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The United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith is an evangelistic Christian denomination founded by Marcelino Manuel da Graca, also known as Charles Manuel Grace. Da Graça was born in Brava in the Cape Verde Islands. In 1919, Grace, with his own hands, built the first United House of Prayer For All People in West Wareham, Massachusetts, and incorporated the United House of Prayer for All People in Washington, D.C. in 1927.〔(Guide to the United House of Prayer for All People Collection, 1944-1955 ), Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, the George Washington University〕 According to church literature and their official website, the United House of Prayer for All People has 145 places of worship in 29 states. The church has an estimated membership of 27,500-50,000 members.〔Burgess, Stanley M. and Van de Maas, Edouard M. (eds.) "United House of Prayer For All People, Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith" in ''The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements'' (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002).〕 The national headquarters for the church is located in Washington, D.C. at 601 M Street. The United House of Prayer for All People runs soul food restaurants and holds annual "Christian Saints" marching parades, as well as its public street baptisms, sometimes performed by fire hose and for its shout bands.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saints Paradise: Trombone Shout Bands from the United House of Prayer )〕 ==Doctrine== The United House of Prayer for All People is Apostolic in doctrine. Its creed establishes its basic principles as believing in Jesus Christ and his death on the cross so that humanity could have life, water baptism for the repentance of sin, that to be saved one must be born again of the Holy Spirit, and that one leader is the Divine ruler of the Kingdom of God.The United House of Prayer for All People's sacred text is the Holy Bible. The first portion of the name is derived from Isaiah 56:7 where God says: "Mine house shall be called a house of prayer for all people." (This is also found in Matthew 21:13, Mark 11:17, and Luke 19:46). The latter part is taken from "Acts 4:10–12 and Ephesians 2:20, which discusses Christian salvation as being built on a figurative cornerstone, or rock,"〔 which "is believed to be the teachings of Jesus Christ as preached by the Apostle Peter."〔 The United House of Prayer for All People believes that the word ''church'' means a group of Christians who are believers and worshippers in Christ and that the modern definition of ''church'' as a building, denomination, or institution is unbiblical according to the writings of the Holy Scriptures as recorded in Acts 9:31."〔''The Truth and Facts of the United House of Prayer and the Most Honorable Bishop Dr. S.C. Madison'' (2005) p.30〕 Therefore, the United House of Prayer does not see itself as a denomination. 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「United House of Prayer for All People」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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