Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus explained

Apostolic Assembly Of The Faith In Christ Jesus
Main Classification:	Nontrinitarian Protestant
Orientation:	Oneness Pentecostalism
Polity:	Episcopal
Founder:	Francisco F. Llorente, Antonio Castañeda Nava
Founded Date:	Jimtown, California
Separated From:	Azusa Street Revival/P.A.W.
Area:	United States, Canada, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia
Congregations:	est. 1,500
Members:	est. 220,000 ^[1]

The Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus (AAFCJ) is a Oneness Pentecostal denomination in the United States. It was founded in 1925 and incorporated in California on March 15, 1930, and is currently headquartered in Fontana, California.^[2]

History

The AAFCJ emerged out of the Pentecostal movement that began with the Azusa Street Revival in the city of Los Angeles in 1906. Juan Navarro, a participant of that revival, baptized Francisco Llorente in 1912, who later was elected the first Bishop President of the Apostolic Assembly when it formed in 1925. The organization became a California corporation on March 15, 1930.^[3]

See also

• Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús
• Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith
• Pentecostal Assemblies of the World

Further reading

• Cox, Harvey (2001). Fire from Heaven: The Rise of Pentecostal Spirituality and the Reshaping of Religion in the 21st Century. Da Capo Press. Note: Harvey Cox is a professor at the Harvard Divinity School.
• Gaxiola-Gaxiola, Manuel J. (1970). La serpiente y la paloma;: Análisis del crecimiento de la Iglesia Apostólica de la Fe en Cristo Jesús de México. Calif., W. Carey Library. Note: Gaxiola-Gaxiola, an expert on Latin American Pentecostalism, is former president of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.
• Martinez, Juan et al. (2004). Iglesias Peregrinas en Busca de Identidad: Cuadros del Protestantismo Latino en los Estados Unidos. Ediciones Kairos and CEHILA. Note: Juan Martinez is a professor at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California.
• Ramirez, Daniel (2002). "Antonio Castaneda Nava: Charisma, Culture, and Caudillismo" in James R. Goff and Grant Wacker, editors. Portraits of a Generation: Early Pentecostal Leaders. University of Arkansas Press, pp. 289–309. Note: Ramirez is assistant professor of Religious Studies at Arizona State University.
• Martin del Campo, Ismael. Cosechando en el Field. Norwalk: Editorial Nueva Vision, 2004. Note: Author is the Bishop of Los Angeles and wrote the History of the Apostolic Assembly in the book Iglesias Peregrinas en Busca de Identidad: Cuadros del Protestantismo Latino en los Estados Unidos this book is his expanded version.
• Cedillo, Arnulfo Dr. (2023), Paz de Cristo, Peace of Christ, revised and translated into English the autobiography of Antonio C. Nava Patriarch of the Apostolic Assembly. (Fontana, CA: The Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus, Inc. 1997, 2nd Printing Dr. Arnulfo Cedillo and DLR Legacy, Inc, 2023).

External links

• Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus (Official Website)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Apostolic Assemblies of the Faith in Jesus Christ (1930) . www.apostolicarchives.com . Apostolic Archives International Inc. . 5 April 2024.
2. Book: Espinosa, Gaston. The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements.. 2002. Zondervan Pub. House. Grand Rapids, Mich.. 0310224810. Rev. and expanded. Stanley M. Burgess. 321–322. Apostolic Assembly of Faith in Jesus Christ, Inc..
3. Web site: adminapostolic2023 . History . 2023-06-26 . Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus . en-US.