Apostolic Christian Church of America

found: Klopfenstein, P.A. Marching to Zion, c1984:t.p. (Apostolic Christian Church of America) jkt. (f. 1847; small religious denomination; 11,000 members primarily in Midwest) p. 6, etc. (when the church first came to America, generally known as the Evangelical Baptist Church; derivatives of Apostolic Christian Church used until an official name adopted during the U.S. entry into WWI; on occasion, Evangelical Baptist and Apostolic Christian have been used interchangeably; church divided 1906-1907 into the Apostolic Christian Church, the one this history is about, and the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene); the latter left to form their own congregation)

found: Apostolic Christian Church (website), Mar. 29, 2024(header: Apostolic Christian Church; footer: (c) Apostolic Christian Church of America; Anabaptists were particularly attracted to Samuel H. Froehlich and his fellow believers; throughout Europe the church was known as Evangelical Baptist; starting in 1847, as the movement spread across America, allegiance to the German language and other ethnic identifiers dissipated and in the early twentieth century, the church in America formally took the name of Apostolic Christian Church) - https://www.apostolicchristian.org/history

found: Encyc. Am. religions, 2003(Apostolic Christian Church of America; originally known as the Evangelical Baptist Church, begun in Switzerland in 1832; continued persecution led to the migration of believers to the United States; teachings and practices similar to many of those of the Anabaptist heritage)

found: Hbk. denominations U.S., 2010(Apostolic Christian Churches of America; began in Switzerland when S.H. Froehlich had a conversion experience; Froehlich's church first took the name Evangelical Baptist, but adopted the Apostolic title as it embraced the doctrine of holiness; a smaller, related body is called the Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarene))