| 词条 | Apostolic Church (denomination) |
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| name = Apostolic Church | image = Apostolic_Church_Logo.JPG | caption = Logo of the Apostolic Church (in the UK) | main_classification = Protestant | orientation = Pentecostal | founded_date = 1916 | founded_place = Ammanford, Wales | members = 15,000,000 (2014) |}} The Apostolic Church is a Christian denomination that came from the Pentecostal movement. The term "Apostolic" represents the denomination's belief that it follows the teachings of the twelve apostles who followed Christ. With roots in the 1904–1905 Welsh Revival, it seeks to stand for first-century Christianity in its faith, practices, and government.[1] The purpose of the denomination is summed up by one prominent Apostolic writer as: to make known world-wide the forgiveness of sins through the atoning death of Christ; the baptism in water by immersion; the baptism of the Holy Ghost with signs following; the nine gifts of the Holy Ghost; the five gifts of our Ascended Lord; and the vision referred to in the New Testament as "the Church which is His Body".[1] The largest national church is The Apostolic Church Nigeria, with over 4.5 million members and a national convention centre that seats over 100,000.[2] Church historyOn 5 November 1909, William Oliver Hutchinson started a Pentecostal Church in Britain at the Emmanuel Mission Hall in Bournemouth in Dorset. It soon became the headquarters of a large network of Pentecostal assemblies, known as Apostolic Faith Church. Rev Daniel Powell Williams[3] became an Apostle in the rebirth of the movement.{{which|date=April 2014}} On 8 January 1916, Williams and a number of the Welsh assemblies separated from Hutchinson and the Apostolic Faith Church over doctrinal matters, creating the Apostolic Church in Wales (ACW).[4] Since 1916, the two groups have developed along very different doctrinal paths. In 1917 a second group centred on Birmingham affiliated to the ACW. The following year the Burning Bush Pentecostal Congregation in Glasgow,[4] came into co-operation with the ACW but remained independent. In the same year, a group using the name "Apostolic Church" in Hereford also came into co-operation with the ACW.[4] In 1920, Ben Fisher, who was the leader of an independent Pentecostal congregation in Belfast, Northern Ireland, invited Williams to minister in his church. The group then affiliated to the ACW becoming their first mission field. H V Chanter was the leader of the Apostolic Church of God (ACG); a large group of Pentecostal congregations headquartered in Bradford. During 1921, Chanter attended the Christmas convention of the ACW in Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire. A prophetic word given in Bradford directed the leaders to invite the Welsh leaders to join them for a meeting. They met 1922, with another wider meeting arranged for Easter. At the Easter convention, leaders from most of the ACW congregations and those affiliated with them met in Bradford. The 1922 Easter meeting in Bradford was the beginning of the Apostolic Church.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} Four main groups attended: the Apostolic Church in Wales; the Burning Bush congregation; the Apostolic Church in Hereford; and the Apostolic Church of God. A prophetic word directed them to form administrative union: Pen-y-groes was to be the administrative centre; Glasgow, the financial centre; and Bradford the missionary centre. TheologyThe Apostolic Church views the Scriptures as the supreme authority and understands them to be the inerrant Word of God. The soteriology of the Apostolic Church is neither uniformly Reformed nor Arminian. Ecclesiology has taken a prominent place in the theology of the movement. The Church is defined as the Body of Christ and the headship of Christ is given prominence. Christ is seen to express his headship through the ascension ministries of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers. Its theological beliefs are summarised in its confession of faith, known as the Tenets, which read as follows:[5]
The Constitution of the Apostolic Church in the United Kingdom states that "These Tenets shall forever be the doctrinal standard of the Apostolic Church and shall not be subject to change in any way whatsoever."[6] Annual conferenceAblaze UK (formerly The International Apostolic Convention) has taken place annually over the first week in August since 1916. Until 2002 it was held in Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire. From 2003 to 2011 it was held in Swansea, and from 2012 the convention has taken place in Cheltenham. CollegesPen-y-groes is the site of the Apostolic Church School of Ministry (founded as the Apostolic Church International Bible School in 1933),[7] the oldest Pentecostal college in Great Britain. The College is currently closed and the facilities are now being used by a Korean Church as a Bible College. It has also been used as a rehab centre for Teen Challenge. There are now also Bible Schools in eleven other countries.[8] Equippers Churches and Activate ChurchesEquippers Churches, and Activate Churches form significant networks of churches within The ACTS Churches New Zealand Movement (formerly the Apostolic Church of New Zealand) that is under the leadership of Ps Sam Monk. Equippers Churches is a global network with individual churches in New Zealand, Tonga, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Philippines, the United States and Italy. The Equippers Church network comes under the leadership of Ps Sam and Kathy Monk. Activate Churches is another network within ACTS churches led by Ps Sheridyn and Jan Rodgers based in Hamilton. HymnalIn the past the standard hymnal of the Apostolic Church has been the Redemption Hymnal, which was produced by a joint committee from the Apostolic Church, the Elim Pentecostal Church, and the Assemblies of God in Great Britain and Ireland. Molwch Dduw was the hymnal used in Welsh language Apostolic assemblies and contained many hymns by D.P. Williams and other early Apostolic figures. Another hymnal, Hymns at the Holy Table, was produced by Ian MacPherson for use in the Apostolic Church and other British Pentecostal assemblies at the Breaking of Bread. Chorus books, such as Gospel Quintet Choruses, Gates of Praise, and Glorious Vision Melodies, were also frequently published during the course of the 20th Century. See also
Notes1. ^1 {{cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Thomas Napier |title=What God Hath Wrought: A Short History of the Apostolic Church |year=1959 |publisher=The Puritan Press |location=Bradford |page=11}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thechristiancentre.org.uk/appohist |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-05-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225073138/http://www.thechristiancentre.org.uk/appohist |archivedate=25 February 2011 |df=dmy }} 3. ^http://wbo.llgc.org.uk/en/s2-WILL-POW-1882.html 4. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Kay|first=William K.|title=The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements.|year=2002|publisher=Zondervan Pub. House|location=Grand Rapids, Mich.|isbn=0310224810|edition=Rev. and expanded|editor=Stanley M. Burgess|pages=322–323|chapter=Apostolic Church}} 5. ^Constitution of the Apostolic Church, p.8 6. ^Constitution of the Apostolic Church, p.8 7. ^{{cite book |last=Weeks |first=Gordon |title=Chapter Thirty Two: Part of a History of the Apostolic Church 1900–2000 |year=2003 |page=140}} 8. ^{{cite book |last=Weeks |first=Gordon |title=Chapter Thirty Two: Part of a History of the Apostolic Church 1900–2000 |year=2003 |page=228}} External links
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