Denominational Profile

History

International Pentecostal Holiness Church	split into Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church (1918)	continuedPentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church
		split into Emmanuel Holiness Church (1953)

The Pentecostal Fire-Baptized Holiness Church was formed in 1918 by those in the Pentecostal Holiness Church, now the International Pentecostal Holiness Church, who wanted stricter standards concerning dress, amusements, tobacco, and association between the sexes.

Membership Data

Year	Clergy	Churches	Members
1940	-	71	1,655
1942	-	69	1,810
1944	-	71	1,900
1947	-	76	1,344
1951	116	100	2,875
1952	121	84	1,920
1953	67	50	894
1954	60	48	812
1955	67	48	812
1956	67	43	839
1957	58	43	756
1958	60	42	615
1960	48	41	573
1962	45	36	574
1965	38	41	500
1967	80	41	545
1969	80	41	545
1992	26	27	234
1993	26	26	200
1996	28	27	223

Source

Data were taken from the National Council of Churches' Historic Archive CD and recent editions of the Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Denomination descriptions provided by Dr. J. Gordon Melton, Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion (ISAR). [More information on data sources]