Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
- Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
Infobox Christian denomination
name = Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
main_classification = Protestant
orientation = Pentecostal
polity = Presbyterian
founder = Leonidas Feggos
founded_date = 1965
founded_place = Athens, Greece
International Headquarters = Athens Central Church
separated_from = Assemblies of God
merger = Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost & Church of God of Pentecost, 1995
area = Worldwide (mainly in Greece)
congregations = 140
members = 22,000
footnotes = The Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost ( _gr. "Ελευθέρα Αποστολική Εκκλησία Πεντηκοστής") is the biggest Greek pentecostal church. Founded by Dr. Leonidas Feggos in 1965, it now counts more than 140 churches, and over than 20,000 members in Greece. Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost has churches and missions also in Cyprus, Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, United Kingdom, U.S.A. (New York, Ohio and Florida), Australia and Africa.
Leonidas Feggos protested to various doctrines of the Apostolic Church of Pentecost which led him found an independent church without connections with the Assemblies of God. He claimed that a church must be independent, "free", without depended on foreign churches. That is why he named the church "free".
External links
* [http://www.christianity.gr Official site]
* [http://www.wordofgod.gr WordofGod TV]
* [http://www.facp.org Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost, New York]
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