Christ Apostolic Church International is a

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church which traces its existence from the ministry of the late Apostle Peter Anim, the originator of Ghanaian Pentecostalism. It had a humble beginning as a prayer group started in 1917 at

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, but later received affiliation with Apostolic Church Bradford.

History

Peter Anim Newman began a healing ministry in 1917 under the name Faith Tabernacle as a result of healing received from acute stomach upset and guinea worms infections after he read a magazine published by Faith Tabernacle USA called ''Sword of Spirit''. In 1931, Anim, through a fellow Faith Tabernacle minister in Nigeria, David O. Odubanjo, contacted missionaries of the Apostolic Church of Bradford, to pay his team a visit. Rev George Perfect, a missionary sent by Apostolic Church Bradford to Nigeria, passed by

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and stayed with the Faith Tabernacle church for two weeks. An agreement was met between Perfect and Anim. Anim and his members fully embraced the doctrine and practices of the Apostolic Church Bradford. Hence, Anim's church became The Apostolic Church Gold Coast. A year later, a major "Holy Ghost Outpouring" was experienced. Healing, miracles and salvation were greatly recorded and therefore impacted the growth of the ministry numerically. They requested an external

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from Bradford, which was granted in 1937:

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was sent as the first Pentecostal missionary from UK to Asamankese. The church by then practiced strictly divine healing. McKeown had suffered from malaria and was subsequently hospitalized in the European Hospital in Ghana. He responded to treatment successfully. However, he faced hostility from the Church which felt betrayed by their missionary receiving medical treatment against their teachings. This disagreement led the Church into division. The followers of McKeown remained Apostolic Church Bradford while the followers of Anim became Christ Apostolic Church.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Christ Apostolic Church Christian denominations in Ghana Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century Pentecostal denominations in Africa Pentecostalism in Africa

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