View source for Christ Apostolic Church International

{{short description|Pentecostal Evangelical church}}
{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name = Christ Apostolic Church Int
| logo=
| image =
||imagewidth = 210px
| caption =
| main_classification = [[Pentecostal]]
| theology = [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]]
| governance =
| founded_date =
| founder = [[Peter Anim Newman]]
| leader_title        = Chairman
| leader_name         = Apostle Samuel Amponsah-Frimpong
| headquarters = [[Osu, Accra|Osu]], [[Ghana]]
| separated_from =
| congregations =
| members =
|website= {{URL|https://cac-int.org}}
}}
'''Christ Apostolic Church International''' is a [[Pentecostal]] [[Evangelical]] church which traces its existence from the ministry of the late [[Peter Anim Newman|Apostle Peter Anim]], the originator of Ghanaian Pentecostalism.<ref name="a">{{cite web|last1=Peter|first1=Anim|title=Peter Anim|url=http://www.dacb.org/stories/ghana/anim_peter.html|website=DACB|publisher=Dictionary of African Biographies|accessdate=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204121853/http://www.dacb.org/stories/ghana/anim_peter.html|archive-date=4 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It had a humble beginning as a prayer group started in 1917 at [[Asamankese]], but later received affiliation with Apostolic Church Bradford.<ref name="b">{{cite web|last1=The Christ|first1=Apostolic Church|title=Overview|url=https://cac-int.org/|website=caci|publisher=Christ Apostolic Church Int|accessdate=8 December 2018}}</ref>
==History==
[[Peter Anim Newman]] began a healing ministry in 1917 under the name Faith Tabernacle as a result of healing received from acute stomach upset and guinea worms infections after he read a magazine published by Faith Tabernacle USA called ''Sword of Spirit''.<ref name="a" />
In 1931, Anim, through a fellow Faith Tabernacle minister in Nigeria, David O. Odubanjo, contacted missionaries of the Apostolic Church of Bradford, to pay his team a visit. Rev George Perfect, a missionary sent by [[Apostolic Church (disambiguation)|Apostolic Church]] Bradford to Nigeria, passed by [[Asamankese]] in [[Ghana]] and stayed with the Faith Tabernacle church for two weeks. An agreement was met between Perfect and Anim. Anim and his members fully embraced the doctrine and practices of the Apostolic Church Bradford. Hence, Anim's church became The Apostolic Church Gold Coast. A year later, a major "Holy Ghost Outpouring" was experienced. Healing, miracles and salvation were greatly recorded and therefore impacted the growth of the ministry numerically.<ref name="c">{{cite web|last1=Anim|first1=Peter|title=History|url=http://www.cacintlusa.org/history.html|website=Christ Apostolic Church|publisher=Christ Apostolic ChurchUSA|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref>
They requested an external [[missionary]] from Bradford, which was granted in 1937: [[James McKeown (missionary)|James McKeown]] was sent as the first Pentecostal missionary from UK to Asamankese.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Mckeown|first1=James|title=Biography of James McKeown|url=http://www.pentecost.ca/biography-of-pastor-james-mckeown/|publisher=The Church of Pentecost|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref>
The church by then practiced strictly divine healing. McKeown had suffered from malaria and was subsequently hospitalized in the [[Ridge Hospital Accra|European Hospital]] in Ghana. He responded to treatment successfully. However, he faced hostility from the Church which felt betrayed by their missionary receiving medical treatment against their teachings. This disagreement led the Church into division. The followers of McKeown remained Apostolic Church Bradford whilst the followers of Anim became Christ Apostolic Church.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Apostolic Church|first1=Ghana|title=Brief History|url=http://beta.theapostolicchurch.org.gh/brief-history/|publisher=The Apostolic church|accessdate=13 March 2017}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[The Church of Pentecost]]
*[[The Apostolic Church - Ghana]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://cac-int.org Christ Apostolic Church Int]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christ Apostolic Church}}
[[Category:Christian denominations in Ghana]]
[[Category:Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century]]
[[Category:Pentecostal denominations in Africa]]
[[Category:Pentecostalism in Africa]]