Number of Apostolic Churches around me.
 

I can think of at least 7 apostolic churches within about 25 miles of me and that is only the ones I know of.

3 have well over 100 members. Maybe more now.
3 I've never been to. 1 of which is probably younger than a year old.
1 I have been to but it was years ago. It wasn't as big as the other three but it wasn't tiny.

There are probably a few other ones I don't know about. It just seems to me like there are alot of apostolic churches in my area.

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Someone told me that there were about 8 apostolic churches within a 5 mile radius near her and none of them fellowshipped each other
or maybe it was 5 apostolic churches withing an 8 mile radius...
I don't remember right now

either way, it is appalling

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Appalling that there are so many churches or so few churches or that they don't fellowship each other?

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in my opinion, appalling that they don't fellowship each other.

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And you care....why???

you go to a trinny church and really shouldn't care if the Apostolics do whatever......

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Disunity in the Body (and I include oneness and trinity in the Body) bothers me.

One of the prayers I pray on a regular basis is the prayer of St. Francis:

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury,pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
WHERE THERE IS DIVISION, UNITY;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen

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Way too many.

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Do you live in a big city? If so, then you probably need that many. But why don't they fellowship together? Do they still have fellowship meetings? We use to have them when I was growing up. I loved it, traveling as far as 50 miles, and I grew up in Dallas.

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There is an organization called The United Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ with a few churches, mostly in Indiana. They have a fellowship meeting monthly. Their web site has not been updated for a long time but it is
http://uac-jc.org/home.php
I keep thinking I'm going to get to one of the fellowship meetings but i think the closest one to me is about 100 miles.

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Do any churches in the UPC still have fellowship meetings? I loved them as a child/teen.

Once a month on Sat night.( taking a guess, since it's been many years, but I think the 3rd Sat)
Since not a lot of churches in our area,a drive of 50 to 100 miles not unusual.

Service: singing, specials and preaching
Fellowship: sandwiches and cake; sometimes there was more but it was after service...and the emphasis was on fellowship!
In our northern area the circle had UPC and PAW churches. Great memories!

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At one time in Kingsport,TN there was some 40+ different Apostolic/Pentecostal churches(from very small to large) and that didn't even touch the snake handlers.

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I was just thinking about going to taco bell in Kingsport, but decided against it...

I guess that means there are alot more apostolic churches around me than I know about.

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I hear there are 40-60 in the valley here.

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I attended a UPC church in Racine, WI from around Thanksgiving or Christmas 1955 until I left for Bible School in September 1956. We had fellowship meetings on Saturdays, not sure which week of the month.

We had an afternoon service where the different ministers would get up and say something and there would be special singing. Then there would be dinner in the basement or where ever you could find a place to sit down. Afterward there was a Pentecostal Conquerors service followed by a later evening service. I had the privilege of preaching one of those Pentecostal Conquerors services one time. I can't remember all the churches who participated but I do remember Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Mukwonago , and South Beloit (which was on the Illinois/Wisconsin border).

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I wonder how many there are in Cleveland, Tennessee?

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Ha ha, deadhead's back. Is your skull still numb?

You see dead, when you actually care about people and care about how they're doing you won't isolate yourself from them nor their struggles.

Care, deadhead. Care about people.

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Snake handlers or Apostolic churches?

:largehalo

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In truth...most of what you and the rest of your ilk on here care about is how much dirt you can dredge up on Holiness Apostolics....dont give me this hooey about "caring" for others....:razz

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commonsense, I think there were a lot more fellowship meeting years ago simply because for the most part churches were very small and it was a chance for folks to get to worship with a larger group and socialize with peoplpe beyond their little group

Over the last 30 years the size of OP churches have grown and most of them are large enough to organize their own functions. They have enough young people to have dedicated youth activities and enough adult members that you can concentrate on events and activities to get the church members to know each other.

As a young man growing up in Alaska not only was our church small (around 60 members) but the nearest other UPC church was 16 miles away and then the next closest one 90 miles away. In those circumstancs we loved any type of fellowship meeting where it would mean we would see another UPCer!

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Look out they might try to convert you 'cause they are on every street corner it seems. I think that that number I mentioned was in all of Sullivan County and not JUST Kingsport.

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Probably, but all of us are going to hell...except for 4 churches. Don't believe me? Ask them and they will tell you we are. :thumbsup

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2. That area is claimed by the Church of God of Prophetic Word and Deeds Including But Not Limited To Tongues, Laying On Of Hands, and All Of Charismatica. Man that is a long church name.


:grampa