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Originally Posted by stmatthew
... it does seem that those that have decided to remove themselves from the core values that traditional Apostolics hold have become the majority here....
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Traditional Apostolics?
Hopefully the picture I am trying to attach will be legible.
It is the old livery stable at 312 Azusa Street which was the place where the Holy Spirit moved in power from April 1906 for several years. This is usually looked upon as the place from which the message of the HGB (Holy Ghost Baptism) went out to all the world.
Do you see the name painted on the side of the building? It says, "Apostolic Faith Gospel Mission." This was many years before the UPC --even many years before the PAW and probably 20 years before the formation of the Church of Jesus Christ in 1927. These folks called themselves "Apostolic." To them the term meant that the Holy Spirit was being poured out on the church in a special way and that the gifts of the Holy Spirit were being manifested. There were doctrinal differences among those folks. Not all who received and operated in the gifts of the Spirit believed in the "initial physical evidence" doctrine which some teach today. The words used during the ritual of water baptism were not an issue. Some of these folks were from the older "Holiness" groups and practiced some strict dress codes, while others (as mentioned in Bro. Goss' book) wore jewelry and dressed in the style of the day. The common bond was that gifts of the Spirit were being received, operated, and manifested. This would be
traditional Apostolic Faith going back before we organized and legislated what we considered to be the real Apostolic faith based on our personal opinions and biases.
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