This site is written to, not at, apostolic Pentecostals. For the purposes of this site I define apostolic the way it is defined on the Apostolic Friends Forum: There is One God. This one God reveals Himself as Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The Son is God himself in a human form or “God manifested [...]

My email: jmspiers@gmail.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/joshua.spiers1980 If you’re a lady you may want to email my fiance, Kali. She also has a background in the UPC. You can read her testimony here. Kali’s email: kalirasmussen@yahoo.com If you would like to contact me then I’d love to hear from you! All comments are welcomed. There are just [...]

My name is Josh Spiers, and I am 31 years old. I have an A.A. in Religion with Honors from Liberty University. My hope is to continue my education at Liberty with a double-major in psychology and religion, but things are temporarily on hold until after I get married. I currently work full-time as a [...]

Last Friday night I went to the final service for the UPC National Youth Congress 2007, held in Charlotte, NC. The worship leader who started the service got everyone “fired up” by telling the story of a conversation he had with a Muslim friend. He said that the Muslim friend asked him why all of the UPC women had long hair. His answer to his Muslim friend was, “Because we’re Christian!!” Of course he also told his Muslim friend that he believed in just one God, not in the Trinity! (The implication being that everyone who believes in the Trinity believes in three gods; belief in three gods is actually tritheism–a belief held by the Mormons–, not Trinitarianism, but that’s a discussion for a different article.)

So, that happened last Friday night. Then on Monday or Tuesday night I got in a long discussion with a Mormon. It was a very one-sided discussion since he didn’t give me a chance to talk. He just sat there and talked over me and just kept raising his voice when I tried to say anything. Interestingly enough, the Mormon gentleman also claimed to have “apostolic” doctrine. He claimed to believe what the apostles really taught. I’m not comparing the UPC to Mormonism, I’m only pointing out that quite a few groups with very different doctrines all claim to believe what the apostles really taught.

So where does this leave me? It leaves me with the belief that I am apostolic. The reason? I believe what the apostles taught. It’s really quite simple. It only becomes complicated when people try to come up with “new” revelations or new ideas that convince them and their followers that they alone really have truth and that everyone else is part of the “great falling away”…

“Go…and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Why did I choose Matthew 29:19-20 for a mission statement? [...]

Update January 2012: Be sure to check out my fiance’s testimony as well! Just click on “Kali’s Story” in the top navbar. Before I begin to tell my story, please know that my goal is not to cause anyone to leave the Oneness Pentecostal movement. This site is for me to share the reasons why [...]