A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

Oneness Pentecostal Organizations
isters were part of the early PAW, but when the split along
racial lines occurred in 1924, most of the Hispanics left.
In 1925 they formed their own association to focus on
ministry in Spanish. In 1926 they chose their name and
elected Antonio Nava as president. These Apostolics
require women to wear head coverings in church and do
not allow women to preach.
After the UPCI, the best-known predominately white
group in the U.S. is the Assemblies of the Lord Jesus
Christ (48,500). It was formed in 1952 as a merger of
three small Oneness groups, which in turn had originated
with the departure of whites from the PAW in
1924.
Another predominantly white group is the Church of
Jesus Christ (37,000), a conservative, loose-knit fellowship
of formerly independent ministers.
The International Ministerial Association (63,600)
adopted the Latter Rain teaching of the 1950s and left the
UPCI. (See chapter 9.) W. E. Kidson, a prominent United
Pentecostal minister, led this split in 1954.
Over the years, there have been several other breakaways
from the UPCI and its predecessor organizations.
Some have sought to be more strict in the doctrine of salvation
and holiness of dress than the main group, and
some have sought to relax standards in these areas. None
of them have attained the size of the groups identified
here, however.
As we have seen, almost all Oneness groups are
aligned with the Finished Work camp. Several in the black
community, however, originated in the Holiness movement
and teach sanctification as a second work of grace.
The largest is the Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of
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