Pentecostal Church of New Zealand
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The Pentecostal Church of New Zealand, today Elim Church of New Zealand is a Pentecostal denomination in that austral country.
The Pentecostal Church of New Zealand begins with the revivals of Smith Wigglesworth in the early 1920's. But it passed by a deep crisis about church governance, British Israelism doctrines, and other disputes that lead to its fragmentation, emerging the Assemblies of God in New Zealand, the Apostolic Church, the Christian Revival Crusade, the Revival Fire Mission of Healing, and many other independent congregations.
The remaining of the PCNZ gathered and in 1953 sought affiliation with the Elim Church of the UK, and has since then experienced a remarkable growth. Today (2007) it has 60 congregations and it is member of the Associated Pentecostal Churches of New Zealand.
