Brief History of United Pentecostal Church of North East India (UPC NEI)
INTRODUCTION Before the emergence of United Pentecostal Church in North East India, there was a revival which was carried on by the Wales Missionaries. Especially in Mizoram, the revival has been taking place approximately around five times, which led to the outbreak of the true Pentecostal Revival, speaking tongues like the Day of Pentecost. In this paper we shall deal with those revival and the results of revival will be concluded by the emergence of UPC in North East India. 1. PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT IN MIZORAM 1.1. FIRST REVIVAL: The Pentecostal Revival was happen in Azusa Street in January 1 st 1901, the Wales Revival followed in the year 1904. The Wales Revival brought a Missionary to Meghalaya in which the Khasi people received a revival. In February, 1906 the Khasis’ are having Assembly in related to the happening of Revival Movement in their land. The nine church members from Mizoram along with Mizoram’s Missionaries DE Jones a...