MPGT stands for Militant Pillar and Ground of the Truth. It is used as the surname of an independent Church of God church organization in the United States. The church organization was founded in the 1922 in Blue Diamond, KY. The church is a part of the Pentecostal movement, that begin in 1906. The church's foundation is the Apostolic doctrine of the Holy Bible. The church teaches Holiness is a lifestyle and not a church denomination. The name of the church refers to the biblical text in 1 Timothy 3:15 (KJV). "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth." The word "militant" was added to indicate organization's the fight and position against sin and their stand on The Holy Bible beinginfallible and God inspired Word of God.