The Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus (''Apostolic Assembly'') is the oldest bilingual
Oneness Pentecostal
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 distincti ...
denomination in the United States. It was founded in 1925 and incorporated in
California
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on March 15, 1930, and is currently headquartered in
Fontana, California
Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California. Founded by Azariel Blanchard Miller in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area. It is now a regional h ...
.
Although most of its congregations are in the
United States
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, the Apostolic Assembly has churches around the world. The current Bishop President is Bishop Felipe Salazar.
History
The Apostolic Assembly is one of many denominations that grew out of the
Azusa Street Revival
The Azusa Street Revival was a historic series of revival meetings that took place in Los Angeles, California. It was led by William J. Seymour, an African-American preacher. The revival began on April 9, 1906, and continued until roughly 1915. O ...
movement.
The Apostolic Assembly of The Faith in Christ Jesus (AAFCJ) took a historic step in 1929. In a convention celebrated in Indio, California and with the election of Brother Antonio C. Nava as the third President, it was finally decided to incorporate the Apostolic Assembly of The Faith in Christ Jesus. This decision is taken with the blessing of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World and it marks the moment where the Assembly changes from being an informal association into a legal organization. By 1930 the first and at the same time sixth convention of the Apostolic Assembly was held in San Bernardino, California.
See also
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Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús
The Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús frequently abbreviated IAFCJ is a Mexican Oneness Pentecostal denomination. Its sister organization in the United States is the Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus the oldest bilingual ...
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Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith is a Oneness Pentecostal church with headquarters in Manhattan. It was founded in 1919 by Robert C. Lawson.
The church's mission statement is: "To evangelize the world for Jesus Christ; ...
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Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. (P.A.W.) is one of the world's largest Oneness Pentecostal denominations, and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. While it began in 1906 with Trinitarian beliefs, it was re-organized in 1916 as ...
References
Further reading
*Cox, Harvey (2001). ''Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the 21st Century''. Da Capo Press. Note: Harvey Cox is a professor at the
Harvard Divinity School
Harvard Divinity School (HDS) is one of the constituent schools of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school's mission is to educate its students either in the academic study of religion or for leadership roles in religion, gov ...
.
*Gaxiola-Gaxiola, Manuel J. (1970). ''La serpiente y la paloma;: Análisis del crecimiento de la Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús de México''. Calif., W. Carey Library. Note: Gaxiola-Gaxiola, an expert on Latin American Pentecostalism, is former president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
*Martinez, Juan et al. (2004). ''Iglesias Peregrinas en Busca de Identidad: Cuadros del Protestantismo Latino en los Estados Unidos''. Ediciones Kairos and CEHILA. Note: Juan Martinez is a professor at the
Fuller Theological Seminary
Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Pasadena, California, with regional campuses in the western United States. It is egalitarian in nature.
Fuller consistently has a student body that compri ...
in Pasadena, California.
*Ramirez, Daniel (2002). "Antonio Castaneda Nava: Charisma, Culture, and Caudillismo" in James R. Goff and Grant Wacker, editors. ''Portraits of a Generation: Early Pentecostal Leaders''. University of Arkansas Press, pp. 289–309. Note: Ramirez is assistant professor of Religious Studies at
Arizona State University
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.
*Martin del Campo, Ismael. Cosechando en el Field. Norwalk: Editorial Nueva Vision, 2004. Note: Author is the Bishop of Los Angeles and wrote the History of the Apostolic Assembly in the book ''Iglesias Peregrinas en Busca de Identidad: Cuadros del Protestantismo Latino en los Estados Unidos'' this book is his expanded version.
External links
Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus(Official Website)
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Christian organizations established in 1925
Oneness Pentecostal denominations
Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century