The Temple of Solomon and the Creation of an International Community for the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Members
Leonardo Vasconcelos de Castro Moreira

Abstract
This paper seeks to indicate the relations between the newest global headquarters of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), the Temple of Solomon, with the need of the church to create an international community of members. As we shall observe, main aspects of the theology of this Pentecostal church from Brazil materialize themselves in the symbolism of their new building. The paper uses the example of the capital of Spain, Madrid,to observe how the Temple of Solomon has an important meaning in the preaching even in countries far away from the building. The growth of the church in the past decades around the globe may be explained by the efforts of creating a theological transnational meaning, which resembles in the Temple of Solomon as the UCKG’s main tool nowadays.

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