor a teaching of God, and cite the absence of the word " Trinity " from the Bible as one evidence of this.

In 1931, a unity conference with representatives from four Oneness organizations met in Columbus, Ohio attempting to bring all Oneness Pentecostals together.

Davis was one of four Pentecostals in the 109th Congress.

Foremost among theological reasons is the tendency of many Pentecostals to insist that speaking in tongues is always the initial physical sign of receiving Spirit baptism.

Pentecostals believe that physical healing is within the anointing and so there is often great expectation or at least great hope that a miraculous cure or improvement will occur when someone is being prayed over for healing.

Pentecostals appeal to the declaration of the Apostle Peter at Pentecost, that " the gift of the Holy Spirit " was " for you and for your children and for all who are far off " ( Acts 2: 38-39 ).

Pentecostals believe in both a literal heaven and hell, the former for those who have accepted God's gift of salvation and the latter for those who have rejected it.

Pentecostals define it as a definite experience occurring after salvation whereby the Holy Spirit comes upon the believer to anoint and empower him or her for special service.

Pentecostals look to scriptures such as James 5: 13 – 16 for direction regarding healing prayer.

This " personal and imminent " Second Coming is for Pentecostals the motivation for practical Christian living including: personal holiness, meeting together for worship, faithful Christian service, and evangelism ( both personal and worldwide ).

Just as fruit should be evident in the life of every Christian, Pentecostals believe that every Spirit-filled believer is given some capacity for the manifestation of the Spirit.

Pentecostals look to 1 Corinthians 14 for instructions on the proper use of the spiritual gifts, especially the vocal ones.

Oneness Pentecostals and other modalists are regarded by Catholic, Orthodox, and some other mainstream Christians as heretical for rejecting the Trinity Doctrine, which they regard as equivalent to Unitarianism.

If, however, a convert comes from a Christian confession that baptizes in the name of Jesus ( such as Oneness Pentecostals ), from one which practices an invalid, non-Trinitarian baptism ( such as Mormons or Jehovah's Witnesses ) or from one that does not practice baptism at all ( such as Quakers or The Salvation Army ), baptism is a prerequisite for chrismation-an initiate must always be validly baptized into the death of Jesus in the name of the Holy Trinity before any further holy mysteries or sacraments of initiation can be administered.

There are 14 churches providing places of worship for Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, Nazarenes, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, Lutherans, Greek Orthodox Christians, Episcopalians and non-denominational Christians.

There were 279 million Pentecostals and over 300 million Charismatics ( the figures for Charismatics include both the Charismatic Movement in the historic churches as well as the neocharismatic movement ).

" Unfortunately being located primarily in the south, it was difficult for Pentecostals to remain integrated due largely to Jim Crow prohibitions and racial prejudice.

Pentecostals have been known and continue to be known for their lively worship, exuberant expressions of praise and worship, and musical compilations.

Most Oneness Pentecostals believe that scripture records these acts of faith as commanded by God for salvation, and therefore insist that the lack of any one of them would result in a person not being saved.

Oneness Pentecostals believe that the Baptism of the Holy Spirit is a free gift, commanded for all.

Pentecostals, both Oneness and Trinitarian, maintain that the Holy Spirit experience denotes the genuine Christian Church, and that he carries with him power for the believer to accomplish God's will.

Unlike most Trinitarian Pentecostals, Oneness adherents assert that receipt of the Holy Spirit is necessary for salvation.

Many, if not the majority, of Pentecostals are premillennial dispensationalists believing in a pretribulation rapture.

Like other evangelicals, Pentecostals generally adhere to the Bible's divine inspiration and inerrancy — the belief that the Bible, in the original languages in which it was written, is infallible.

Early Pentecostals saw their teachings on baptism with the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and divine healing as a return to the doctrines and power of the Apostolic Age.

Unlike Pentecostals, Evangelicals and Fundamentalists generally do not believe that physical healing is within the anointing.

For Pentecostals, spiritual and physical healing serves as a reminder and testimony to Christ's future return when his people will be completely delivered from all the consequences of the fall.

Pentecostals believe that prayer is central in receiving healing.

Besides prayer, there are other ways in which Pentecostals believe healing can be received.

In contrast to Pentecostals, charismatics tend to accept a range of supernatural experiences ( such as prophecy, miracles, healing, or " physical manifestations of an altered state of consciousness ") as evidence of having been baptized or filled with the Holy Spirit.

All Pentecostals and charismatics are encouraged to pray for the healing of the sick even if they do not claim possession of the supernatural gift.

Neocharismatics, like Apostolics, Pentecostals and Charismatics, believe in and stress the post-Biblical availability of gifts of the Holy Spirit, including glossolalia ( speaking in tongues ), healing, and prophecy.

Pentecostals are continuationists, meaning they believe that all of the spiritual gifts, including the miraculous or " sign gifts ", found in 1 Corinthians 12: 4-11, 12: 27-31, Romans 12: 3-8, and Ephesians 4: 7-16 continue to operate within the Church in the present time.

Pentecostals believe that prophecy is the vocal gift of preference, a view derived from 1 Corinthians 14.

In addition, 1 Corinthians 1: 13 is taken by Oneness Pentecostals to indicate baptism in Jesus ' name, as well.

Pentecostals totalled 1. 33 % while other denominations were represented by less than 1 %.

In response to those who say that the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is not a separate experience from conversion, Pentecostals appeal to the question asked by the Apostle Paul to the Ephesian believers " Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?

There are over 279 million Pentecostals worldwide, and the movement is growing in many parts of the world, especially the global South.

For most Pentecostals, there is no other requirement to receive salvation.

The majority of Pentecostals believe that at the moment a person is born again, the new believer has the presence ( indwelling ) of the Holy Spirit.

Pentecostals believe that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is available to all Christians.

However, Pentecostals do believe that the biblical pattern is " repentance, regeneration, water baptism, and then the baptism with the Holy Ghost ".

For Pentecostals, there is no prescribed manner in which a believer will be filled with the Spirit.

While the baptism with the Holy Spirit is a definite experience in a believer's life, Pentecostals view it as just the beginning of living a Spirit-filled life.

For Pentecostals, " every moment is eschatological " since at any time Christ may return.

The city is also home to not only the Catholic Archdiocese, but to many Protestant branches of Christianity, such as: Evangelicals, Latter-day Saints, Baptists, and Pentecostals.