The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador (PAONL) is a

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. It is one of four Canadian branches of the

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, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world. The denomination claims approximately 117 affiliated churches. The PAONL has a close relationship to the

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History

The PAONL traces its beginnings to the ministry of Pentecostal evangelist

Alice Belle Garrigus Alice Belle Garrigus (August 2, 1858 in Rockville, Connecticut – August 30, 1949 in Clarke's Beach, Newfoundland) was a Pentecostal evangelist and a founder of the Pentecostal church in Newfoundland and Labrador. She spent the first half of her ...

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History
accessed 24 September 2020 In 1911, she founded the Bethesda Pentecostal Church in St. John's. By 1925, the number of Pentecostals and churches had grown enough to receive legal recognition from the Newfoundland government. Until 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador was a separate dominion from Canada, and the PAON developed separately from the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Nevertheless, the two organizations share a common statement of faith and cooperate closely in overseas mission work. The two groups also share the

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."The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland". ''The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements''. Rev. ed. Edited by Stanley M. Burgess and Eduard M. van der Mass. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2003. Kindle edition.

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