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The Pillar of Fire International is a Christian organization founded in Denver, Colorado in 1901 by Alma White with headquarters in Zarephath, New Jersey.〔(Contact Us ). Pillar of Fire International. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.〕 The Pillar of Fire was originally incorporated as the Pentecostal Union, but changed its name to distance itself from Pentecostalism in 1915. While the Pillar of Fire is Methodist in doctrine, Alma White and her followers believed that the Methodist Church had become corrupt. Alma White and the members of the Pillar of Fire dedicated themselves to holiness in the Wesleyan tradition. Adherents were referred to as "holy rollers" and "holy jumpers" because of their religious frenzy.〔 White was noted for her association with the Ku Klux Klan, her feminism, anti-Catholicism, antisemitism, anti-pentecostalism, racism, and hostility to immigrants. Following the death of the founder, under the leadership of her son, Arthur Kent White, the religious fervor declined and the emphasis on outreach evangelism and church planting ended; the organization branches in America fell from a high of around 52 to the current six. Today the Pillar of Fire has branches in Zarephath, Denver, Westminster, Colorado, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Pacifica, California. It primarily operates four ministry focuses: local church, radio, education, and missions.〔 The Pillar of Fire name comes from Exodus 13:21–22 which states: "By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a ''pillar of fire'' to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people." The organization's theological position is self-described as Wesleyan–Arminian.〔(Pillar of Fire Church: Doctrinal Statement in Brief ), accessed August 31, 2006〕 ==Beliefs== The central beliefs of the Pillar of Fire are as follows: biblical inerrancy, trinitarianism, the physical resurrection of Jesus Christ, the consubstantiality of the Holy Spirit, the "universal depravity of the human race," the necessity of "repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ," belief in "justification by faith and in Christian perfection, or entire sanctification, as a second definite work of grace," the immortality of the soul, the resurrection of the body, and premillennialism.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pillar of Fire International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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