United House of Prayer for All People

United House of Prayer for All People
The Headquarters of The United House of Prayer for All People located in Washington D.C.
Classification	Protestant
Orientation	Apostolic
Polity	Apostolic Pentecostal
Region	United States
Founder	Charles Manuel Grace
Origin	1919 West Wareham Massachusetts, incorporated in 1927 in Washington, D.C.
Congregations	145
Members	27,500-50,000

The United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith is an evangelistic Christian group founded by Marcelino Manuel da Graca, also known as Charles Manuel Grace. Da Graça was born in Brava in the Cape Verde Islands. In 1919, Grace, with his own hands, built the first United House of Prayer For All People in West Wareham, Massachusetts, and incorporated the United House of Prayer for All People in Washington, D.C. in 1927.

According to church literature and their official website, the United House of Prayer for All People has 145 places of worship in 29 states. The church has an estimated membership of 27,500-50,000 members. The national headquarters for the church is located in Washington, D.C. at 601 M Street.

The United House of Prayer for All People runs soul food restaurants that serve the communities and holds annual "Christian Saints" marching parades in honor of its past bishops. The United House of Prayer for All People is noted for its public street baptisms, sometimes performed by fire hose and for its shout bands.

The United House of Prayer for All People is Apostolic in doctrine. Its creed establishes its basic principles as believing in Jesus Christ and his death on the cross so that humanity could have life, water baptism for the repentance of sin, that to be saved one must be born again of the Holy Spirit, and that one leader is the Divine ruler of the Kingdom of God.The United House of Prayer for All People's sacred text is the Holy Bible.