Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church
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Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Churches of America | |
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Classification | Protestant |
Orientation | [Methodist] |
Polity | Episcopal |
Leader | |
Region | United States |
Founder | |
Origin | April 1, 1869 Boydton, VA |
Members | ? |
Official website | www.rzua.org |
RZUA (Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Churches of America) is a [[Methodist]Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership that resides mostly in the South Hill and Tidewater area of Virginia. It was founded in 1869 in Boydton, Virginia as the Zion Union Apostolic Church, and was reorganized as the Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church in 1882.[1]
References[]
- ^ Religious bodies: 1916, Part 2 (United States Bureau of the Census, 1919), pp.517ff. Excerpt available at Google Books.
Categories:
- Christian denominations founded in the United States
- Historically African-American Christian denominations
- Pentecostal denominations in North America
- Pentecostalism in Virginia
- 1869 establishments in Virginia
- Holiness denominations
- Religious organizations established in 1869
- Methodist denominations in North America