The Pentecostal Church in Poland ( pl, Kościół Zielonoświątkowy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestantism, Protestant Charismatic Christianity, Charismatic Christian movement Christian denomination A Christian denomination is a distinct Religion, religious body within Christianity that comprises all Church (congregation), church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadersh ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

. It is the largest Pentecostal denomination in Poland and a part of the

World Assemblies of God Fellowship The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God" ...

, and the second largest

Protestant Protestantism is a Christian denomination, branch of Christianity that follows the theological tenets of the Reformation, Protestant Reformation, a movement that began seeking to reform the Catholic Church from within in the 16th century agai ...

denomination in Poland. The Pentecostal Church in Poland is a member of Pentecostal European Fellowship and Biblical Society in Poland. Headquartered in the city of

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...

History

The Pentecostal Church in Poland had its origins in the first bible college opened in 1929 by the Assemblies of God in the United States. The Church was forced join the United Evangelical Church of Poland during communism in 1947. The Pentecostal Church in Poland was founded in 1987. William Kay, Anne Dyer, ''European Pentecostalism'', BRILL, UK, 2011, p. 228 It had 24,000 adherents and 240 congregations.Kościoły i związki wyznaniowe w Polsce 2010-2013
/ref> It has three Bible schools with extension programs training about 150 students and facilitates several ministries.

Administration

The church is divided into seven districts: * Central District, covering the

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of ca ...

and Masovian Voivodeships * Eastern District, covering the

Lublin Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of ...

, Subcarpathian and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeships * Northern District, covering the Podlaskie and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships * Pomeranian District, covering the Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Pomeranian Voivodeships * Southern District, covering the

Lesser Poland Lesser Poland, often known by its Polish name Małopolska ( la, Polonia Minor), is a historical region situated in southern and south-eastern Poland. Its capital and largest city is Kraków. Throughout centuries, Lesser Poland developed a ...

and Silesian Voivodeships * Western District, covering the Lower Silesian and

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Voivodeships * Western-Greater Poland District, covering the

Greater Poland Greater Poland, often known by its Polish name Wielkopolska (; german: Großpolen, sv, Storpolen, la, Polonia Maior), is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief and largest city is Poznań followed by Kalisz, the oldest cit ...

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and West Pomeranian Voivodeships

References

External links

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Official website of the Pentecostal Church in Poland
Christian denominations in Poland Pentecostal denominations in Europe {{Christian-denomination-stub