Centennial Notes

Year: 1943
National Association of Evangelicals organized, with PHC as a charter member

For many decades there was little contact between the various American Pentecostal bodies except by ministers who transferred from one denomination to another. However, there were cases of proselytism and "sheep stealing" that caused unpleasant feelings between the various groups. This began to change during the dark days of World War II when the first steps were taken to bring Pentecostals into fellowship with each other.

The first contacts were made in 1943 in the lobbies of the newly formed National Association of Evangelicals. Several Pentecostal bodies served as charter members of this group which was drawn together by the emergency situation brought about by the war. The Pentecostal Holiness Church was one of these groups.