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The Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ World-Wide, Inc. is an organization of African-American Pentecostal churches.
The Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ was organized in September of 1957 by Apostle Smallwood Edmond Williams. Under Williams' leadership, about 70 churches withdrew from the Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith to form the new organization. Williams became the first presiding bishop of the church.
Beliefs of the Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ include the inspiration of the Bible as the word of God; salvation made possible only through Jesus; the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues; water baptism by immersion; the premillennial second coming of Jesus; the final judgment of the dead; and the establishment of new heavens and a new earth.
In 1995 the church had about 300,000 members in 350 congregations world wide. The chief officer in the church is the Presiding Bishop, which office was held in 2003 by Chief Apostle Huie L. Rogers. Headquarters are in Brooklyn, New York. The body conducts a general conference annually in July and operates a publishing house in Washington, D.C..
External links
Bible Way Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ (http://www.biblewaychurch.org/) - official Web Site
Greater Bibleway (http://www.greaterbibleway.org/menu.html) - site of the church in the United Kingdom
The BibleWayChurch of OurLordJesusChrist was organized in September of 1957 by Smallwood Edmond Williams, who at the time was the General Secretary of the Church of OurLordJesusChrist of the Apostolic Faith (COOLJC).
Though the BibleWay organizations are similar in structure and doctrine, the major differences reside in the questions of which of the two leaders is the rightful head and heir of the church and of the ordaining women to the office of elder.
A similar incident occurred in BibleWay's sister church, the Church of the LordJesusChrist, upon the death of founder Sherrod Johnson.
BibleWayChurch of OurLordJesusChrist: Oneness Pentecostalism denomination.
Jesus, who is God in the flesh, died on the cross and rose physically from the dead as the sole and sufficient payment for the sins of humanity.
Churches of Christ: The independent Churches of Christ movement was one of several associations and denominations that developed from Alexander Campbell, Walter Scott and Barton W. Stone’s restoration movement of the early 19th century, which was designed to promote unity among Protestants.
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