query: who is the founder of four square gospel church

pos: International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Orinsunmibare Idimu, Lagos. International Church of the Foursquare Gospel The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (ICFG), commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. As of 2000, it had a worldwide membership of over 8,000,000, with almost 60,000 churches in 144 countries. The headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States. In 1922, Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944), an evangelist known as "Sister Aimee", explained for the first time her definition of the term "Foursquare Gospel" (theological concept "Full Gospel"). According to chapter 1 of Book of

pos: Full Gospel King. The "Foursquare Gospel" of Aimee Semple McPherson and the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel also contributed to the expression. Many Pentecostals were influenced by Simpson and adopted his Fourfold or "Foursquare" Gospel as an articulation of their beliefs. Full Gospel The term Full Gospel is a term often used to describe the doctrinal teachings of Pentecostalism and Charismatic Christianity, evangelical movements that originated in the 19th century. The movement and its teachings grew out the Wesleyan Arminianism of the post-American Civil War era's holiness movement, especially through the "fourfold" teachings of A. B. Simpson, founder of the Christian

pos: Rolf McPherson Rolf McPherson Dr. Rolf Potter Kennedy McPherson (March 23, 1913 – May 21, 2009) was the pastor of Angelus Temple and president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, serving in that capacity from 1944 to 1988. By his retirement, the evangelical Pentecostal denomination had grown from 29,000 members in 410 churches to 1.2 million members in more than 19,000 churches located in 63 countries. Rolf McPherson was born on March 23, 1913 in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the son of Harold Stewart McPherson and Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He

neg: Marvin Sapp Marvin Sapp Bishop Marvin Louis Sapp (born January 28, 1967) is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career. Sapp is also the founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center Church, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He recorded Perfect Peace in 1995. Sapp was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and began singing in church at age four. He spent his teenage years singing with a number of Gospel groups and ensembles. He was a student at the unaccredited Aenon Bible College in Indianapolis, Indiana.

neg: Union Chapel, Brighton in Britain to stop, in 2003. The pub is still open and now trading as simply The Font. The building was listed at Grade II on 20 August 1971. It is one of 1,124 Grade II-listed buildings and structures, and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove. Union Chapel, Brighton The Union Chapel, also known as the Union Street Chapel, Elim Free Church, Four Square Gospel Tabernacle or Elim Tabernacle of the Four Square Gospel, is a former chapel in the centre of Brighton, a constituent part of the city of Brighton and Hove,

neg: Dinah Washington to Alice Jones, and moved to Chicago as a child. She became deeply involved in gospel and played piano for the choir in St. Luke's Baptist Church while still in elementary school. She sang gospel music in church and played piano, directing her church choir in her teens and being a member of the Sallie Martin Gospel Singers. She sang lead with the first female gospel singers formed by Ms. Martin, who was co-founder of the Gospel Singers Convention. Her involvement with the gospel choir occurred after she won an amateur contest at Chicago's Regal Theater where she sang "I

neg: Union Chapel, Brighton Union Chapel, Brighton The Union Chapel, also known as the Union Street Chapel, Elim Free Church, Four Square Gospel Tabernacle or Elim Tabernacle of the Four Square Gospel, is a former chapel in the centre of Brighton, a constituent part of the city of Brighton and Hove, England. After three centuries of religious use by various congregations, the chapel—which had been Brighton's first Nonconformist place of worship—passed into secular use in 1988 when it was converted into a pub. It was redesigned in 1825, at the height of Brighton's Georgian building boom, by at least one of the members of

neg: Church Square, Pretoria Church Square, Pretoria Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that stood at the centre of the square from 1856 to 1905. The square's most prominent feature, since June 1954, is however the statue of the late Boer leader and president of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger, at its centre. Statues of four anonymous Boer citizen-soldiers

neg: Aba, Abia Christian Life Ministry, Living Word Ministries Inc. had massive following in the early 1980s, following The Refiner's House International Church one of the newest and fastest growing Christian ministry in the city. African Gospel church was founded by Bishop Ogudoro the Founder of African Gospel church. African Gospel church is divided into 10 districts. The present Bishop of African Gospel church is Bishop Uzoaru (2009). In the late 1960s, a group of Nigerians discovered information on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and established branches, but the Utah-based church did not establish any official presence until the late

neg: Mensa Otabil Mensa Otabil Mensa Otabil is a Ghanaian theologian, philanthropist, motivational speaker, entrepreneur. He is the founder of International Central Gospel Church headquartered in Accra, Ghana. He is also the founder and Chancellor of Central University College, and CEO of Otabil and Associates, an executive and Leadership Growth Consultancy. He currently oversees the International Central Gospel churches, which has a network of local assemblies in Ghana, Europe, the United States, Canada and other parts of Africa. He also serves as the senior pastor of Christ Temple, a ministry of the International Central Gospel Church. His work has centered on issues relevant

neg: Wesley Church, Melbourne Wesley Church, Melbourne Wesley Church is a Uniting Church in the centre of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. Wesley Church was originally built as the central church of the Wesleyan movement in Victoria. It is named after John Wesley (1703–1791), the founder of Methodism. Today Wesley Church is the home of two Uniting Church congregations, the English-speaking Wesley Church, and the Chinese-speaking Gospel Hall. In 1902, the Wesleyan Church in Australia combined with four other churches to form the Methodist Church of Australasia. In 1977, the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches further combined to form the Uniting Church.

neg: Wesley Church, Melbourne in Victoria. Wesley Church, Melbourne Wesley Church is a Uniting Church in the centre of Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Australia. Wesley Church was originally built as the central church of the Wesleyan movement in Victoria. It is named after John Wesley (1703–1791), the founder of Methodism. Today Wesley Church is the home of two Uniting Church congregations, the English-speaking Wesley Church, and the Chinese-speaking Gospel Hall. In 1902, the Wesleyan Church in Australia combined with four other churches to form the Methodist Church of Australasia. In 1977, the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches further combined to form the

neg: Cabuyao Buddhists, Lutherans, Jesus Is Lord Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Bible Baptist, Four Square Gospel, and Lamp Christian Fellowship Church. The St. Polycarp Parish, in Brgy. Uno, was built in 1763. Until this time Cabuyao is the only place in the Philippines where St. Polycarp is the patron saint. The second church constructed in Cabuyao after the first church situated in Brgy. Marinig was destroyed by flood and tidal waves. Father Mariano Gomez, one of the GOMBURZA, became the parish priest of the church from 1848 to 1862. The records of the church are intact from the 18th century to the present.

