Apostolic Faith Church - wikipedia Apostolic Faith Church Apostolic Faith Church Classification Pentecostal Founder Florence L. Crawford Origin 1906 Portland, Oregon The Apostolic Faith Church, formerly the Apostolic Faith Mission, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination, with headquarters in Portland, Oregon, United States. The Apostolic Faith Mission of Portland was founded in 1906 by Florence L. Crawford, who was affiliated at that time with William J. Seymour and the Azusa Street Revival of Los Angeles, California. By 1908 Crawford had founded what would become the Apostolic Faith Church. Since July 2000, the President and Superintendent General of the Apostolic Faith Church has been Darrel D. Lee, who also pastors the headquarters church. The Apostolic Faith Church has a presence in the United States, Canada, Africa, Asia, Europe, Central and South America, and Australia. In 1997, the AFC had 2,013 members in 115 local churches served by 188 clergy in the United States. There are ten churches in Canada, several hundred in Africa ( six - hundred in Nigeria alone ), twenty throughout the Philippines and Korea, nine in Europe ( centrally Romania and Norway ), and over sixty in West Indies. Church - affiliated groups also regularly assemble in other parts of the world and recently include India. In some locations, member churches carry instead the name Trinity Apostolic Faith Church in order to differentiate themselves from non-affiliated churches in the same area. Contents 1 History 2 Doctrine 3 References 4 External links History The founder of the Apostolic Faith Church was Florence L. Crawford. Crawford was a participant in the Azusa Street Revival. This revival began in 1906 at the Apostolic Faith Mission in Los Angeles. The Azusa Street Mission, as it was called, quickly became the center of the Apostolic Faith movement mainly through the publication of The Apostolic Faith newspaper. Seymour appointed Crawford as the state director of the Pacific Coast Apostolic Faith movement where she would help other missions and churches join the movement. Crawford 's break with Seymour was complete by 1911. She began an independent work in Portland, Oregon, with the same name as Seymour 's mission and most of the churches under her supervision followed her. This considerably weakened Seymour 's undisputed leadership of the Apostolic Faith movement as most of the churches which had fed the movement chose alignment with Crawford. According to Crawford, the separation was necessitated by rumors that Seymour had abandoned the Wesleyan position that entire sanctification was a second work of grace after conversion. Crawford 's mission gained further influence when Clara Lum, editor of The Apostolic Faith, transferred the paper, under controversial circumstances, to the Portland mission in mid-1908. The Apostolic Faith would become the Higher Way at a later date and is still published. Doctrine Through the years, the Apostolic Faith Church 's leaders have maintained the doctrines outlined in Seymour 's editions of the Apostolic Faith papers printed in 1906 through 1908. As a Trinitarian and fundamental church, their doctrinal position centers on a born - again experience, supports the Wesleyan teaching of holiness ( Christian perfection ), and stresses the need of sanctified believers to receive the Pentecostal experience of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Their teachings are in direct conflict with Calvinistic beliefs regarding sin, predestination, and eternal security. The doctrinal statement of the Apostolic Faith Church can be found on the headquarters ' website. The text of the page is reprinted below : The Divine Trinity consists of three Persons : God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Ghost, perfectly united as one. Matthew 3 : 16 - 17 ; 1 John 5 : 7. Repentance is a godly sorrow for sin with a renunciation of sin. Isaiah 55 : 7 ; Matthew 4 : 17. Salvation is the act of God 's grace whereby we receive forgiveness for sins and stand before God as though we had never sinned. Romans 5 : 1 ; 2 Corinthians 5 : 17. Sanctification or Holiness, the act of God 's grace whereby we are made holy, is the second definite work and is subsequent to justification. John 17 : 15 - 21 ; Hebrews 13 : 12. The Baptism of the Holy Ghost is the enduement of power from on high upon the clean, sanctified life, and is evidenced by speaking in tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. Luke 24 : 49 ; Acts 1 : 5 - 8 ; 2 : 1 - 4. Divine Healing of sickness is provided through the atonement. James 5 : 14 - 16 ; 1 Peter 2 : 24. The Second Coming of Jesus will be just as literal and visible as His going away. Acts 1 : 9 - 11. There will be two appearances under one coming : First, to catch away His waiting Bride. Matthew 24 : 40 - 44 ; 1 Thessalonians 4 : 15 - 17 ; second, to execute judgment upon the ungodly. 