God is Love Pentecostal Church
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The God is Love Pentecostal Church or Igreja Pentecostal Deus é Amor (or IPDA) is a Brazilian-based Pentecostal denomination. It is considered part of the second wave of Pentecostalism in Brazil.¹
Igreja Pentecostal Deus e Amor was founded in São Paulo in 1962, by Daví Martins de Miranda (or David Miranda). By 1995 it had spread to 30 other countries, with a memebership of 800,000 members in 2001 Census (data from IBGE, Brazil's Geography & Statistics Institue). Currently (2003) there are 8,140 churches. World headquarters of the denomination is located in the center of São Paulo. The church emphasis on divine healing and exorcism. The IPDA requires a strict code of living to its members, such they are not allowed to watch TV.
External link
- Official Web Site (http://www.ipda.org.br/) - in Portuguese
- Adherents.com (http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_314.html#1989)
Footnote
- 1. Why Pentecostal Churches are Growing in Brazil (http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showchapter?chapter_id=1358)