neg: Paul S. Morton Paul S. Morton Paul Sylvester Morton (born July 30, 1950) is an American Baptist Pastor. He is the Senior Pastor of Changing a Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, and Co-Pastor of Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is also a recording artist, author, and founder of the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship, International. Paul Sylvester Morton is the son of the late Bishop C.L. Morton Sr. and the late Evangelist Matilda E. Morton. His father pastored two congregations, one in Windsor, Ontario named Mount Zion Church of God in Christ in

neg: Operation Mobilisation body of Christ, global intercession, and esteeming the church. They accomplish these core values through church planting, evangelism, relief and development, justice, and mentoring and discipleship. George Verwer, OM’s founder and leader until 2003, received a Gospel of John from a local woman while still in high school in the 1950s. In 1955, Verwer became a Christian at a Billy Graham meeting at Madison Square Garden, and made a commitment to global missions and spreading God’s Word on a massive scale. Operation Mobilization started in 1957 when Walter Borchard, Dale Rhoton and George Verwer traveled to Mexico to distribute Christian

neg: Charles Jenkins (American Gospel musician) he became the pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church of Chicago, where Clay Evans was the founder. His music career got started in 2012, with the release of "The Best of Both Worlds" by Inspired People and EMI Gospel on June 12, 2012. This album was his breakthrough release upon the '"Billboard" magazine charts at No. 41 on The "Billboard" 200 and at No. 1 on the Gospel Albums chart. The album was rated four stars out of five by AllMusic, and an eight out of ten from Cross Rhythms. His subsequent album, "Any Given Sunday", was released on March

neg: Gospel of Luke the gospel is now rarely put forward. Some experts date the composition of the combined work to around 80–90 AD, although some others suggest 90–110, and there is evidence, both textual (the conflicts between Western and Alexandrian manuscript families) and from the Marcionite controversy (Marcion was a 2nd-century heretic who produced his own version of Christian scripture based on Luke's gospel and Paul's epistles) that Luke–Acts was still being substantially revised well into the 2nd century. Luke–Acts is a religio-political history of the Founder of the church and his successors, in both deeds and words. The author describes his book

neg: Rachel Kerr female artist to win a MOBO Award in her category as well as the first British Female artist to release a free-mixtape in 2016 entitled "Unboxed". Kerr was born in Walsall, United Kingdom on 30 May and is the eldest of two. She grew up in the West Midlands, UK with her family and began singing at a young age at Chuckery Road Pentecostal Church in Walsall. She is the daughter of renowned gospel singer/songwriter, Dalton Kerr who is the founder of mass gospel choirs such as Re:mission and Choir Light. Her mother was the lead vocalist of the gospel

neg: Santa Prassede apsidal arch, and the triumphal arch. In the apse, Jesus is in the center, flanked by Sts. Peter and Paul who present Prassede and Pudenziana to God. On the far left is Paschal, with the square halo of the living, presenting a model of the church as an offering to Jesus. Below runs an inscription of Paschal's, hoping that this offering will be sufficient to secure his place in heaven. On the apsidal arch are twelve men on each side, holding wreaths of victory, welcoming the souls into heaven. Above them are symbols of the four Gospel writers: Mark, the

neg: Helene Fuld College of Nursing 38,000 square foot (3,500 m) church with a four-story, 1,800-seat sanctuary for the Bethel Gospel Assembly, who sold the development rights for a full block. There are 194 residences, of which 47 are church-owned affordable rental apartments, and 147 are market-rate condominiums. The spa includes a 55-foot (16.76 m) lap pool. Helene Fuld College of Nursing The college offers three programs: On May 2, 2014, the college made history by conferring its first Bachelor of Science degrees. As of 2018, there were approximately 450 full- and part-time students enrolled in the associate degree and upper division baccalaureate programs. The Honors

neg: Matins Gospel Matins Gospel The Matins Gospel is the solemn chanting of a lection from one of the Four Gospels during Matins in the Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic churches which follow the Byzantine Rite. The reading of the Gospel is the highpoint of the service, and takes place near the end of the festive portion of the service known as the Polyeleos. During the Divine Liturgy the Gospel is usually read by the deacon, but the Matins Gospel is read by the priest. However, if the bishop is present, he will usually be the one who reads the Matins Gospel.

neg: Biblical canon ground' of the church is the gospel and the spirit of life, it is fitting that she should have four pillars breathing out immortality on every side, and vivifying men afresh… Therefore the gospels are in accord with these things… For the living creatures are quadriform and the gospel is quadriform… These things being so, all who destroy the form of the gospel are vain, unlearned, and also audacious; those [I mean] who represent the aspects of the gospel as being either more in number than as aforesaid, or, on the other hand, fewer." By the early 3rd century, Christian

neg: Myddelton Square Myddelton Square Myddelton Square is the largest square in London's Clerkenwell district. The square was laid out by William Chadwell Mylne, and there are 75 houses, by 13 different builders, all constructed in a Georgian style, from 1822 to 1843, with a church, St Mark's in the middle. All of the houses are Grade II listed, as is the church. The square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of the New River Company, who developed the square. The dramatist, actor and theatre manager, Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841) was of the first residents, moving into no 7 in

neg: Essington, Westmead apply for Torrens Title, possibly to encourage sales. Holroyd Heritage Study 1993 notes that Essington was built by a family member, William John Fullagar and sold by him in 1912. Surrounding land "the Fullagar Estate" was further subdivided from . In s the verandah on the house was replaced. The Four Square Gospel Church, Parramatta bought the property and erected the subject picket fence in 1982. From 1983 the Church has run a primary school on site. The church has acquired neighbouring houses with a view to expansion. The house is surrounded to the east and south by lawns and

neg: Ann McCrary Ann McCrary Beverly Ann McCrary (born August 24, 1950) is an American gospel musician and Christian R&B singer, who is a traditional black gospel, urban contemporary gospel, and Christian pop recording artist. She started her music career, in 1988, and released one studio album, "Ann McCrary", in 2002. She was born Beverly Ann McCrary, on August 24, 1950, in Nashville, Tennessee's General Hospital, to father Reverend Samuel H. "Sam" McCrary, a founder of The Fairfield Four. McCrary was taught the song, "Since I Met Jesus", by Bessie Griffin, where this would come in handy at an impromptu concert that she

neg: Squares of Savannah, Georgia the first Sunday school in America. The statue was installed in 1969 on the spot where Wesley's home is believed to have stood. The statue is intended to show Wesley preaching out-of-doors as he did when leading services for Native Americans, a practice which angered church elders who believed that the Gospel should only be preached inside the church building. Reynolds Square was the site of the "Filature", which housed silkworms as part of an early—and unsuccessful—attempt to establish a silk industry in the Georgia colony. It is located on Abercorn, between Bryan and Congress Streets. Upper New Square was

