Walk into ten different churches and you may hear ten different teachings. With so many voices claiming to speak for God, it's fair to ask: what did the first church actually believe? The answer is found in something the Bible calls the Apostle's Doctrine. Doctrine Handed Down from the Father The Apostle's Doctrine didn't begin with the apostles. It began with God. In His prayer in John 17, Jesus told the Father, "I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and the

The End of All Controversy: Why We Stand on the Word of God. In a world full of opinions, trends, and shifting beliefs, many people are searching for something solid to stand on. At Christian Ministries of the Apostolic Faith Church, we believe God has already given us that foundation. It is His Word, the Holy Bible. God Spoke, and the World Was Formed The Bible opens with a powerful truth: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth" (Genesis 1:1). Throughout the

Visitors ask us this often, and it is a fair question. Most churches baptize using the words "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." We baptize in the name of JESUS CHRIST. People want to know why. The answer is not tradition, and it is not preference. It is the plain record of what the apostles did. Our Constitution states that this church holds "the right to use the New Testament Scriptures as their final rule and authority in all operations of t

Every parent is teaching. That is not a choice a mother or father gets to make. The only question is what is being taught, and whether it was chosen on purpose. Children learn what patience looks like by watching whether we have any. They learn what forgiveness costs by watching whether we pay it. They learn what God is worth by watching how much of our week He gets. Long before a child can recite a verse, that child has already formed an impression of what matters in the hou

There is a phrase that appears early in the Holy Scriptures and never loses its weight: walked with God. It is not said of a multitude. It is said of men who chose a path that the world around them did not choose, and who kept to it when there was no company on the road. "And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him" (Gen. 5:24). "Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God" (Gen. 6:9). Walking is not a single decision. It is a

Christian Ministries of the Apostolic Faith Church — Erie, Pennsylvania "Pursuing Excellence until Excellence is Achieved" God Never Called One Believer Alone When God set out to redeem the world, He did not gather a scattering of individuals who would each go their own way. Our Preamble states it plainly: it is the express purpose of God "to call out of the world, a body of people to be saved making them a holy nation; a peculiar people unto Himself by the Gospel of His Son

There is no shortage of advice about marriage in the world today. Books, podcasts, talk shows, and social media all promise the secret to a lasting relationship. But the believer is not left to guess. God, who spoke in times past by the prophets, has in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, JESUS CHRIST (Heb. 1:1-2). And the same Word that brought the heavens and the earth into existence (Gen. 1:1-31) has already told us how a husband and wife are to live together. At Ch