Church History
On 5 November 1909, William Oliver Hutchinson, started a Pentecostal Church in Britain (The Emmanuel Mission Hall, Bournemouth). It soon became the headquarters of a large network of Pentecostal assemblies, known as Apostolic Faith Church.
Rev Daniel Powell Williams] became an Apostle in the rebirth of the movement. On January 8, 1916, Williams and a number of the Welsh assemblies broke away creating the Apostolic Church in Wales (ACW). Since 1916, the two groups have developed along very different doctrinal paths.
In 1917, a second group centered around Birmingham affiliated to the ACW. The following year, the 'Burning Bush Pentecostal Congregation' in Glasgow, came into co-operation with the ACW but remained independent. In the same year, a group using the name 'Apostolic Church' in Hereford also came into co-operation with the ACW.
In 1920 Ben Fisher who was the leader of an independent Pentecostal congregation in Belfast, N.Ireland, invited DP Williams to minister in his church. The group then affiliated to the ACW becoming their first mission field.
H V Chanter was the leader of the Apostolic Church of God (ACG); a large group of Pentecostal congregations with HQ in Bradford. During 1921, Mr Chanter attended the Christmas convention of the ACW in Pen-y-groes. A prophetic word given in Bradford directed the leaders, to invite the Welsh leaders to join them for a meeting. They met 1922, with another wider meeting arranged for Easter. At the Easter convention, leaders from most of the ACW congregations and those affiliated with them met in Bradford.
The 1922 Easter meeting in Bradford was the beginning of the Apostolic Church. Four main groups were present: The Apostolic Church in Wales; The burning bush congregation; The Apostolic Church in Hereford; and the Apostolic church of God. A prophetic word directed them to form administrative union: Pen-y-groes was to be the administrative center; Glasgow, the financial center; and Bradford the missionary center.
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