Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal) is a
Pentecostal Christian denomination
A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worsh ...
founded in
North Carolina in 1969 by Johnnie Draft and Wallace Snow.
Both these men had been members of the Church of God (Apostolic) prior to establishing this church. The only difference between the Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal) and that from which it was founded is its organization, a centralized church polity.
Authority is vested in the executive board, which owns all the church property.
This was a departure from the organization the Church of God (Apostolic) had, where an Overseer and an "International General Assembly" governs the church and its property.
The Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal) left the Church of God (Apostolic) under Overseer Charles W. Conn.
See also
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Apostolic Assemblies of Christ
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Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
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Apostolic Brethren
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Apostolic Church (denomination)
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Apostolic Faith Church
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Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ
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Apostolic Pentecostalism
Oneness Pentecostalism (also known as Apostolic, Jesus' Name Pentecostalism, or the Jesus Only movement) is a nontrinitarian religious movement within the Protestant Christian family of churches known as Pentecostalism. It derives its name from ...
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Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
The Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost () is the largest Greek Pentecostal (Protestant) church. Founded by Dr. Leonidas Feggos in 1965, it now counts more than 140 churches and over 10,000 members in Greece. The Free Apostolic Church of Pentecos ...
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International Apostolic Fellowship {{Short description, Fellowship denomination
The International Apostolic Fellowship, Inc. (IAF) is a fellowship of Apostolic ministers dedicated to re-uniting all Apostolic Christians previously divided through personal, racial, or denominational d ...
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List of Christian denominations#Apostolic Churches – Irvingites
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List of Christian denominations#Oneness Pentecostalism
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Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
The Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God was founded in 1916 as the Ethiopian Overcoming Holy Church of God by the late Bishop W.T. Phillips in Mobile, Alabama. The Church was locally incorporated on July 14, 1920.
Believing that God’s messag ...
References
Pentecostal denominations in North America
Christian organizations established in 1969
Christian new religious movements
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