The International Pentecost Holiness Church (or IPHC) is one of the largest

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es in

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. The church was founded in Meadowlands, Soweto, in 1962 by Frederick S Modise. The church's headquarters is at Silo in the town of

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; visitors were encouraged to make a monthly pilgrimage to Silo and Modise.

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{{Reflist African initiated churches Pentecostal denominations Organizations established in 1962