The Apostolic Church (in Czech: Apoštolská církev) is a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

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History

Pentecostalism came in 1910 to the present Czech and Slovak lands, and spread to

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and other places and was registered as ''The Union of Resolved Pentecostal Christians''. The church passed through many difficulties under the Nazi occupation and during the Communist regime, when 1948 it was abolished. Only in 1977 the Pentecostals could set up an organisation and the Apostolic Church was founded on

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. After the separation of

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the church was officially legalized in 1989 by the Czech Republic government. Today, the Apostolic Church keeps close fellowship with the its Slovak counterpart and both maintain a Bible school in

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, close to

. In 2008 there was nearly 3400 members in 110 communities, and the church polity is episcopal.

References

Website from the Ecumenical Council of Czech Republic
* Hall, I.R. "Europe, Eastern". in Burgess, Stanley M.; van der Maar, Eduard. ''The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements''. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2002 .pp. 94–96. * Nichol, J. T. ''Pentecostalism''. New York: Harper & Row. Roberts, 1966. Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century Evangelicalism in Europe Protestantism in the Czech Republic Pentecostal denominations in Europe {{Christian-denomination-stub cs:Apoštolská církev sk:Apoštolská cirkev na Slovensku