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The United Holy Church of America, Inc. is a predominantly black holiness pentecostal Christian denomination.

This church was organized as the outgrowth of a holiness revival sparked by the meetings held by Isaac Cheshier at Method, North Carolina (a suburb of Raleigh), in 1886. It began as a regional body. In 1900 this body called itself Holy Church of North Carolina, and later, as it grew, the Holy Church of North Carolina and Virginia. In the early 1900s, the church added a pentecostal understanding to its holiness emphasis.



In 1916, the name United Holy Church of America was adopted, and the church was incorporated on September 15, 1918.

International headquarters are located in Durham, North Carolina. The UHC of A consists of 516 churches, 17 districts, and 8 terriotories. The largest and the oldest district of the connectional body which is the Southern District Convocation (Goldsboro, NC).

References

  • Handbook of Denominations in the United States, by Frank S. Mead, Samuel S. Hill, and Craig D. Atwood
  • The History of the United Holy Church of America, Inc., by Chester W. Gregory, Sr.

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