Pillar of Fire International

The Pillar of Fire International is a Methodist Christian sect with headquarters in Zarephath, New Jersey.

In 1901, the Church was founded by Alma Bridwell White in Denver, Colorado. The Pillar of Fire was originally incorporated as the Pentecostal Union, but changed its name to distance itself from Pentecostalism in 1915. While the Pillar of Fire is Methodist in doctrine, Alma White and her followers believed that the Methodist Church had become corrupt. Alma White and the members of the Pillar of Fire dedicated themselves to the holiness movement in the Wesleyan tradition. Adherents were referred to as "Holy Rollers" and "holy jumpers" because of their religious frenzy. White was noted for her association with the Ku Klux Klan, her feminism, anti-Catholicism, antisemitism, anti-pentecostalism, racism, and nativism.

Following the death of the founder, under the leadership of her son, Arthur Kent White, the religious fervor declined and the emphasis on outreach evangelization and church planting ended; the organization branches in America fell from a high of around 52 to the current six.

Today the Pillar of Fire has branches in Zarephath, Denver, Westminster, Colorado, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, and Pacifica, California. It primarily operates four ministry focuses: local church, radio, education, and missions.

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