Biblical Practices and Tradition
- Communion is served once (to several times) a year at varying times, usually near Easter. Communion services are a closed service, with only members present. Communion is typically preceded by a period, typically around a month, of self-examination and restitution, if needed.
- The Holy Kiss is the greeting used in Apostolic Christian churches (practiced as in German Baptist, Amish, Mennonite churches, and other churches with Anabaptist roots), based on the epistles of Paul and the general epistle of 1 Peter, which was addressed to members scattered throughout various nations.
- Interfaith marriage is encouraged for all members where God leads. In the Apostolic Christian Church of America, Christian Apostolic Church, German Apostolic Christian Church, and the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean), dating is discouraged.
- Members of the Apostolic Christian Church of America are somewhat discouraged from visiting other churches. In the Christian Apostolic Church, it is forbidden except for funerals. In the German Apostolic Christian Church visitors are requested to obtain an elder's permission before attending services, and members do not visit other services, even for wedding or funerals.
- In all traditional AC groups, permanent lifelong excommunication is practiced in certain cases.
- Television and radio are not permitted in the Christian Apostolic Church or German Apostolic Christian Church. The use of radio and television in ACCA churches varies considerably by congregation and family.
- In 1932 all Apostolic Christian groups required a beard without mustache (except the Nazareans), but by the 1950s it was discouraged in all groups.
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