By Founder/Director J Gordon Melton
Explores the Protestantism circulate that all started in Europe within the sixteenth century, validated itself against the Roman Catholic Church, unfold around the globe, and lives on in millions of person denominations and parachurch firms. This e-book covers its background, recommendations, humans, occasions, and significant corporations all over the world.
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Aglipay took up arms during the SpanishAmerican War, but in 1901, realizing it was a lost cause, he surrendered to the American forces. He continued to lead the Philippine Independent Church following the war, though most of its millions of members left when all of its property was returned to the Catholic Church. He rebuilt the church, which soon returned to prominence as the second-largest church in the country. During the remaining years of his life, Aglipay worked for Philippine self-governance and for a strong PIC, the two efforts often interrelated.
The church also developed a modern version of the ancient Hebrew festivals, practiced a system of tithing, and separated itself from other Christian churches. , led a ref- Africa, sub-Saharan ormation in the church and dropped all of Armstrong’s distinct ideas from sabbatarianism to the British Israel theory, and moved the church to an orthodox Evangelical position. The majority of the church membership defected into three groups—the Living Church of God, the United Church of God, and the Philadelphia Church of God—and a number of smaller groups that more or less continue Armstrong’s teachings.
All four churches hold membership in the WORLD METHODIST COUNCIL and the WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES. Further reading: Lewis V. : Scarecrow Press, 1983); Howard D. E. : CME Publishing House, 1985); Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, and Gary L. Ward, Encyclopedia of African American Religions (New York: Garland, 1993); Grant S. : Abingdon Press, 1991); William J. E. Zion Publishing House, 1974). African Initiated Churches K 12 African Initiated Churches African Initiated Churches (AIC) are the churches and organizations founded by Christian converts in Africa independent of the colonial Christian churches.