IPHC Archives & Research Center

Welcome to the Archives & Research Center

We are IPHC Ministries (International Pentecostal Holiness Church) and we are very happy to be hosting your visit.

Our international office, the Resource Development Center, is located on beautiful rolling hills in Bethany, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City. To reach us by mail, use P.O. Box 12609, Oklahoma City, OK 73157. To call by phone, dial (405) 787-7110 or fax to (405) 789-3957.

We have twenty-seven quadrennial conferences (regional judicatories) across the United States. For more information about those offices, or to reach anyone in the office in your area, check their contact information here. In addition, we have missionaries serving in more than 90 nations world-wide. Visit our sister denomination the Pentecostal Holiness Church of Canada. Affiliates and Friends of IPHC Ministries are listed here.

The Archives & Research Menu at the left links to pages that will help you understand Who We Are and What We Believe. Those pages are taken from various church publications, including our General Conference Minutes and our church Manual.

As part of our Centennial Celebration in 1998, a timeline was developed with commentary by our church archivist, Dr. Harold Hunter. The timeline also includes a short summary of the minutes of each General Conference held since 1911.

New Book by IPHC Archivist
Suffering with Christ was not only the experience of the early church but is also that of much of the church today. This volume presents up to date global, ecumenical reflections on the different ways in which the church suffers: from class discrimination to government persecution; from inter-religious conflict to tensions between different Christian groups.

With a special focus on Pentecostal/Charasmatic Christianity, but also bringing perspectives from other Christian traditions into the discussion, this book provides both theological and practical insight.

Harold D. Hunter is the Director of International Pentecostal Holiness Church Archives and Research Center.

Cecil Robeck is Professor of Church History and Ecumenics at Fuller Theological Seminary.

Contents Include:
Introduction; Persecution, Martyrdom, and Christian Self-Definition in the Early Church; A Spirit Theology of Suffering; An Anabaptist-Mennonite Theology of Suffering: Some Features; Christians and Persecution: Making an Appropriate Response; The Scandal and the Glory of the Cross; Persecution of Christians in the Muslim World; An Orthodox Response to Persecution: The Situation in the Middle East; Persecution of the Romanian Church in the Twentieth Century: An Historical and Theological Perspective; Anatomy of Suffering: Consequences of Persecutions in the past for the Church in the Post Soviet Era; Martyria and Koinonia: Theological Reflections on Some Aspects of the History of Poland; God and Caesar: Church and State Relationships in Communist China; Human Rights Violations and the Church in Myanmar; Spiritual Foundations for Interreligious Dialogue and Reflection on its Present-Day Practice

This book may be purchased online.

IPHC Archivist Invited to Service with Pope Benedict
Dr. Harold D. Hunter, Historian and Director of the IPHC Archives & Research Center, was invited to participate in the Ecumenical Prayer Service with Pope Benedict XVI on April 18, 2008. His invitation came from years of service in the Pentecostal/Charismatic/Catholic dialogs. Read his comments here.


				IPHC Connections to the Azusa Street Revival With the help of Dr. Harold Hunter, the IPHC archivist, we have developed a new timeline showing the influence that revival had on the development of the IPHC. Go there now... Affiliations Historic Timeline Holiness Manifesto Evangelical Manifesto IPHC Apostolic Position Paper KESLER @ Vanderbilt Divinity Library 70 years ago a man with a vision, John Louis Kesler, opened up the doors of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library to clergy members by allowing them access through the mail to the library’s collections. Today, this door is still open through the Kesler service. KESLER @ Vanderbilt Divinity Library offers persons engaged in or retired from ministry the privilege to borrow items from the Vanderbilt Divinity Library via postal mail. The service is absolutely free to patrons, as they are only responsible to pay return postage on items borrowed. Read more here...

		Welcome to the Archives & Research Center We are *IPHC Ministries* (International Pentecostal Holiness Church) and we are very happy to be hosting your visit. Our international office, the Resource Development Center, is located on beautiful rolling hills in Bethany, OK, a suburb of Oklahoma City. To reach us by mail, use P.O. Box 12609, Oklahoma City, OK 73157. To call by phone, dial (405) 787-7110 or fax to (405) 789-3957. We have twenty-seven quadrennial conferences (regional judicatories) across the United States. For more information about those offices, or to reach anyone in the office in your area, check their contact information here. In addition, we have missionaries serving in more than 90 nations world-wide. Visit our sister denomination the *Pentecostal Holiness Church of Canada. Affiliates and Friends of IPHC Ministries are listed here. The Archives & Research Menu at the left links to pages that will help you understand Who We Are* and What We Believe. Those pages are taken from various church publications, including our General Conference Minutes and our church Manual. As part of our Centennial Celebration in 1998, a timeline was developed with commentary by our church archivist, Dr. Harold Hunter. The timeline also includes a short summary of the minutes of each General Conference held since 1911. New Book by IPHC Archivist Suffering with Christ was not only the experience of the early church but is also that of much of the church today. This volume presents up to date global, ecumenical reflections on the different ways in which the church suffers: from class discrimination to government persecution; from inter-religious conflict to tensions between different Christian groups. With a special focus on Pentecostal/Charasmatic Christianity, but also bringing perspectives from other Christian traditions into the discussion, this book provides both theological and practical insight. Harold D. Hunter is the Director of International Pentecostal Holiness Church Archives and Research Center. Cecil Robeck is Professor of Church History and Ecumenics at Fuller Theological Seminary. Contents Include: Introduction; Persecution, Martyrdom, and Christian Self-Definition in the Early Church; A Spirit Theology of Suffering; An Anabaptist-Mennonite Theology of Suffering: Some Features; Christians and Persecution: Making an Appropriate Response; The Scandal and the Glory of the Cross; Persecution of Christians in the Muslim World; An Orthodox Response to Persecution: The Situation in the Middle East; Persecution of the Romanian Church in the Twentieth Century: An Historical and Theological Perspective; Anatomy of Suffering: Consequences of Persecutions in the past for the Church in the Post Soviet Era; Martyria and Koinonia: Theological Reflections on Some Aspects of the History of Poland; God and Caesar: Church and State Relationships in Communist China; Human Rights Violations and the Church in Myanmar; Spiritual Foundations for Interreligious Dialogue and Reflection on its Present-Day Practice This book may be purchased online. IPHC Archivist Invited to Service with Pope Benedict Dr. Harold D. Hunter, Historian and Director of the IPHC Archives & Research Center, was invited to participate in the Ecumenical Prayer Service with Pope Benedict XVI on April 18, 2008. His invitation came from years of service in the Pentecostal/Charismatic/Catholic dialogs. Read his comments here.

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