neg: G12 Vision G12 Vision The G12 Vision is a Christian evangelism and discipleship strategy established by Pastor César Castellanos, the founder of International Charismatic Mission Church. G12 has been adopted worldwide by different churches. However, it has been met with criticism because of its financial and/or hierarchical pyramid scheme, teachings of prosperity gospel, causing church split, and spiritual abuse. The G12 Vision was formulated in 1991 by Pastor César Castellanos, after attending the Yoido Full Gospel Church in 1983. Seeing that their cell group model fosters church growth, he revamped David Yonggi Cho's South Korean church growth strategy. It grew into another

neg: St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church The St. Nicodemus and St. Joseph of Arimathea Church is a Catholic Church located in Ramla the capital city of Central District in Israel. The present church was built in the nineteenth century on a site that Christians claim that is the biblical Arimathea, the hometown of Joseph, a character who, according to the Gospel account, was the owner of the tomb in which the body of Jesus was deposited after the crucifixion. The church is managed by the order of the Franciscans, which has a square bell tower and a painting

neg: Gospel of Basilides Irenaeus, Hippolytus or Clement as to Basilides's specific theological opinions; while none of the three report a gospel in the name of Basilides. The first direct reference to a Gospel of Basilides is therefore that found in Origen (c.185 – c.254), who reports: The Church has four Gospels. Heretics have many. One of them is entitled "According to the Egyptians". Another is "According to the Twelve Apostles". Basilides too dared to write a "Gospel According to Basilides". Origen’s notice is the source for references to the Gospel of Basilides in Jerome, Ambrose, Philip of Side, and the Venerable Bede. But

neg: Gospel Book the activity of Christ at the Creation (the square Altar representing the created world). The Gospel rests upon the antimension, which remains on the Altar at all times, as Christ will remain with the Church until the end of the world (). Even when the antimension is unfolded to receive the chalice and diskos, the Gospel Book is not removed from the Holy Table, but is stood upright in front of the Tabernacle. The Divine Liturgy begins with the priest lifting the Gospel Book high and making the sign of the cross with it over the Altar. The Gospel Book

neg: Mensa Otabil Directors of the Bank to have played a lead role in its collapse. He has published several motivational, leadership and devotional books: e-Books: Mensa Otabil Mensa Otabil is a Ghanaian theologian, philanthropist, motivational speaker, entrepreneur. He is the founder of International Central Gospel Church headquartered in Accra, Ghana. He is also the founder and Chancellor of Central University College, and CEO of Otabil and Associates, an executive and Leadership Growth Consultancy. He currently oversees the International Central Gospel churches, which has a network of local assemblies in Ghana, Europe, the United States, Canada and other parts of Africa. He also

neg: Sterling Lands II Miller. Lands is a "protege" of Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame inductee Reverend Cleophus Robinson. Lands is the founder and lead musician of the Warrior Gospel Band. Lands is the author of: Lands is the founder and CEO of Rites of Passage Development, a company that specializes in affordable housing. Sterling Lands II Sterling Lands II (born November 11, 1944) is the senior pastor of Greater Calvary Bible Church, formerly Greater Calvary Missionary Baptist Church. He is the founder and Presiding Bishop of Family Life International Fellowship, a civil rights and community activist, youth advocate, and author. He participated in

neg: Harvard Shaker Village Historic District Harvard Shaker Village Historic District Harvard Shaker Village Historic District is a historic former Shaker community located roughly on Shaker Road, South Shaker Road, and Maple Lane in Harvard, Massachusetts. It was the oldest Shaker settlement in Massachusetts and the second oldest in the United States. Harvard's Shaker community began with dissenters from the local state-funded church, who left the state church and founded "Square House" in 1769 and in 1781-1782 affiliated themselves with Mother Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker denomination, when she visited the community. The Harvard Shakers "split the community into four “families”, North, East, South and

neg: Tommy Fallot Tommy Fallot Tommy Fallot (4 October 1844 – 3 September 1904) was a French pastor who is known as the founder of Social Christianity in France. Tommy Fallot was born on 4 October 1844 in Fouday, Bas-Rhin. His grandfather was Daniel Legrand (1783–1859), an industrialist and Christian in Ban de la Roche, Alsace who felt that the gospel message was primarily for the poor and unfortunate, despite their suffering. Fallot earn a doctorate in theology in Strasbourg in 1872. His thesis was on "The Poor and the Gospel". He spent four years as Lutheran pastor of Wildersbach, near the Ban

neg: Gospel Book Armenian Catholic Church, during the reading of the Gospel, the deacon holds a piece of fine fabric in his hands, and with that he holds the Gospel Book. It is considered improper to touch the Gospel Book with bare hands. No lectern is provided for the Gospel reading in the Armenian sanctuary. See also the categories at bottom. Gospel Book The Gospel Book, Evangelion, or Book of the Gospels (Greek: , "Evangélion") is a codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels of the Christian New Testament – normally all four – centering on the life

neg: Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria The church's national headquarters are located at 62/66 Akinwunmi street, Yaba, Lagos. The church is headed by the General Overseer and Senior Pastor who is Rev. Felix Meduoye. Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, sometimes referred to as Foursquare Gospel Church, Yaba, is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in November 4, 1954 by Rev. H.J. Curtis & Mrs. Faye Curtis and their two sons. The organization is one of the largest churches in Nigeria, and claims 2064 branches in Nigeria. The church is affiliated with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, headquartered in

neg: Bunyore officiant) who closed the church and demanded an act of contrition. Rather than acquiesce, the newlywed couple persuaded other members to resign from the Church of God; and with blessings of the Anglican Archdeacon Owen went on to become the founder of Ebwali St. John Anglican church (The evolution of the three modern era Maseno Dioceses of the Anglican Church of Kenya). Consequently, the Nyanza province—once the stronghold of the Church of God and outside the Anglican influence—became a pillar of Anglican strength. Other denominations such as the Roman Catholic churches, Full Gospel Church, Dini ya Israeli, Pentecostal church exist

neg: Jeff Tolle Jeff Tolle Jeffrey Jay Tolle is the senior pastor and founder of Citylife Church www.citylifela.org, a new church in the City of Los Angeles located in the community of North Hollywood. He is also the former youth pastor at La Iglesia En El Camino, which belongs to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (as is his wife, Evelyn Tolle). He is also the founder of Eleva. an Christian youth conference. Tolle attended Los Angeles Baptist High School where he served as the school’s ASB Spiritual Life Chairman his Senior Year. After graduating in 1997, Jeff Tolle continued his education,

