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{{Short description|Pentecostal denomination}}
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| name               = The Pentecostal Mission
| native_name        = ദി പെന്തിക്കോസ്ത് മിഷൻ <br> பெந்தெகொஸ்தே சபை <br> පෙන්තකොස්ත සභාව
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| abbreviation       = CPM / TPM
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| main_classification = Christianity
| orientation        = [[Protestantism|Protestant]]
| scripture          = Bible
| theology           = [[Arminianism]]
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| governance         = Centralized leadership
| structure          = Hierarchical
| leader_title       = Chief Pastor
| leader_name        = Abraham Mathew (current)
| leader_title1      = Deputy Chief Pastor
| leader_name1       = M.T. Thomas
| leader_title2      = Associate/ Deputy Chief Pastor
| leader_name2       = G.J. Jeyam
| leader_title3      = Founder
| leader_name3       = Paul Ramankutty
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| division_type      = International Headquarters
| division           = Irumbuliyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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| founded_date       = 1923
| founded_place      = Sri Lanka
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| congregations      = 3,000+
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| other_names        = Ceylon Pentecostal Mission (CPM), Universal Pentecostal Church, New Testament Church 
| publications       = Voice of Pentecost (in english)
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'''The Pentecostal Mission''' (TPM), also known as '''Ceylon Pentecostal Mission''' (CPM) in Sri Lanka, '''New Testament Church''' (NTC) in the United States, '''Grace New Covenant Pentecostal Church''' in Canada and '''Universal Pentecostal Church''' (UPC) in the United Kingdom, is a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] denomination established in 1923 in [[Colombo]], [[British Ceylon]] (now [[Sri Lanka]]). Its global headquarters is located in Irumbuliyur, [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The organization operates churches in over 75 countries under various names and has more than 2,000 places of worship worldwide. Formerly called the Ceylon Pentecostal Mission (CPM), the denomination has grown to include millions of members.<ref name="OCallaghan 2018 l640">{{cite web | last=O'Callaghan | first=Laura | title=Christianity Crackdown: Huge crowd of 100 attacks prayer meeting | website=[[Daily Express]] | date=10 November 2018 | url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1043484/Christian-persecution-christianity-India-Hindu-radical-attack | access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tan-Chow 2016 p. 18">{{cite book | last=Tan-Chow | first=M.L. | title=Pentecostal Theology for the Twenty-First Century: Engaging with Multi-Faith Singapore | publisher=Taylor & Francis | series=Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-317-08263-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d7soDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 | access-date=15 April 2024 | page=18}}</ref><ref name="Anderson 2004 p. 127">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=A. | title=An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2004 | isbn=978-0-521-53280-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPbPTOi0Rk4C&pg=PA127 | access-date=15 April 2024 | page=127}}</ref><ref name="Anon. s766">{{cite web |last=Hedlund |first=Roger E. |title=Critique of Pentecostal Mission by a Friendly Evangelical |url=https://www.aptspress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/05-1-RHedlund.pdf |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

== History ==

The church was founded by Paul Ramankutty, who was born to [[Hindus|Hindu]] parents in [[Engandiyur]], a village in present-day [[Thrissur district]], [[Kerala]], India.{{citation needed| date = May 2025 }}

While in Ceylon, at the age of 18, he became a Christian. Later, he felt a strong call and began to preach and share the gospel. In 1923 he founded the church with the name Ceylon Pentecostal Mission.{{citation needed| date = May 2025 }}

Later, due to the [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]], all Indian assignments which were called CPM (Ceylon Pentecostal Mission) were changed to TPM (The Pentecostal Mission). The CPM headquarters is at [[Mattakkuliya]] in Colombo and the TPM headquarters at Chennai. The names are used interchangeably in many parts of the World.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.doctrineoftruth.com/about/main.html |title=DoT &#124; About |publisher=Doctrineoftruth.com |access-date=2013-10-19}}</ref>

== School ==

The congregation in Sri Lanka operates the C.P.M Faith School in [[Wattala]] in [[Colombo]]. There is also a school in Yonkers, New York and in Newark, New Jersey and one in Africa.{{citation needed| date = May 2025 }}

== Church leadership ==
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The church is led by a Chief Pastor (currently Abraham Mathew). In addition, there is a Deputy Chief Pastor (currently M.T. Thomas) and an Associate Deputy Chief Pastor (currently G. Jeyam).

In the United States, most of the church work was pioneered by the late Don M Spiers, who had previously worked closely with [[Oral Roberts]]. Gregg Wilson now oversees the work in USA, many other countries around the USA as well as certain countries in Africa and other places. He is assisted by the sister-in-charge, Lisa Billow.

Full-time ministers are expected to practice an ascetic lifestyle including celibacy, obedience to the elder pastors, and communal living (including disposal of private possessions) in faith homes. TPM churches are run by full-time ministers who are celibate and predominantly single. Married couples who enter full-time ministry must become celibate and may be sent to different locations by the TPM leadership if they so choose.

== Church names ==

In other parts of the world, the church is known by the following names various names including, but not limited to, The Pentecostal Mission, Ceylon Pentecostal Mission, New Testament Church and Universal Pentecostal Church.{{citation needed| date = May 2025 }}

== Doctrines and teachings ==
The doctrines of the church broadly align with [[trinitarian]] [[Pentecostalism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic Doctrines of Christ|url=http://voiceofpentecost.blogspot.com/2008/10/basic-doctrines-of-christ.html|website=Pentecost Voice |access-date=30 April 2017|date=28 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024133756/http://voiceofpentecost.blogspot.com/2008/10/basic-doctrines-of-christ.html|archive-date=24 October 2013}}</ref>

==Magazine ministry==
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Magazines are produced in several languages. The English language magazine published in India is called ''The Voice of Pentecost''. ''Pilgrim's Journal'' is published and printed in the USA. Other English language magazines are ''Pentecostal Messenger'' from Malaysia, ''The Youth Herald'' from Singapore, ''Power Divine'' from Sri Lanka, and ''Trumpet of the Lord'' from the UK.

Church Magazines are being published in more than forty Indian languages and other foreign languages. Malayalam magazine ''Pentecost'' is one of the oldest Pentecostal magazines from Kerala. A Hindi edition of ''Pentecost Ki Wani'' published from New Delhi, a Tamil edition named Pentecost in ''Peroli'' from Irumbuliyur (Chennai), ''Pentecost-Chi Vaani'' from Mumbai, "Kadavari varshapu dwani" from Hyderabad, and ''Pentecost Da Sneha'' from Dhariwal (Punjab) are also produced

== Current Leading Chief Pastors ==
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* Abraham Mathew (Chief Pastor) 2018–present
* M.T Thomas  (Deputy Chief Pastor) 2018–present
* G. Jeyam  (Associate Deputy Chief Pastor) 2014–present

==References==
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<!--==External links==
*[http://www.esnips.com/web/TPMSONGS Some TPM Songs]
*[http://www.mumbaichristians.com/tpm.htm Addresses of TPM church locations in Mumbai]
*http://wikimapia.org/17258879/TPM-CHURCH
*[https://youtu.be/FVBwnYbIajE (This is about CPM)in Malayalam] -->{{Christian denominations in India}}{{British Ceylon period topics}}

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[[Category:Pentecostal denominations in Asia]]
[[Category:Pentecostalism in India]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1923]]
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