2 Thessalonians 1 : 7 - 10 ; Jude 14 - 15. The Great Tribulation will occur between Christ 's coming for His Bride and His return in judgment. Isaiah 26 : 20 - 21 ; Revelation 9 and 16. Christ 's Millennial Reign is the literal 1000 years of peaceful reign by Jesus on earth. Isaiah 11 and 35. The Great White Throne Judgment is the final judgment when all the wicked dead will stand before God. Revelation 20 : 11 - 15. The New Heaven and The New Earth will replace the present heaven and earth, which will be destroyed after the Great White Throne Judgment. 2 Peter 3 : 12 - 13 ; Revelation 21 : 1 - 3. Eternal Heaven and Eternal Hell are literal places of final destiny, each as eternal as the other. Matthew 25 : 41 - 46 ; Luke 16 : 22 - 28. Marriage is for Life, a holy institution that is binding before God, giving neither partner liberty to marry again as long as the first companion lives. Mark 10 : 6 - 12 ; Romans 7 : 1 - 3. Restitution is subsequent to salvation, wherein wrongs against our fellowmen are made right in order to have a clear conscience before God and man. Ezekiel 33 : 15 ; Matthew 5 : 23 - 24. Water Baptism is by one immersion `` in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, '' as Jesus commanded. Matthew 3 : 16 ; 28 : 19. The Lord 's Supper is an institution ordained by Jesus so that we might remember His death until He returns. Matthew 26 : 26 - 29 ; 1 Corinthians 11 : 23, 26. Washing the Disciples ' Feet is practiced according to the example and commandment Jesus gave. John 13 : 14 - 15. The denomination differentiates itself from other Pentecostals by teaching that Speaking in Tongues is only acceptable in known languages and there must be someone there who can interpret. Membership is not by formally joining the church but when you are Saved you are considered a member. While they are pacifist members can do things that are not non-violent they served in hospitals and other such services. They are one of the early groups that had bus ministries, ministries to ships, nursing homes, street meetings and jail meetings. Literature is printed in many languages and is free. All literature is prayed over and can be used for healing and answers to prayers. Services are composed of the music and they have an orchestra and choir. At the end was an altar call, with the altar being a bench on either side of the front of the church. Ministers are not formally trained but were chosen by elders who laid hands on the person after it was believed they were called. Camp meetings in Portland are two weeks, but used to be longer. Members are expected to pay ten per cent of their income which is put in a box instead of passing a plate or bag. Expenses for the local church are paid out of this and ten per cent is sent to Portland which also used that to run the headquarters. There were never any sales of cakes, dinners or other fund raisers. Among the missionary trips was a trip by boat every year to Alaska. References Jump up ^ Blumhofer, Edith L. ( 2002 ). `` Apostolic Faith Mission ( Portland, OR ) ''. In Stanley M. Burgess. The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements. ( Rev. and expanded ed. ). Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan Pub. House. p. 327. ISBN 0310224810. ^ Jump up to : http://apostolicfaith.org/OurChurches/ChurchLocations.aspx, Retrieved April 23, 2012. Jump up ^ The Association of Religious Data Archives profile on the Apostolic Faith Mission ^ Jump up to : Robeck, Cecil M. ( 2006 ). The Azusa Street Mission and Revival : The Birth of the Global Pentecostal Movement. Nashville, Tennessee : Thomas Nelson Inc. pp. 297 -- 310. