Universal Church Of The Kingdom Of God
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG in Portuguese : is the Evangelical movement of said neopentecostals the most powerful of Brazil. It was founded in 1977 in Brazil by Edir Macedo Bezerra. The doctrines of the Church claim to be based on the Bible.
According to the Brazilian magazine of left anti Brasil de Fato, taken in a blog on Brazilian English 10 May 2007, the UCKG announced that its pastors had "distribute condoms to all their loyal "during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Brazil in May 2007 History In 1975 , Edir Macedo Bezerra Romildo Ribeiro Soares and founded a small Pentecostal community. After a fight, they separate and each founded their own church: the International Church of the grace of God , by Soares and the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. The official founding of the Church is the 27 July 1977. In 1992 , the UCKG is excluded from the Portuguese Evangelical Alliance. In 1995 , the Federation of Evangelical Religious Entities of Spain (FEREDE) stops recognize as UCKG Evangelical Church, followed by several other evangelical or Pentecostal organizations in the respective countries where UCKG moved. In 2005 , the UCKG inspired the creation of the Brazilian Republican Party by Vice President Jose Alencar Gomes da Silva. In 2009 , the UCKG blanchisement is accused of money by the Brazilian Ministry of Public Affairs, according to Vatican Radio of 25/08/2009. External Links
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