apostolic church
First disciples' community
An apostolic church is a Christian denomination claiming direct spiritual descent from Jesus's original twelve apostles.
The term appears in various church names—Apostolic Christian Church, New Apostolic Church—and emphasizes continuity with early Christianity.
Some apostolic churches stress charismatic gifts like speaking in tongues; others focus on traditional authority and succession.
- early ChristiansFirst-century Jesus followers
- first centuryYears 1-100 AD
- crossPass from side to side
- prayerAddress to deity
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
laying on of hands · laying hands · Trinity · baptism · born again · bishopric · Pentecost · presbytery · Great Commission · salvation · fasting · ordination · worship · Nicene Creed · ecclesiology · Holy Spirit · martyrdom · blessing
apostolic churchProtestant church
Non-Catholic Christian congregation
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Self-governing religious congregation
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