The first decade of Pentecostalism was marked by interracial assemblies,"...Whites and blacks mix in a religious frenzy,..." according to a local newspaper account. Unfortunately, this lasted only until 1924, when the church split along racial lines. In 1994, Pentecostals returned to their roots of racial reconciliation and proposed formal unification of the the major white and black branches of the Pentecostal Church, in a meeting subsequently known as the [Memphis Miracle]?. This unification occurred in 1998, again in [Memphis, Tennessee]?.
The size of the pentecostal church in the US is likely more than 9 million, counting all unaffiliated congregations. Worldwide, estimates range from 100 to approximately 400 million. Pentecostalism is sometimes referred to as the "third force of Christianity".
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