“How can I find a great church?” is one of the most common questions that we are asked as a ministry. While this is not an exhaustive list, we wanted to provide you with some foundational tips on how to search for a church near you.

1. Conduct an online search for “pentecostal church near me”. While this won’t necessarily always pinpoint a great church automatically, it is a great starting point as you want to attend a church that believes in the baptism of the Holy Spirit!

2. Choose a church from the list and investigate their website. We recommend reading their mission statement, their core values & beliefs, and listening to any available sermons that they have made available.

3. If you like what you read and hear on their website, make a plan to visit and meet the pastors.

If you aren’t sure what beliefs and values to look for, here is a great example that we have quoted from Champion Christian Center (Revival Today’s Home Church)

“WE BELIEVE…

there is only one true God who is the Eternal King, Creator, and Redeemer of all. He is perfectly holy, just, loving, and truthful. He has revealed Himself to be eternally self- existent – one being in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

the Bible to be the inspired and only infallible and authoritative Word of God.

humankind was created in the image of God to know and enjoy Him, yet we willfully rejected the Lordship and glory of God for which we were intended. Because of this, sickness, death, and judgment entered the world and now creation experiences the effects and consequences of sin.

the Lord Jesus Christ, the one and only Son of God, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin, Mary, and is God’s Anointed One, empowered by the Holy Spirit to inaugurate God’s Kingdom on earth. He was crucified for our sins, died, was buried, resurrected, and ascended into heaven. He is now alive today in the presence of God the Father and in His people. He is “true God” and “true man.”

that we are saved by God’s grace, through faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Anyone can be restored to fellowship with God through repenting, believing, and receiving Jesus as their Savior and Lord. The Holy Spirit, convicts, regenerates, justifies, and adopts us as we enter the Kingdom of God as His sons and daughters.

in the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit. The Christian is enabled to live holy and minister super-naturally. The baptism of the Holy Spirit according to Acts 1:4-8 and 2:4 is poured out on believers that they might have power to be witnesses.

In the victorious redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides freedom from the power of the enemy, sin, lies, sickness, and torment.

the Church consists of all who put their faith in Jesus Christ. He gave His church the ordinances of Baptism and Communion. The Church exists to carry on the ministry of Jesus Christ and further advance His Kingdom by undoing the works of the enemy, preaching and living the good news of God’s love, discipling the nations, baptizing and teaching them to love and obey God.

in the ever-increasing government of God and in the Blessed Hope, which is the glorious visible return of our Lord Jesus Christ for His overcoming bride – His church. Heaven and hell are real places. There will be a resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting death.”