Our commitment to the Bible and each other

The Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) strives to live according to the commandments of Christ and the Apostles. Scripture is interpreted literally, and is the final authority on all matters of faith and practice. Therefore, all are encouraged to study the Holy Bible and seek God’s grace to live according to its teachings. Individuals are joined to the church through new birth and baptism.

At the time of baptism, members willingly enter a covenant of mutual care and communion, binding themselves together to Christ as one body for the purpose of ministry and exhortation, encouragement and admonition. Related, the leadership of the church is ordained from within the membership, and the various positions of leadership exist solely for the benefit of the body.

Our Historical and Theological Roots

Historically, the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) is a direct descendant of the Swiss Evangelical Baptist movement began by Samuel Heinrich Froelich in the 1830s.

Theologically, the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) is rooted in evangelical Anabaptism. This can be seen in such doctrines as believer’s baptism, separation of church from state, sanctification, non-resistance, and church discipline. Though many similarities with Mennonite-Anabaptism exist, it is not a direct descendant of that movement.

Realizing that not all who take the name of Christ are His, the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) does not band together with other Christian groups outside of its fellowship.

Our ties to other Apostolic Churches

This website represents a conference within the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) denomination, which is comprised of local churches that are in fellowship with one another, and under the authority of a single Elder council. Its churches share a common commitment to the original doctrinal understandings of the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) as identified in its 18 point Statement of Faith.

Though it shares a common ancestry with the Apostolic Christian Church of America, it is a separate denomination. However, both the Apostolic Christian Church of America and this conference of churches retain ties to the European churches (known as Nazarenes) that have maintained the doctrine and the tradition of the Froelich movement.