60-second overview
A non-Trinitarian Pentecostal movement teaching that Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are not three eternal divine persons but manifestations or modes of the one God, fully revealed in Jesus.
History and identity
Oneness churches commonly baptize only in the name of Jesus and often teach repentance, Jesus-name water baptism, and receiving the Holy Spirit with tongues as the apostolic new-birth pattern. They strongly affirm Jesus’ deity but reject the Nicene distinction of three divine persons.
What the group says about itself
What this group teaches and practices
Non-Trinitarian doctrine of God. Jesus-name baptism. Tongues often treated as evidence necessary to the new-birth pattern. Must be separated from Trinitarian Pentecostalism.
Core teachings and practices
- Non-Trinitarian doctrine of God.
- Jesus-name baptism.
- Tongues often treated as evidence necessary to the new-birth pattern.
- Must be separated from Trinitarian Pentecostalism.
Variation across churches
Moderate variation within the groupWhat it shares with the Reformed Baptist Base Beliefs
Some Christian vocabulary or practices may overlap, but this guide does not let secondary similarities override the stated difference at the doctrine-of-God or Christology boundary.
Important differences from the Reformed Baptist Base Beliefs
From the guide’s base beliefs and the wider Nicene tradition, this movement stands outside historic Nicene Christianity because it rejects the eternal personal distinctions of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This conclusion is theological, not a high-control assessment.
How it relates to historic Nicene Christianity
Outside historic Nicene Christianitybecause it teaches a Oneness or modal account of God rather than one God eternally existing in three persons
Boundary guideImportant distinctions
- Oneness Pentecostalism differs from Trinitarian Pentecostal denominations such as Assemblies of God, COGIC, and Foursquare in its doctrine of God.
Related groups with separate profiles
Related groups
Sources
The group’s own sources come first, followed by outside context and the guide’s comparison.
- United Pentecostal Church International — Our BeliefsVerifiedOfficial doctrine
- United Pentecostal Church International — Oneness of God resourcesVerifiedOfficial doctrine
- The Episcopal Church — The CreedsVerifiedOfficial doctrine
- United Pentecostal Church International — Oneness PentecostalismVerifiedOfficial doctrine
- United Pentecostal Church International — Articles of FaithVerifiedOfficial doctrine