International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

Overview

The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel was founded in 1923 by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who built it around a fourfold preaching emphasis on Jesus Christ as Savior, Baptizer with the Holy Spirit, Healer, and Coming King. The denomination is Pentecostal and evangelical, affirming Spirit baptism evidenced by tongues, divine healing, and believer's baptism, and it ordains both men and women. AskCredo places the Foursquare Church in the C-tier as a Pentecostal body whose Finished-Work pneumatology and women-in-pastoral-office practice depart from the Reformed confessional tradition, while noting that it has largely maintained historic Christian teaching on gospel essentials and sexual ethics.

Confession / Standard

Declaration of Faith

Governance

episcopal

Soteriology

arminian

Key Beliefs

• Trinitarian
• Continuationism
• Fourfold gospel (Savior/Baptizer/Healer/Coming King)
• Premillennialism

Distinctives

• Continuationism with charismatic emphasis
• Healing as normative claim requires evaluation

Background

Global · Founded 1927

Official Website

https://foursquare.org