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| Mount Sinai Holy Church of America | |
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| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Pentecostal |
| Theology | Holiness Pentecostal[1] |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| President | Presiding Bishop Grace R. Batten |
| Associations | United Holy Church of America |
| Headquarters | Mount Olive Holy Temple,[2] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Founder | Ida B. Robinson[1] |
| Origin | 1924 |
| Congregations | approximately 130 |
| Members | est. 50,000 |
| Official website | http://mtsinaiholychurch.org/home.html |
The Mount Sinai Holy Church of America (MSHCA) is a Christian church in the Holiness-Pentecostal tradition.[1] The church is episcopal in governance. It has approximately 130 congregations in 14 states and 4 countries and a membership of over 50,000. Its headquarters is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- ^ a b c Robins, R. G. (2010). Pentecostalism in America. ABC-CLIO. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-313-35294-2.
In 1924, Philadelphia pastor Ida Robinson defected to form the Mount Sinai Holy Church of America, thus securing full rights of ordination for women. Then, five years later, a group loyal to evangelist Brumfied Johnson organized as the Mount Calvary Holy Church of America. Another addition to the Holiness Pentecostal ranks arrived, unexpectedly, from dissension within Finished Work efforts among Latinos in the West and Southwest.
- ^ Edmonds, Arlene. "Mount Olive Holy Temple: Feeding residents spiritually, physically". The Philadelphia Tribune.
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