neg: Paul Enenche Deeper Life Church in Otukpo from 1986. Enenche has authored a number of books including: In 1994, Enenche married Becky Inyangbe Ibu, also a medical doctor. They have four children. Paul Enenche Paul Idoko Enenche is an Abuja-based Pastor in Nigeria. He is the founder and senior pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre headquartered in Abuja, Nigeria Enenche was born in Otukpo on June 12, in the year 1968, to the family of Chief D.E Eneche the paramount ruler of Orokam District in Ogbadibo Local Government Area . He is the younger brother to General John Enenche Nigeria's Defence

neg: Kelontae Gavin Kelontae Gavin Kelontae Gavin (born March 28, 1999) is an American gospel singer and worship leader who is known for the gospel radio singles, “No Ordinary Worship” and “Higher.” Gavin was born in Charleston, SC but raised in Summerville, South Carolina where he began to sing at Favor Ministries, a non-denominational church in Ridgeville, SC, at the age of four. He was a member of Bold Ministries International in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. He attended Summerville High School. Upon graduation, Gavin stated he planned to serve as a minister at the Ark of Salvation Church in Atlanta, Georgia and pursue

neg: Yoido Full Gospel Church expanding indefinitely. Despite the expansion of the auditorium to seat 12,000 in 1983, seven Sunday services were insufficient to accommodate the entire membership. As exponential growth continued, reaching 700,000 by 1992, the need for satellite churches became more pressing. Despite the drain of members to the satellite churches, however, new recruits by the mother church — brought in through the vast cell network – have made up for the losses, and membership stood at 780,000 in 2003. The church was renamed Yoido Full Gospel Church in the 1990s. Its founder, Mr David Yonggi Cho, retired as head pastor several times,

neg: Sovereign Grace Churches my departure." Other notable charismatic figures, such as Lou Engle, founder of The Call prayer concerts, and Ché Ahn, pastor of Harvest Rock Church in Pasadena, CA, also ceased to be formally associated with PDI during this period. As of 2008 the group identified itself as "a family of churches passionate about the gospel of Jesus Christ... with a strong doctrinal basis that is evangelical, Reformed, and continuationist." This move towards the Reformed (or Calvinist) wing of the church is illustrated by Sovereign Grace's partnerships with speakers such as John MacArthur, Mark Dever, and John Piper, who speak at the

neg: Matt Chandler (pastor) such as prophecy, miracles, healings and speaking in tongues have not ceased and should be exercised within the church under the authoritative parameters that Scripture provides. Chandler is an elder and the lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church, which is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and consists of five campuses: Flower Mound, Dallas Northway, Southlake, Fort Worth, and Plano. The Village Church considers itself to be "gospel-centered." Their mission statement reads, "At The Village Church, the means by which we will pursue the glory of God in the making of disciples is four-fold: gospel-centered worship, gospel-centered community,

neg: Martha Bass Martha Bass Martha Bass (March 7, 1921September 21, 1998) was an American gospel singer. After migrating to St. Louis as a young girl, she joined the Pleasant Green Baptist Church, where she was a promising gospel vocalist. She came under the authoritative and watchful tutelage of Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, the head of the Soloists Beareau in gospel composer Thomas A. Dorsey's National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses and the founder of the St. Louis Chapter of the organization, and it was there that she developed into a "house wrecker" as they are called in gospel. With Mother

neg: New Testament and four principal winds, while the church is scattered throughout all the world, and the "pillar and ground" of the church is the gospel and the spirit of life; it is fitting that she should have four pillars, breathing out immortality on every side, and vivifying men afresh." The books considered to be authoritative by Irenaeus included the four gospels and many of the letters of Paul, although, based on the arguments Irenaeus made in support of only four authentic gospels, some interpreters deduce that the fourfold Gospel must have still been a novelty in Irenaeus's time. By the early

neg: Africa Gospel Unity Church Africa Gospel Unity Church The Africa Gospel Unity Church was founded in 1964 by an untrained pastor who left the National Holiness Mission. The Africa Gospel Unity Church adheres to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. Most congregations are in rural areas. The church's leadership is all-male. In 2004, there were 3,500 members in eighty congregations and eighty house fellowships. Per reformiert-online.net: "The AGUC was formed in 1964 by an untrained pastor who left the National Holiness Mission after a dispute over administrative matters. Due to negligence and insufficiently qualified personnel, disorder in the membership and in the church grew

neg: Appietus His father bought him his first toy piano to nurture his talent. Appietus took the opportunity to learn to play instruments at the Four Square Gospel Church, Mount Oliver Methodist Church and Alive Chapel Intentional and began learning the basics of sound engineering at Fredima Studios Adabraka, Accra, in 1995. He continued to grow his expertise and improved his sound engineering qualities from Fredima Studios at Adabraka in Accra. He later moved to Kay's Frequency at Asylum Down where he further enriched his production skills in the year 1998. He also worked at Kampsite Studios at Dansoman SSNIT flats in

neg: Church Square, Pretoria Palace of Justice was the scene of arguably the most famous political trial in South Africa's history, the Rivonia Trial. During this trial, Nelson Mandela and a number of other ANC members were charged with treason, found guilty and subsequently incarcerated. Nearby Pretoria landmarks include the State Theatre, City Hall, the historic Kruger House and Paul Kruger church. Church Square, Pretoria Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place

neg: Gospel of books considered (by its own author at least) to form Christian scripture, included Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Irenaeus of Lyons went further, stating that there must be four gospels and only four because there were four corners of the Earth and thus the Church should have four pillars. Epiphanius, Jerome and other early church fathers preserve in their writings citations from Jewish-Christian gospels. Most modern critical scholars consider that the extant citations suggest at least two and probably three distinct works, at least one of which (possibly two) closely parallels the Gospel of Matthew. The Gospel of Thomas

neg: Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što – baštinski dani at the main stone-covered square of "Stjepan Radić" in front of an audience. The festival includes a selection of the most successful poet, who is "crowned" with the wreath of olive leaves. The decision is made by a three-member jury composed of the founder and earlier wreathees ("oliveati"). The crowned poet ("poeta oliveatus") and the founder then choose the verses that shall be engraved into the marble plate and mounted onto the Wall of Poetry of the central Selcan square, in front of the church of the Christ the King. The plate is of white Brač marble. Every five years

neg: Sunday School (LDS Church) years of age and older is called "Gospel Doctrine". In general, the Gospel Doctrine curriculum follows a four-year cycle: However, there are also a number of "generalist" and "specialist" classes that may be taught in Sunday School. For example, Gospel Principles is a generalist class that is primarily intended for those new to, or inexperienced, in the church or for those with a calling related to missionary work. It is also common for a local congregation to offer specialist Sunday School classes in family history, temples, marriage and family relations, and teacher training. In most church congregations, Sunday School is

