![]() ![]() ![]() The Apostolic Faith Church of America was founded in 1922 by former members of the Apostolic Faith Churches of God. In 1970 there were 3 congregations, 6 missions, and approximately 400 members, all in Baltimore, Maryland. Like the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee), the church’s doctrine reserves the baptism of the Holy Spirit for the sanctified. Magdalene Mabe Phillips, who withdrew from the United Holy Church of America and, with others, organized the Alpha and Omega Church of God Tabernacles, soon changed to the present name. The Alpha and Omega Pentecostal Church of God of America, Inc., was formed in 1945 by Rev. Alpha and Omega Pentecostal Church of God of America, Inc.Ĭurrent address not obtained for this edition. Washington, DC: Howard University Press, 1991. Directory of African American Religious Bodies: A Compendium by the Howard University School of Divinity. Jacksonville, FL: Missionary African Universal Church, n.d. Jacksonville, FL: The Mafro Ile-Ife, n.d. The Church: Why Mother Established the Church and What It Stands For. Jacksonville, FL: Missionary African Universal Church, 1961.īantu Prayerbook. ![]() reported seven affiliated congregations in Florida and Alabama. In 1990 the African Universal Church, Inc. Upon his return, Sears brought Koffey’s nephew with him. However, Sears was able to make contact with the family, who had never been informed of the assassination in 1928. An earlier attempt in the 1930s had left unanswered charges that Koffey had lied about her African background. An important new area of the church’s life began in 1968 when Ernest Sears, a member, traveled to Ghana in an attempt to locate Mother Koffey’s family. is like that of the African Universal Church. The doctrine of the African Universal Church, Inc. He served until 1958 and was succeeded by Deacon Clifford Hepburn (1958–1970), Sister Gloria Hepburn (1970–1974), and Deacon Audley Sears Sr. Elder John Dean was elected as the first chairman of the general assembly. Adorkor African Universal Church of Hollywood, Florida and the African Universal Church of Jacksonville, Florida. Adorkor African Universal Church of Miami, Florida St. In 1953 a reorganization of the churches, which had drifted apart over the years, occurred and three churches came together in a new corporate structure: St. Adorkaville, a second church community, was opened in Jacksonville. In keeping with the church’s message of self-help, an intentional community was created near Daphne City, Alabama, in the 1940s. He also published the African Universal Hymnal, Mother’s Closet Prayer Book, Mother’s Sacred Teachings, and a volume of Mother’s Sayings. ![]() He headed what was termed the Missionary African Universal Church, founded the Ile-Ife Institute in Jacksonville, Florida, and edited a periodical, The African Messenger. Nyombolo, an African who had been attracted to the church while living in America. Emerging as a prominent leader continuing to keep alive Koffey’s teachings and memory during the 1930s was E. The history of the group during its early decades is fragmentary, but many of the local centers became autonomous churches disconnected from the movement as a whole. Following the assassination, some of her followers in Florida and Alabama reorganized. Mother Koffey preached throughout the South for several years (1926–1928) until her assassination in 1928 in Miami. is one of two churches that grew out of the ministry of Laura Adorkor Koffey (or Kofi), better known as Mother Koffey. Universal Christian Spiritual Faith and Churches for All Nations United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God (UPCAG) The United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith United Church of the Living God, The Pillar and Ground of Truth The True Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Original United Holy Church International National Fellowship Churches of God, Inc. Mount Calvary Pentecostal Faith Church, Inc. Latter House of the Lord for All People and the Church of the Mountain, Apostolic Faith International Fellowship of United Apostolic Churches House of God Which Is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Inc. House of God Which Is the Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth ĭeliverance Jesus Is Coming Association of Churchesįaith Tabernacle Council of Churches, Internationalįire-Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas Ĭhurch of the Living God, the Pillar, and Ground of the Truth Which He Purchased with His Own Blood, Inc. Alpha and Omega Pentecostal Church of God of America, Inc.Īpostolic Faith Church of God and True HolinessĪpostolic Faith Church of God Giving GraceĪssociation of Independent Ministries (A.I.M.)Īzusa Interdenominational Fellowship of Christian ChurchesĬhrist Apostolic Church of America (Obadare)Ĭhurch of the Living God (Christian Workers for Fellowship)Ĭhurch of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Inc. ![]()
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