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Glad to have you join this forum. I had supper with a man last week from the Apostolic Nazarene church. He is now attending an Apostolic Faith church. Have you been in the Apostolic world long enough to know the differences? Ernie I have not heard of the Apostolic Faith Church, but if this is it (h...

Swiss Bro wrote:Also interesting that Bro. Fröhlich, in the only available picture we have of him, sported a beard.

And no mustache.

I chose the facial hair issue as it was the outwardly perceptible sign of the schism, or as Cory Anderson puts it in the JAPAS article I linked above: "A strongly symbolic token of differences was the objection of many with Amish-Mennonite background to the mustaches of migrants from the Balka...

ACCA = Apostolic Christian Church of America = "unvertragsam" ("intolerant", i.e. facial hair prohibiting) branch in America (plus Japan, Canada and Mexico) post 1905 split. Note: the strict stance of the ACCA on facial hair seems to have somewhat alleviated recently. Interestin...

ACCA = Apostolic Christian Church of America = "unvertragsam" ("intolerant", i.e. facial hair prohibiting) branch in America (plus Japan, Canada and Mexico) post 1905 split. Note: the strict stance of the ACCA on facial hair seems to have somewhat alleviated recently. Interestin...