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Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

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The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God is an evangelical charismatic Christian denomination with its headquarters at the Temple of Solomon in São Paulo, Brazil. The church was founded in 1977 in Rio de Janeiro by Bishop Edir Macedo, owner of the multi-billion television company RecordTV.In 1999 the UCKG claimed to have 8 million members in Brazil and was already considered a "commercial church". The denomination had established temples in the United Kingdom and in Africa and India, claiming a total of more than 12 million members worldwide that year. By 2013, the UCKG had congregations in New York City, and—according to the UCKG's website in the United States—as of 2019 had more than 300 congregations in 33 U.S. states. The church supported Jair Bolsonaro for president in the 2018 Brazilian general election, won by Bolsonaro.

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Address 917 Rua Bresser, São Paulo, Brazil
Coordinates 23°32'19.009" S, 46°36'27.933" W
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