ABSTRACT
Pentecostalism is a site to theorize race, since race has played a different role in this movement than in other sectors of conservative American Protestantism which embraced racial segregation and reproduced the racial order marked by White governance and Black subordination. Black-led Pentecostal interracialism is one of Pentecostalism's most significant contributions to the theological and public discourse on race. It offers new perspectives on how to explore the ways that religion and race interact. It demonstrates that a segment within Pentecostalism possessed the capacity to counter the dominant racial order of White supremacy and Black subordination. The ecclesial life within Black-led interracial Pentecostal denominations took on various organizational forms. While black-led interracial Pentecostalism was promoted denominational leaders such as Mason and Haywood as noted above, interracial conflicts did arise within these denominations. Interracialism led by Whites and interracialism led by African Americans differ profoundly; they do not mirror each other; nor are they counterpart to the other.