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4185 - 0624 - 7. Jump up ^ http://www.apostolicfaith.org/aboutus/publishinghistory.asp, Retrieved August 10, 2008. Jump up ^ http://apostolicfaith.org/OurFaith/Doctrines.aspx, Retrieved April 23, 2012. External links Apostolic Faith 's Headquarters Website Apostolic Faith 's Africa Headquarters Website US black church denominations and leaders General Religion in Black America Historically African - American Christian denominations Clergy Methodist African Methodist Episcopal Church ( John Adams Sr. Richard Allen Sarah Allen Benjamin W. Arnett George Lincoln Blackwell Morris Brown Jamal Harrison Bryant John Richard Bryant Richard H. Cain Archibald Carey Jr. Daniel Coker James H. Cone James Levert Davis Jordan Winston Early Orishatukeh Faduma Floyd H. Flake Carolyn Tyler Guidry Sarah E. Gorham William H. Heard Reginald Jackson Henrietta Phelps Jeffries Absalom Jones Ben Kinchlow Vashti Murphy McKenzie Biddy Mason Lena Doolin Mason Robert Meacham Lyman S. Parks Daniel Payne Charles H. Pearce Clementa C. Pinckney William Paul Quinn Reverdy Cassius Ransom Richard Henry Singleton Charles Spencer Smith Theophilus Gould Steward Henry McNeal Turner William Tecumseh Vernon D. Ormonde Walker Lewis Woodson ) African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church ( Julia A.J. Foote James Walker Hood Thomas James John Kinard Jermain Wesley Loguen William Henry Singleton John Bryan Small Jeffery Tribble James Varick Alexander Walters ) A.U.M.P. Church ( Peter Spencer ) Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ( William Yancy Bell William H. Miles ) Baptist Dexter Avenue Baptist Church ( Vernon Johns ) First African Baptist Church ( Richmond, Virginia ) ( Lucy Goode Brooks ) First African Baptist Church ( Savannah, Georgia ) ( David George ) First Baptist Church ( Petersburg, Virginia ) Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship ( Paul S. Morton ) Fundamental Baptist Fellowship Association Joint National Baptist Convention Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention ( Clinton Caldwell Boone * Lott Cary ) National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. ( Stewart Cleveland Cureton Joseph H. Jackson T.J. Jemison Henry Lyons Benjamin Mays W.J. Simmons ) National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. ( R.H. Boyd ) National Missionary Baptist Convention of America ( S.M. Lockridge ) National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. Progressive National Baptist Convention ( Ralph Abernathy William Augustus Jones Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gardner C. Taylor ) Silver Bluff Baptist Church United American Free Will Baptist Church ( Benjamin Randall ) United American Free Will Baptist Conference Pentecostal Apostolic Assemblies of Christ Apostolic Faith Church ( William J. Seymour ) Church of God in Christ ( Charles Edward Blake, Sr. Andraé Crouch Sandra Crouch J. Delano Ellis Robert Michael Franklin Jr. Samuel Green Jr. Edwin Hawkins O.T. Jones Sr. John P. Kee Charles Harrison Mason Chandler David Owens Sr Gilbert E. Patterson J.O. Patterson Jr. Wayne Perryman Ted Thomas Sr. F.D. Washington Dickerson Wells Timothy Wright Lennox Yearwood ) Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith ( Robert C. Lawson ) Church of Universal Triumph, Dominion of God ( James F. Jones ) Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas Mount Sinai Holy Church of America ( Ida B. Robinson ) Pentecostal Assemblies of the World ( Charles H. Ellis III ) Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God, Incorporated United Holy Church of America United Sabbath - Day Adventist Church Other African Orthodox Church ( George Alexander McGuire ) Church of Christ ( Holiness ) U.S.A. ( Charles Price Jones ) Cumberland Presbyterian Church in America City of Refuge UCC ( Yvette Flunder ) Imani Temple African - American Catholic Congregation ( George Augustus Stallings Jr. ) Interdenominational Theological Center Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge Love Center Church ( Walter Hawkins ) Original Church of God or Sanctified Church Spencer Churches ( Peter Spencer ) Trinity United Church of Christ ( Otis Moss III ) United House of Prayer for All People ( Marcelino Manuel da Graca ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apostolic_Faith_Church&oldid=785978277 '' Categories : 1906 establishments in Oregon Christian missions Organizations based in Portland, Oregon Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century Pentecostalism in Oregon Religious organizations established in 1906 Holiness denominations Pentecostal denominations Fundamentalist denominations Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk Svenska 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 16 June 2017, at 15 : 01. 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Answer: Florence L. Crawford