The Apostolic Church in Slovakia ( sk, Apoštolská cirkev na Slovensku) is a

Pentecostal Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. It shares much of the history of the

Apostolic Church (Czech Republic) The Apostolic Church (in Czech: Apoštolská církev) is a Pentecostal denomination in Czech Republic. History Pentecostalism came in 1910 to the present Czech and Slovak lands, and spread to Brno, Prague and other places and was registered as ''T ...

until the two countries separated in 1989. Yet, both churches keep a close fellowship and interaction. Pentecostalism came to present Slovak lands in 1927, but only in 1977 did the Pentecostals start to have open meetings, and only in 1989 was the Apostolic Church officially recognized by the Slovak government. Today, the Apostolic Church keeps close fellowship with the

and both maintain a Bible school in

Kolín Kolín (; german: Kolin, Neu Kolin, Collin) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument reservation. Administra ...

, close to

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. It has an

episcopal polity An episcopal polity is a Hierarchy, hierarchical form of Ecclesiastical polity, church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. (The word "bishop" derives, via the British Latin and Vulgar ...

and 20 congregation with about 1,000 adherents.

References

* 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.

External links

Apostolic Church (Slovakia) official page
Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century Evangelicalism in Europe Churches in Slovakia {{Christian-denomination-stub