The Apostolic Assemblies of Christ, Inc. is a predominantly African-American "Oneness Pentecostal" denomination. The Apostolic Assemblies of Christ was organized in 1970 by George Marshall Boone (b. 1920). Previously he had served as a bishop in the Pentecostal Church of the Apostolic Faith. From a beginning with seven churches in Michigan

Michigan

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, Ohio

Ohio

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, and Tennessee

Tennessee

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, the Apostolic Assemblies of Christ has grown to about 200 churches in the United States

United States

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 and Haiti

Haiti

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.

The church is anti-trinitarian in theology, teaches repentance, water baptism

Baptism

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 by immersion in the name of Jesus Christ, and Spirit-Baptism are necessary to enter into the kingdom of God

God

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. They also believe that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

Affiliated Churches

Livingway Apostolic Faith Church- Town Creek, AL - Bishop Earnest Clay

Praise Covenant Church- Louisville, KY - Bishop William L. Harris IV

Healing Fountain Apostolic Faith Church- Sheffield, AL - Bishop Thomas Owens

Christ Church Apostolic - Belleville, IL - District Elder Roddrick C. Anglin, Sr.

Church website.

http://www.bishopwilliamharris.com/praisecovenantchurch.html

The New Greater Soul Delervence Tabernacle - Lexington, Ky - Elder Lucian Dell Booker, Jr http://www.gsdt.org/

See also

• Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
  Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus
  The Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus is the oldest Spanish-speaking Oneness Pentecostal denomination in the United States. It is also the oldest primarily Hispanic denomination in the world and is also the eighth fastest growing Hispanic denomination...
  
  
• Apostolic Brethren
  Apostolic Brethren
  The Apostolic Brethren were a Christian sect founded in northern Italy in the latter half of the 13th century by Gerard Segarelli, a native of Alzano in the territory of Parma. He was of low birth and without education, applied for membership in the Franciscan order at Parma, and was rejected...
  
  
• Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal)
  Apostolic Church of Christ (Pentecostal)
  Apostolic Church of Christ is a Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in North Carolina in 1969 by Johnnie Draft and Wallace Snow. Both these men had been members of the Church of God prior to creating this one. The only difference between this church and that from which it was founded is...
  
  
• Apostolic Church (denomination)
• Apostolic Church (Pentecostal)
• Apostolic Faith Church
• Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ
  Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ
  Apostolic Gospel Church of Jesus Christ is a church in the Oneness Pentecostalism movement that was founded in Bell Gardens, California in 1963 by Donald Abernathy....
  
  
• Apostolic Pentecostalism
• Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
  Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
  The Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost is the biggest Greek pentecostal church. Founded by Dr. Leonidas Feggos in 1965, it now counts more than 140 churches, and over than 20,000 members in Greece. The Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost has churches and missions also in Cyprus, Albania, Bulgaria,...
  
  
• International Apostolic Fellowship
  International Apostolic Fellowship
  The International Apostolic Fellowship, Inc. is a fellowship of Apostolic ministers dedicated to re-uniting all Apostolic Christians previously divided through personal, racial, or denominational divisions...
  
  
• List of Christian denominations#Apostolic Churches – Irvingites
• List of Christian denominations#Oneness Pentecostalism
• Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
  Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God
  The Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God was founded in 1916 as the Ethiopian Overcoming Holy Church of God by the late Bishop W.T. Phillips in Mobile, Alabama...