Oneness Pentecostalism - Notable Oneness Pentecostals

Notable Oneness Pentecostals

• Former billionaire and Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth was raised in the Jesus Name Oneness church in Roseburg, Oregon, where his father was a minister. In an interview with the New York Times, when asked if the "family values", he often talks about concerning the Yellowstone Club, was another way of saying that the club emphasizes Christian values replied, "There's one member in my religion, that's me,". He also stated, "Based on what I went through as a kid, I don't belong to any organized religion. I'm spiritual, but I don't belong to a group.".

• Garfield Thomas Haywood was Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World from 1925–1931. He was also the author of many tracts and composer of many Gospel songs, including I See a Crimson Stream of Blood.

• Bishop T.D. Jakes is an adherent to Oneness theology – though he tones his views down to some degree in his public ministry.

• Bishop Sherrod C. Johnson was also founder and chief apostle of the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith.

• Aksel Verner Larsen (1904–1972); missionary in Colombia, South America.

• Bishop Robert C. Lawson was founder and chief apostle of the Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith from 1919 to his death in 1961.

• The contemporary Christian music trio Phillips, Craig, and Dean adhere to Oneness theology and have garnered criticism because of it. The three each serve as ministers for Oneness churches.

• It is reported that according to Bishop Joseph Rex Dyson, Elvis Presley was baptized in the Assemblies of God at age nine, but was later re-baptized (at age around 14) according to the Jesus' Name formula by Dyson himself.

• Tommy Tenney is a minister and best-selling author, most notably for the book The God Chasers (1999)

• Bishop Smallwood Williams was a civil rights activist and presiding bishop of the Bibleway Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (Washington DC)