Apostolic Faith / fundamentalist-Pentecostal isolate communities
Diverse cluster of small isolate Pentecostal communities (Apostolic Faith Mission and others) with documented patterns of insularity, severe modesty codes, financial control, and severance of departing members. Distinct from mainstream Pentecostalism.
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BITE breakdown
+1 for documented patterns of insularity, financial control, and severance in specific communities.
In context
This entry covers small isolate Pentecostal communities — including parts of the Apostolic Faith Mission lineage — exhibiting high-control patterns. Typical features: severe modesty codes (women's hair uncut and pinned, no make-up, ankle-length dresses), strict tithing, severance from departing members, and a single charismatic pastor's interpretive monopoly. Distinguished from mainstream Pentecostal denominations covered separately.
Key control doctrines
- Strict modesty code
- Single-pastor authority
- Tithing as salvation issue
Timeline
- Early 20th c.Apostolic Faith Mission lineage emerges from Azusa Street
Sources
- Various ex-member testimonies
- Christianity Today coverage of specific congregations
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