neg: Another Gospel Age may have on the coming generations." In discussion of the Unification Church, Tucker writes that the organization has used controversial recruitment tactics which subsequently resulted in college students dropping out of universities in order to join it. "The recruitment strategy of the Unification Church was widely criticized for utilizing tactics that sometimes were compared to brainwashing techniques," writes Tucker. "Another Gospel" describes how Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon stated that he was told by Jesus Christ to complete a task in which Jesus had not succeeded, and carry out the desires of God on the earth. Tucker notes

neg: Joseph F. Smith "Gospel Doctrine", for use as instruction for Melchizedek priesthood quorums of the church. Smith's teachings as an apostle were the 2000–01 course of study in the LDS Church's Sunday Relief Society and Melchizedek priesthood classes. Joseph F. Smith Joseph Fielding Smith Sr. (November 13, 1838 – November 19, 1918) was an American religious leader who served as the sixth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the nephew of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, and was the last president of the LDS Church to have known him personally.

neg: David Yonggi Cho David Yonggi Cho David Yonggi Cho (born 14 February 1936 as Paul Yungi Cho) is a South Korean Christian minister. He is founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), the world's largest congregation, with a claimed membership of 830,000 (). Cho was born on February 14, 1936, in Ulju-gun, now part of Ulsan metropolitan city. The son of Cho Doo-chun and Kim Bok-sun, Cho was the eldest of five brothers and four sisters. He graduated from middle school with honours. Because his father's sock and glove business went bankrupt, he could not afford high school or university

neg: John Robert Stevens began preaching on his own in Gladwin, Iowa, in 1935, before his sixteenth birthday, under the auspices of the Four Square Gospel denomination. After his high school graduation in 1937 he also traveled locally and regionally as an evangelist and was ordained in the Assembly of God in September 1937. Stevens was first married in 1939 and had two daughters by this marriage, which ended in divorce. Stevens moved to the Los Angeles area in 1946 and later became pastor of an Assemblies of God church in Lynwood, California. Around 1950 he was dismissed from that position and the Four

neg: M Source a written document and contained the following: The primary gospels are those original gospels upon which all others are based. Those who support the "Four Document Hypothesis" believe these to be the Gospel of Mark, Q and M. Eusebius, in his catalog of ancient church writings, puts the "Gospel of Mark" in his Homologoumena or “accepted” category. Both modern and ancient Biblical scholars agree that it was the earliest Canonical account of the life of Jesus Christ. It is a primitive, primary source, incorporated into both the "Canonical Matthean Gospel" as well as "Luke-Acts". A majority of scholars agree that

neg: Born again Paul II, the "National Directory of Catechesis" describes a new intervention required by our modern world called the "New Evangelization". The New Evangelization is directed to the Church herself, to the baptized who were never effectively evangelized before, to those who have never made a personal commitment to Christ and the Gospel, to those formed by the values of the secular culture, to those who have lost a sense of faith, and to those who are alienated Declan O'Sullivan, co-founder of the Catholic Men's Fellowship and knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, wrote that the "New Evangelization emphasizes

neg: Union Chapel, Brighton Chapel was the base for this work from 1905 until 1927 or 1931, when the Elim Pentecostal Church bought it. It became known as the Elim Free Church or the Elim Tabernacle of the Four Square Gospel, and internal alterations removed almost all the interior fittings from the 1825 reconstruction. In September 1988, the Elim congregation left the building and it was put up for sale again, with the expectation that it would become a restaurant or pub—ending 300 years of religious worship on the site. The building was acquired by the Firkin Brewery, a pub chain established in 1979

neg: Martha Bass to James Peaston (1914-1981). Martha Bass Martha Bass (March 7, 1921September 21, 1998) was an American gospel singer. After migrating to St. Louis as a young girl, she joined the Pleasant Green Baptist Church, where she was a promising gospel vocalist. She came under the authoritative and watchful tutelage of Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, the head of the Soloists Beareau in gospel composer Thomas A. Dorsey's National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses and the founder of the St. Louis Chapter of the organization, and it was there that she developed into a "house wrecker" as they are called

neg: Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan (formerly known as K. P. Yohannan) is the founder and Metropolitan Bishop of Believers Eastern Church (Earlier Believers Church) one of the Episcopal denominations in India, he is also the founder and president of Gospel for Asia, a large Episcopal NGO with a focus on India and Asia. He is the pioneer in establishing one of the largest child care projects in India called Bridge of Hope. Moran Mor Athanasius Yohan Metropolitan claims to have authored over 200 books on Christian living and missions, though there is some controversy around

neg: Heavens Connection Heavens Connection Heavens Connection is a Ghanaian Gospel rap and alternative group who, along with acts such as Psalm 1 (the Christ Junkie) & Ian Jazzi have pioneered a new wave of gospel music known as gospel-rap or Christian rap also referred to as Urban gospel music in Ghana. The group is arguably Ghana's first gospel rap group. Heavens Connection started out in 2006, brought together by a youth church leader of Action Chapel International, Eddie Opoku, who wanted to see the influence of hiphop in the church put to a more positive use. He put the word out and

neg: Heavens Connection Jewel (Kwachie Adie) Glodiva Masodi Bishop West Heavens Connection Heavens Connection is a Ghanaian Gospel rap and alternative group who, along with acts such as Psalm 1 (the Christ Junkie) & Ian Jazzi have pioneered a new wave of gospel music known as gospel-rap or Christian rap also referred to as Urban gospel music in Ghana. The group is arguably Ghana's first gospel rap group. Heavens Connection started out in 2006, brought together by a youth church leader of Action Chapel International, Eddie Opoku, who wanted to see the influence of hiphop in the church put to a more positive

neg: D. DoRohn Gough in Detroit, Michigan, the son of David Gough, founder of the “International Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum,” DoRohn was destined to become a musical genius.Born the middle child of three boys DoRohn is a self-taught musician who was born with the magic touch, at the age of two learned how to play the drums. By the third grade DoRohn learned to play the violin by ear and by the time he was eleven years old his older brother Damon had taught him how to play the keyboards. Groomed in the church by playing in the church band DoRohn

neg: Joseph Fielding established church to become members of the Square Chapel Independent congregation, led by the famous minister Titus Knight, in their home town of Halifax, Yorkshire. James was christened there on 5 May 1793. The family then moved to Honidon, Bedfordshire, where the Fielding family were active in the growing Methodist movement in the area. For many years they regularly walked the four miles to attend the Methodist chapel at St Neots. It is significant that of the ten children, at least eight were to spend their lives closely involved with the evangelism of the gospel, albeit within differing religions. James

