The Original Apostolic Faith Movement

1901 ~ Present

Although the original Apostolic Faith Movement as established by Rev. Charles F. Parham in 1901, has never officially been recognized as an organized body due to Parham's rejection of organizational structure, it was the first Pentecostal coalition of ministers and churches to maintain a common faith based theology, holding to tenents of faith centered around the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the biblical evidence of speaking in other tongues as the initial sign of Spirit baptism.