The World Church of God's Power (Portuguese: ''Igreja Mundial do Poder de Deus'') is a

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denomination founded in

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, Brazil on March 3, 1998 by Apostle

Valdemiro Santiago Valdemiro Santiago (born November 2, 1963) is a Brazilian evangelical pastor and leader of the World Church of God's Power. Graduated from the Order of Evangelical Theologians from Latin America, he has been an evangelical minister for more than 3 ...

. The denomination has 6,000 temples in 24 countries. The headquarter of the World Church of God's Power is located in a temple named "World City", in the

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neighborhood, in São Paulo, alternating the main meetings with the World City of Dreams of God in the Santo Amaro neighborhood, with scattered temples. As a distinguishing feature of other denominations, the church focuses primarily on faith healing, and miracles, with various testimonies being presented during the

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and the programming of its TV channel, Rede Mundial.

References

External links

Official Site

Most richest denominations

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{{coord missing, Brazil Evangelical denominations established in the 20th century Evangelical churches in Brazil 1998 establishments in Brazil