neg: Gospel Book (British Library, MS Royal 1. B. VII) Gospel Book (British Library, MS Royal 1. B. VII) British Library, Royal 1. B. VII is an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon illuminated Gospel Book. It is closely related to the Lindisfarne Gospels, being either copied from it or from a common model. It is not as lavishly illuminated, and the decoration shows Merovingian influence. The manuscript contains the four Gospels in the Latin Vulgate translation, along with prefatory and explanatory matter. It was presented to Christ Church, Canterbury in the 920s by King Athelstan, who had recorded in a note in Old English (f.15v) that upon his accession to the throne in

neg: Missional living terms of its mission — being "sent ones" who take the gospel to and incarnate the gospel within a specific cultural context. The church exists, in other words, for what we sometimes call "mission": to announce to the world that Jesus is its Lord. "Mission is not just a program of the church. It defines the church as God’s sent people. Either we are defined by mission, or we reduce the scope of the gospel and the mandate of the church. Thus our challenge today is to move from church with mission to missional church." The Church has a mission

neg: House On The Rock (Church) and Bariga communities in Lagos to launch the year’s initiative. Adefarasin mentioned during the Lagos Island phase of the Project Spread that he decided to begin the initiative from Lagos Island because he was born within the community. The Experience is an annual free musical concert held in Lagos with gospel musicians from Nigeria and around the world attending. The event started in 2006 and is hosted by Paul Adefarasin every year at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island. Gospel musicians such as Kirk Franklin, CeCe Winans, Donnie McClurkin, Don Moen, Frank Edwards (gospel musician), Nathaniel Bassey, and Chioma

neg: St. Michael's Church (Marblehead, Massachusetts) England, and twenty-nine of the original thirty-three donors were sea captains. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts provided the church with its first rector. The original square church was expanded in 1728. During the American Revolutionary War in 1776 a mob of patriots raided the church and removed the British royal coat of arms from the building. Many of St. Michael's members were Loyalists who fled to Canada during the Revolution. In 1793 the original spire on the bell tower was taken down 'being rotten.' The building was renovated in 1833 with Gothic windows, new

neg: Gospel Principles Gospel Principles Gospel Principles is a book that sets out some of the basic doctrines and teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The book is published by the LDS Church and is provided to its members as a personal study guide and as a church lesson manual. "Gospel Principles" was first published in English in 1978. Subsequent editions, each with minor revisions, were published in 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995, and 1997. The book has traditionally been used as a Sunday School lesson manual for attendees who are recent converts or non-members

neg: Alogi the name of its founder, Dionysius Bar-Salibi, citing a lost work of Hippolytus ("Capita Adversus Caium"), writes in his commentary on the Apocalypse,Hippolytus the Roman says: A man appeared, named Caius, saying that the Gospel is not by John, nor the Apocalypse but that it is by Cerinthus the heretic.According to fourth century church historian Eusebius of Ceasarea, Caius was a churchman of Rome who wrote during the time of Pope Zephyrinus, and had published a disputation with Proclus, a Montanist leader in Rome. “St. Epiphanius ("Haer". LI) gives a long account of the party of heretics who arose after

neg: Mongolian studies Mongolian studies Mongolian studies is an interdisciplinary field of scholarly inquiry concerning Mongolian language, Mongolian history, and Mongolian culture. Scholars who work in the field of Mongolian studies are often referred to as Mongolists. Isaac Jacob Schmidt is generally regarded as the "founder" of Mongolian studies as an academic discipline. Schmidt, a native of Amsterdam who emigrated to Russia on account of the French invasion, began his exposure to the Mongolic languages as a missionary of the Moravian Church among the Kalmyks, and translated the Gospel of Matthew into the Kalmyk language. Afterwards he moved to Moscow and then Saint

neg: Bishop Dready Manning Bishop Dready Manning Bishop Dready Manning (born 1934) is an American guitarist, harmonica player, singer, and songwriter who plays gospel music infused with Piedmont blues elements. He is also the founder of St. Mark Holiness Church in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and a North Carolina Arts Council Folk Heritage Award winner. Dready Manning was born in Northampton County, North Carolina, United States, in the farming community of Gaston. By the age of eight he was orphaned. He went to live with his aunt's family of sharecroppers who grew cotton, peanuts, and corn. Some of his uncles and cousins played blues

neg: Greater Hood Memorial AME Zion Church moving of the church to the new location at 160 West 146th Street, between 7th Avenue and Lenox Avenue. The service began at four o’clock with and was attended by about 1500 people. The church's mission is to present the Christian gospel to Christians and those who are unchurched. The church primarily reaches out to the disenfranchised, poor and oppressed. The worship service style is consistent with those of many African-American churches. The church is incorporating the Greater Hood Memorial Community Based Corporation, which will look into ways to minister to those who have been diagnosed with autism, as well

neg: Two-gospel hypothesis two-gospel hypothesis comes from the gospels themselves ("internal evidence"), while some of the evidence is found in the testimony of the early church ("external evidence"). The early church didn't just testify as to who wrote the gospels, in what order, and when they wrote them, it also testified on the specific circumstances surrounding the creation of each gospel. For example, early church documents claim that Mark's Gospel was created after Mark made fifty copies of a series of speeches that Peter had given in Rome. The external evidence (mainly the testimony of the early church) is the main difference between

neg: St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Bath, North Carolina) St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Bath, North Carolina) St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a historic church on Craven Street in Bath, North Carolina. The church building was constructed in 1734 and is the oldest surviving church building in North Carolina. St. Thomas Parish was established soon after the founding of Bath County, North Carolina in 1696 with the original church parishioners meeting in homes. Around 1700 Rev. Thomas Bray, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in England, mailed books to St Thomas Parish, founding the first public library in the colony. The church building

neg: Myddelton Square 1826-27. The BBC's adaptation of EM Forster's novel 'Howards End' (2017) used Myddelton Square as the on-screen location for the London home of the Schlegel family (Wickham Place). Myddelton Square Myddelton Square is the largest square in London's Clerkenwell district. The square was laid out by William Chadwell Mylne, and there are 75 houses, by 13 different builders, all constructed in a Georgian style, from 1822 to 1843, with a church, St Mark's in the middle. All of the houses are Grade II listed, as is the church. The square is named after Sir Hugh Myddelton (1560–1631), the founder of

