Church of the Apostles (Atlanta, Georgia)
Encyclopedia
The Church of the Apostles is an evangelical
, Anglican megachurch located in the Buckhead
neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia
. Dr. Michael Youssef
is the Rector.
The church is located north of the intersection of Northside Parkway (US Hwy 41) and West Paces Ferry Road.
The Church of the Apostles was founded in 1987 by Michael Youssef. He left Egypt to attend college in Australia, and immigrated to the United States in 1977.
Dr. Youssef founded the church with the theme "Equip the Saints and Seek the Lost". The church now has over 3,000 members. The church radio and television ministry is called "Leading The Way".
. The rose window is also notable. The facility also includes a 450 seat chapel, fellowship hall, classrooms, administrative space and a parking garage.
Long-time Atlanta residents will remember the site (just south of Nancy Creek) as the location of the old Allstate Insurance
office building.
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism is a Protestant Christian movement which began in Great Britain in the 1730s and gained popularity in the United States during the series of Great Awakenings of the 18th and 19th century.Its key commitments are:...
, Anglican megachurch located in the Buckhead
Buckhead (Atlanta)
Buckhead is the uptown district of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, comprising approximately the northern one-fifth of the city. Buckhead is a major commercial and financial center of the Southeast, and it is the third-largest business district in Atlanta, behind Downtown and Midtown...
neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. Dr. Michael Youssef
Michael Youssef
Michael Youssef, Ph.D. is the Founder and President of Leading the Way with Dr. Michael Youssef, a worldwide ministry that leads the way for people living in spiritual darkness to discover the light of Christ through the creative use of media and on-the-ground ministry teams...
is the Rector.
The church is located north of the intersection of Northside Parkway (US Hwy 41) and West Paces Ferry Road.
The Church of the Apostles was founded in 1987 by Michael Youssef. He left Egypt to attend college in Australia, and immigrated to the United States in 1977.
Dr. Youssef founded the church with the theme "Equip the Saints and Seek the Lost". The church now has over 3,000 members. The church radio and television ministry is called "Leading The Way".
Facility
The imposing Neo-Gothic building is visible from Interstate 75, just south of the Mt. Paran Road exit, and appears to be a cathedral. The sanctuary seats 2,800, is 240 feet (73.2 m) high, consists of 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of space and has over 90 stained glass windows. The west stained glass windows depict the Apostles, and the stairwell and perimeter stained glass windows depict the life of JesusJesus
Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...
. The rose window is also notable. The facility also includes a 450 seat chapel, fellowship hall, classrooms, administrative space and a parking garage.
Long-time Atlanta residents will remember the site (just south of Nancy Creek) as the location of the old Allstate Insurance
Allstate
The Allstate Corporation is the second-largest personal lines insurer in the United States and the largest that is publicly held. The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada. Allstate was founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and was spun off in 1993...
office building.
Statement of Faith
- We believe the Bible to be inspired, the only infallible Word of God.
- We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- We believe in the deity of Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory.
- We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
- We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.