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Jesus taught in Matthew 16:18, "...and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." At the close of His earthly life, Jesus gave us one of the greatest promises to mankind: the birth and existence of the Church! The New Testament church was not on the earth when Jesus spoke these words in Matthew 16:18, for He said, "I will build my Church," denoting a future tense to the existence of the Church. 50 days after Passover, the glorious blood bought Church was born on the Day of Pentecost. 

Having the keys of the Kingdom, Peter preached under the mighty
unction of the Holy Ghost, and passionately instructed the Jews who were smitten in their hearts, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost,"  Acts 2:38. Over 3000 precious souls that day were born again and added to the Church, Acts 2:47.

Although 3000 + souls was a great harvest, it was to multiply many times over, as the militant Church marched continuously over the pages of ancient history, (weathering the storms of persecution and withstanding severe trials), to the present, gathering souls in the Kingdom!


How is this possible? Jesus said, " ... and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!" In other words, the Church continues to the present, and has never ceased to exist.


Although, a local congregation of few years, the fundamental doctrine that we preach today at Apostolic Life UPC, is the same the apostles taught 2000 years ago .... "And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine..." Acts 2:46.

Acts 1:2 states, "Until the day in which He (Christ) was taken up, after that He through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen:"

Ephesians 2:20 reads, "And (we the church) are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone."

We are extremely excited to say that we are not a carbon copy of a particular denomination or a break off from a movement in recent centuries; for this Church has its roots from the beginning! 1 John 2:24,25 states, "Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye shall continue in the Son, and the Father. And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life."

Luke 24:47 Jesus says, "And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem."

The faith we earnestly contend for is NOT from Rome, nor from the Protestant movement, but is traced all the way back to the beginning in Jerusalem, 2000 years ago (see, Jude verse 3)!

What took place in Jerusalem in the beginning? We find the answer in the Bible, Acts chapter 2, where over 3000 souls were baptized in Jesus' name and filled with the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues as the Spirit gave the utterance!

Geographically we may be new. In spirit and doctrine, we are, The Originals!

Don't settle for a carbon copy, experience, The Original!

The Church that has "U" at heart!