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Bernt Berntsen (1863–1933) was a Norwegian American and one of the earliest Pentecostal missionaries in China. He was the first missionary to introduce Oneness Pentecostalism to China, thereby becoming the critical link in the formation of the indigenous True Jesus Church.Berntsen was born and reared in Larvik, Norway. Following his marriage to Magna Berg (1867–1935), together they migrated to the USA in 1893. Spiritually restless and searching for a deeper commitment in his faith, he volunteered as a missionary to China. In 1904—the …

Anglican Renewal Ministries Canada is an independently incorporated, non-profit registered organization within the Anglican Church of Canada. Its primary purpose is to promote the movement of spiritual renewal within the Church, primarily the Anglican Church, but also other Christian traditions by invitation. It is rooted in the Charismatic Renewal of the last half of the twentieth century, beginning in the historic mainline Protestant and Catholic churches, and preceded by the earlier Pentecost…

Paul Wei (1876–1919) was the leading figure in the founding of  the indigenous Chinese True Jesus Church (TJC). Following his Christian conversion, Wei’s beliefs were shaped in part by Western missionaries, especially Oneness Pentecostals (OP) and Seventh-Day Adventists. OP taught that baptism should be invocated in the name of Jesus Christ, and the Trinity belong to only the economy of salvation. Before his death, however, Wei broke fellowship with missionaries, and claimed the authority of div…

The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World (PAW) is the oldest existing Oneness Pentecostal (OP) organization. It is also one of the first Pentecostal bodies, established as a ministerial association in 1907 in the same year the black Holiness Church of God in Christ (COGIC) reorganized as a Pentecostal body. The PAW was from its beginning an interracial church of the Azusa Street Revival.The first General Secretary was J.J. Frazee (1851–1930), an obscure but effective organizational leader. Following his election in 1912, he moved both PAW headquarters and h…

Oneness Pentecostalism (OP) is the third stream—next to Holiness and Finished Work Pentecostalism—to emerge from the early-twentieth century Pentecostal revival, the consequence of a schism in 1916 within the newly formed Assemblies of God (AG). Initially called the “New Issue,” the “Oneness” label emerged around 1930, and throughout its history OPs have shared the label “Apostolic” with various Trinitarian Pentecostal groups.Theologically, OP rejected the doctrine of the Trinity and insisted upon water baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. In al…