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Oneness Pentecostalism

Also known as: Apostolic Pentecostalism, Jesus Name Pentecostalism

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.

MovementOutside historic Nicene Christianity

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.

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 group

What 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 Christianity

because it teaches a Oneness or modal account of God rather than one God eternally existing in three persons

Boundary guide
Important distinctions
  • Oneness Pentecostalism differs from Trinitarian Pentecostal denominations such as Assemblies of God, COGIC, and Foursquare in its doctrine of God.
Related groups

Sources

The group’s own sources come first, followed by outside context and the guide’s comparison.

  1. United Pentecostal Church International — Our Beliefs
    VerifiedOfficial doctrine
  2. United Pentecostal Church International — Oneness of God resources
    VerifiedOfficial doctrine
  3. The Episcopal Church — The Creeds
    VerifiedOfficial doctrine
  4. United Pentecostal Church International — Oneness Pentecostalism
    VerifiedOfficial doctrine
  5. United Pentecostal Church International — Articles of Faith
    VerifiedOfficial doctrine