Apostolic Church of South Africa – Apostle Unity

The Apostolic Church - Apostle Unity ( Apostoliese Kerk - Aposteleenheid ) is a South African independent church in the tradition of the Catholic Apostolic Revival movement of the early 19th century. It was founded in 1889 from Australia and emerged in its present form in 1956 as a merger of a community in 1955 by the New Apostolic Church ( NAC ) had separated and South African communities in the Apostolic Church of Queensland.

Your logo is the same as that of the Australian communities: a 4R icon. The four "R" s stand for: RIGHT - ROYAL - RIGHTEOUS - RICH. Correctly in relation to the biblical scriptures, royal in relation to the bride of Christ, righteous in relation to the participation in the body and blood of Christ, and rich in terms of the promises of Christ to his apostles.

History of Klibbe Group, South Africa

The Australian Apostle Henry F. Niemeyer ordained in 1889 Carl Klibbe ( 1852-1931 ) evangelist and sent him to the mission to South Africa. Klibbe moved to South Africa and began his missionary work initially with little success. In 1893 he was appointed to Australia to be an apostle and set on 8 July 1893 by Niemeyer in the apostleship. Since there was no Chief Apostle at that time, every apostle of the apostolic churches had the surgery right. 1908 presented Klibbe during a stay in Germany directly to the Chief Apostle. 1911 Niemeyer was excluded from Australia because of different positions with respect to the primacy of the Chief Apostle of the NAC and led the Australian community of the Apostolic Unity Church independent of the NAC on.

1913 Carl Klibbe met the same fate. He led the churches founded by him who called themselves at this time New Apostolic congregation on, but he had to communities after a protracted litigation with the New Apostolic Church in 1927 in The Old Apostolic Church of South Africa rename. In 1913 he convened in Swakopmund, Namibia his son H. Velde as priest and sent him to Johannesburg, South Africa. Later, this was then ordained evangelists and elders. On September 8, 1930 H. Velde was appointed as an apostle and separated on April 3, 1931 in Hatton Vale, Australia, as an apostle. Both Klibbe and Velde maintained close contact with the Australian communities.

1955 there was a contact between the Apostolic Community Dusseldorf and H. Velde. However Apostle Velde crashed on September 27, 1956 in a car accident in Wynberg, Cape Town, deadly. Only a few communities of the Old Apostolic Church of the elders Petersen joined the Apostolic Church of South Africa - Apostle Unity on.

The Old Apostolic Church refers to Carl Klibbe as their founder, because this could register for a name dispute with the New Apostolic Church in June 1927, the Old Apostolic Church of South Africa. The history of this church and its development under the guidance of H. Velde is largely unexplored.

History of the Erasmus group

Coinciding with the dismissal of Chief Apostle Hermann Niehaus Klibbe sat on September 21, 1913 William Schlaphoff († 1928) during which a trip to Europe as an apostle to continue some Apostolic congregations in South Africa that followed the Chief Apostle and Schlaphoff. 'll Due to the message of the New Apostolic Chief Apostle Johann Gottfried Bischoff, according to the return of Christ would take place in his lifetime, there was unrest in the New Apostolic Church and exclusions of dissidents around the world. In South Africa 1954, of which the Apostle Philip Jacobus Erasmus ( 1904-1960 ) and D. C. S. Malan ( 1918-1968 ) and the Chief Apostle Helper for the southern hemisphere, Heinrich Franz floppy Hoff ( 1894-1965 ), a son of William Schlaphoff affected. They stood in front of a blooming district with approximately 60,000 members and founded the Apostolic Church. They were followed by very many members. However Apostle Schlaphoff took no more active service.

Merger

Due to the sudden death of Apostle Velde had not managed to meet with the apostles Erasmus. The oldest of the Old Apostolic Church, Petersen, was asked by the Australian apostle Zielke, to meet with the Erasmus Malan group. On November 23, 1956 agreement on the merger was achieved in Cape Town. Approximately 800 members and three churches were incorporated into the now Apostolic Church of South Africa called Community. In July 1956, the Apostolic Church of South Africa to the international United Apostolic Church had joined.

Current Situation

On May 14, 1972 two other apostles were appointed: John Philip Erasmus ( 1943-1986 ) and Joshua Jeremiah Joubert ( born 1932 ). In 1978, John Philip Erasmus in retirement. He died on 26 October 1986. 1989 a mission was established in the former homeland Venda. In February 1993, the South African communities celebrated its centenary. End of July 1997 entered Apostle Joubert retired.

The Community has a creed, with seven articles.

The church is currently divided into eight districts with a total of 34 municipalities. Centers of distribution are the provinces of Western Cape and Gauteng. The seat and head office are located in Johannesburg.

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Church Cape Town - Kraaifontein

Church Cape Town Grassy Park