The Indian Pentecostal Church of God (IPC) is the largest indigenous Pentecostal movement in India, with its headquarters at Hebron, Kumbanad, Kerala, India. The movement was established in 1924 and registered on 9 December 1935 at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, under the Government of India. Pastor K. C. John now serves as the General President of IPC from 2006 until the present, Baby Varghese serves as the general vice-president, and T. Valson Abraham as the general secretary. The organization has about 7,500 churches located in over 25 regions and states around the world. However, the state of Kerala, India has the greatest number of IPC churches: nearly 4,500 local congregations and Pastor K. C. Thomas serves as the state president
In the late 1920s, K. E. Abraham, P. M. Samuel, K. C. Cherian, T.G.Oommen and others united the various independent Pentecostal churches into a Pentecostal denomination.
Pastor K.E. Abraham (1899–1974) became a Pentecostal in 1923, He believed in the independent churches so he disagreed with other missionaries mostly from Assemblies of God and founded the Indian Pentecostal Church of God. Pastor K. E Anraham is the founder President of IPC.
The Indian Pentecostal Church of God was registered with the Government of India under the Societies Act XXI of 1860 on 9 December 1935.
Pastor P. M. Samuel from Andhra Pradesh was chosen as the first president, K. C. Cherian as the vice president, and P. T. Chacko as the secretary.
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