neg: Times Square Church teaching is followed by a time of prayer. And 6:00 which is an evangelistic service which presents the Gospel through worship, music, testimonies, drama and a brief message. On Tuesday at 7:00 which is a worldwide prayer meeting service, and on Friday again at 7:00 which is a service known as The Gate which is for young people from the ages of 12 to 29. In 2001, founding pastor David Wilkerson entrusted the senior pastorate to Carter Conlon, formerly an evangelical pastor from eastern Canada and associate pastor at Times Square Church from 1994-2001. There are also visiting ministers and

neg: Burqin Church them and told them to present themselves to the priests, although they were not yet cured. On their way disappeared their lepracy. One of them who was from Samaria returned to Jesus to give thanks. Jesus blamed the nine who did not recognize that their healing was God's gift in the person of Jesus. This faith is the real salvation. The passage can be read in the Gospel of Luke 17,11-19. Since this miracle, the church became a station for many Christian pilgrims. Excavations show that the church passed through four different historical periods. The first church was built during

neg: Evangelical Catholic Anglican and Lutheran, and supports church missions and church planting. Evangelical Catholic The term Evangelical Catholic is used by Christians who consider themselves both "catholic" and "evangelical" (meaning "gospel-centered"). "Evangelical catholic" ("catholic" is the noun with "evangelical" modifying) can refer variously to: As used by the Roman Catholic Church, the term "evangelical Catholic" refers to Roman Catholics in full communion with the Holy See in Rome who exhibit, according to Alister McGrath, the four characteristics of evangelicalism. The first is a strong theological and devotional emphasis on the Christian scriptures. Secondly, evangelical Catholics stress the life, death, and resurrection of

neg: St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Bath, North Carolina) was constructed in 1734. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. St. Thomas Episcopal Church (Bath, North Carolina) St. Thomas Episcopal Church is a historic church on Craven Street in Bath, North Carolina. The church building was constructed in 1734 and is the oldest surviving church building in North Carolina. St. Thomas Parish was established soon after the founding of Bath County, North Carolina in 1696 with the original church parishioners meeting in homes. Around 1700 Rev. Thomas Bray, founder of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts in England, mailed

neg: The Fairfield Four was released on March 10, 2015, and won the Best Roots Gospel Album at the 58th Grammy awards. The Fairfield Four The Fairfield Four is an American gospel group that has existed for over 90 years, starting as a trio in the Fairfield Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1921. They were designated as National Heritage Fellows in 1989 by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The group won the 1998 Grammy for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album. As a quintet, they featured briefly in the 2000

neg: Aimee Semple McPherson church evolved into its own denomination and became known as the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (usually referenced as the "Foursquare Church"). The term "Foursquare" represents the "Full Gospel" theological concept, and refers to the four defining beliefs of Pentecostalism: the nature of Jesus Christ's character is that he was Savior, baptizer with the Holy Spirit, healer, and soon-coming King. The four main beliefs were: the first being Christ's ability to transform individuals' lives through the act of salvation; the second focused on a holy baptism which includes receiving power to glorify and exalt Christ in a practical way;

neg: The Homestead (Georges Hall) to avoid them when part of the estate was subdivided as the Deepwater Estate. While many alterations have been made, they have not obscured the line of the original building. The restoration program undertaken by the Church of the Four Square Gospel, with the assistance of Bankstown City Council Heritage Committee, is preserving part of the local heritage. The roof which was framed in pit sawn hardwood framing with purlins and struts onto internal walls and chimneys. Originally shingled with hand split oak shingles the roof was subsequently covered in corrugated iron, and then later terracotta tiles. The unusual half

neg: The Form of Presbyterial Church Government The Form of Presbyterial Church Government The Form of Presbyterial Church Government is a document drawn up by the Westminster Assembly dealing with Presbyterian polity. It forms part of the Westminster Standards, and was adopted by the Church of Scotland in 1645. "The Form of Presbyterial Church Government" describes four church officers: pastors, teachers/doctors, elders, and deacons. The pastor is a "minister of the gospel", while the doctor is a minister who "doth more excel in exposition of scripture, in teaching sound doctrine and convincing gainsayers than he doth in application". The doctors are thus essentially theological professors, "of most

neg: Galbally, County Limerick of desertion. Present in the church is the remains of a tomb, which is perhaps that of the founder. In the centre of Garbally's village square is a statue of a soldier, erected in memory of named local volunteers who lost their lives during the War of Independence in 1921. The south side of the square was the site of a poor house during famine times. Charles Bianconi's carriages used to drive through the village, and the stables they used still stand on the north side of the village square. The Barons Massy of Duntryleague had their original seat in

neg: A. N. Sattampillai of Christ from Church and Indianization of Christianity: to express and interpret Christianity and Biblical text in Indian context, socially, culturally, and religiously. He was also the founder of indigenous Seventh Day sect on the outskirts of town Nazareth, Tamil Nadu, and was indirectly responsible for establishing the first Seventh-day Adventist church in South India – Tamil Nadu. He was educated at missionary schools run by Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), an Anglican missionary society and also known by the name Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, presently known by the name United

neg: Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square Statue of Paul Kruger, Church Square The Statue of Paul Kruger () is a bronze sculpture located in Church Square in Pretoria, South Africa. The statue depicts Paul Kruger, the Boer political and military leader and President of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900, and four unnamed Boer soldiers. The Statue of Paul Kruger was sculpted in 1896 and was installed in its current location in Church Square in 1954. The statue was first sculpted in 1896 by Anton Van Wouw following a commission by Sammy Marks, an industrialist who made his fortune in the South African Republic,

neg: Charles Henry Pace Pace (Harry Herbert Pace, 18841943), American music publisher and insurance executive, founder of Black Swan Records. Charles Henry Pace Charles Henry Pace (August 4, 1886, Atlanta, GADecember 16, 1963, Pittsburgh, PA) was an American composer, publisher, and choral director of Christian music. At the age of 13, he relocated with his family to Chicago. There, he continued to study piano, and composed gospel songs and arranged spirituals for Beth Eden Baptist Church and for Liberty Baptist Church. In 1925, he founded Pace Jubilee Singers, a gospel group which recorded songs written by himself, Charles Albert Tindley, and others for Victor

neg: Gospel of Thomas in the late 2nd century that "since there are four quarters of the earth ... it is fitting that the church should have four pillars ... the four Gospels" ("Against Heresies", 3.11.8), and then shortly thereafter made the first known quotation from a fourth gospel—the canonical version of the Gospel of John. The late 2nd-century Muratorian fragment also recognizes only the three synoptic gospels and John. Bible scholar Bruce Metzger wrote regarding the formation of the New Testament canon, "Although the fringes of the emerging canon remained unsettled for generations, a high degree of unanimity concerning the greater part of

neg: Prospect, North Carolina Prospect community began when Preston Locklear claimed large swaths of land along what is known today as the Long Swamp. Unlike the majority of Robeson County, the boundary of Prospect Community contains almost exclusively Methodist churches; the Methodist churches included within Prospect are Prospect United Methodist Church, Prospect Methodist Church, New Prospect Church, and New Prospect Methodist Church. Prospect United Methodist Church was itself founded by the Reverend W. L. Moore, the grandfather of Adolph Dial, founder of the American Indian Studies department at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. Notably, Island Grove Baptist Church and Preston Gospel Chapel

neg: Bordentown, New Jersey the Trenton Rail Station in Trenton and the Walter Rand Transportation Center (and other stations) in Camden, on NJ Transit's River Line Light rail system. NJ Transit provides bus service in the township between Trenton and Philadelphia on the 409 route. Bordentown City's one square mile is home to more than 10 houses of worship, including: American Presbyterian Church, B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Christ Episcopal Church, Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community, Ebenezer Full Gospel Community Church, First Baptist Church of Bordentown, First Presbyterian Church, Mount Zion AME Church, Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Trinity United Methodist Church and

neg: Africa Gospel Unity Church lay preachers. Two thirds of Sunday worshipers are not communicant members yet. Every month each regional council holds an “evangelistic outreach” in which visits from house to house are made." AGUC, P.O. Box 33, 20400 Bomet, Kenya (Africa), Address-No.: 1394 / 1069 Africa Gospel Unity Church The Africa Gospel Unity Church was founded in 1964 by an untrained pastor who left the National Holiness Mission. The Africa Gospel Unity Church adheres to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. Most congregations are in rural areas. The church's leadership is all-male. In 2004, there were 3,500 members in eighty congregations and eighty

neg: Karen Clark Sheard of iconic gospel group The Clark Sisters. She is the Soprano of the group, The Clark Sisters. Clark Sheard is known for her high vocal ranging abilities. On June 16, 1984, Karen Clark wed Bishop J. Drew Sheard, a minister. Her husband is senior pastor of Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church of God in Christ in Detroit. Together they have 2 children: Kierra "Kiki" Sheard (1987) and Jay Drew "J. Drew" Sheard II (1989). She also has a niece named Janise Tucker who lives in Florida. Kiki is also a gospel recording artist, with four albums, plus various projects to her

neg: Another Gospel the attribute of a prophet-founder that very distinctly separates cults from denominations." According to the description of the book from the publisher, Tucker "explains how ... alternative religious movements appear to meet people's needs." Tucker concludes that "the increase in cult membership is a direct result of a failure on the part of the church." Charles H. Lippy, writing in "Modern American Popular Religion: A Critical Assessment and Annotated Bibliography", stated that "Another Gospel" is written "from a decidedly conservative Christian perspective", and although Tucker "does not ridicule the groups she seeks to expose ... it is clear that [she]

neg: Jarrow the Gospel of John into Old English. Along with the abbey at Wearmouth, Jarrow became a center of learning and had the largest library north of the Alps, primarily due to the widespread travels of Benedict Biscop, its founder. In 794 Jarrow became the second target in England of the Vikings, who had plundered Lindisfarne in 793. The monastery was later dissolved by Henry VIII. The ruins of the monastery are now associated with and partly built into the present-day church of St. Paul, which stands on the site. One wall of the church contains the oldest stained glass window

neg: Colin Tilsley Colin Tilsley Colin B C Tilsley (23 January 1935 — 23 March 1981) was the founder of Gospel Literature Outreach. Colin was born in Rajahmundry, India to Crawford and Marjorie Tilsley, missionaries in the Godavari district of South India, where Crawford was a fourth generation missionary. Colin was educated in England from 1947 at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate, an evangelical Church of England boarding school. He did national service in the British Army from 1954 and was married to Cynthia in 1957 in her native town of Launceston, Tasmania. They had four children. They studied at Emmaus Bible School, Sydney,

neg: Birger Jarls torg Church. Birger Jarls torg Birger Jarls torg is a public square on Riddarholmen in Gamla stan, the old town in Stockholm, Sweden. The square used to be called "Riddarholmstorget", but was in the mid-19th century renamed "Birger Jarls torg" after Birger Jarl, traditionally attributed as the founder of Stockholm. A statue of him was erected on the square in 1854. The square is surrounded by six palaces, today mostly occupied by various governmental authorities. The area is isolated from the rest of the city by the artery traffic route Centralbron. (See Riddarholmen.) Just south of the square is the church

neg: Sherman Andrus band's founder, Andrae Crouch, attended (Church of God in Christ). Andrus continued his association with Crouch as he formed the popular contemporary Christian music act Andrae Crouch and the Disciples in 1964. That group would not only gain notoriety within the gospel music field for merging funkier rhythms with the gospel message but a measure of fame outside of gospel fandom with an appearance on late night television's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". Andrus would tour with the group through 1970. Andrus joined The Imperials in February 1972, replacing the departing Greg Gordon. He recorded as co-lead singer along

neg: Louis H. Narcisse Louis H. Narcisse Louis H. Narcisse (April 27, 1921 – February 3, 1989), also known as King Louis H. Narcisse, was an African-American religious leader and the founder of the Mt. Zion Spiritual Church. He claimed religious leaders of the time such as Father Divine, Daddy Grace and, James F. Jones were his divine predecessors. He was an organizer and spiritual healer in Oakland, California. He was also a gospel minister, vocalist, musician, and composer with whom gospel singer Mahalia Jackson often collaborated. He was the uncle of renowned African-American gospel singer Bessie Griffin (July 6, 1922 – April 10,

neg: David Wilkerson founded World Challenge, an organization seeking to promote and spread the Gospel throughout the world. Wilkerson claimed that in 1986, while walking down 42nd Street in New York City at midnight, the Holy Spirit called him to return to New York City and to raise up a ministry in Times Square. He founded and became the pastor of Times Square Church, which opened its doors in October 1987. The church first occupied rented auditoriums in Times Square (Town Hall and the Nederlander Theater), before moving to the historic Mark Hellinger Theatre in 1989, in which it has operated ever since.

neg: David Yonggi Cho by South Korean prosecutors. The prosecutors began an investigation of Cho's alleged embezzlement of 23 billion won ($20 million USD) from the Yoido Full Gospel Church's funds. A national broadcaster, MBC, released a documentary that claimed the money had been used to buy properties for Bethesda University in Anaheim, California, United States, which Cho founded. David Yonggi Cho David Yonggi Cho (born 14 February 1936 as Paul Yungi Cho) is a South Korean Christian minister. He is founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), the world's largest congregation, with a claimed membership of 830,000 (). Cho was