OUR BELIEFS

ABOUT THE BIBLE

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible and authoritative Word of God.

ABOUT GOD

We believe that there is one God.We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life.We believein the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious death through shed blood, His ascension and in His personal return to power and glory.

ABOUT MAN

We believe in repentance, water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and in the infilling of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.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 spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.We believe that Holiness is not only an inward presence of God, but it is also reflected in the outward life of the Christian in his or her conduct and appearance in this world.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 our Lord Jesus Christ.

OUR TEAM

BILLY MCCOOL

Founding Pastor

Bishop Billy & Sis. Betty McCool – Bishop McCool is the founding pastor of First Apostolic Church. Bishop McCool met Sis. McCool at a tent meeting. They were later married in 1956, and they immediately evangelized the country. In 1957, Bishop and Sis. McCool came to Knoxville with a dream of a church, Christian school, and child care center. They have seen this dream fulfilled and have been the facilitator of many daughter works, such as Eagle Bend Apostolic Church, Clinton, TN, and First Apostolic Church, Maryville, TN. They both still oversee and serve First Apostolic Church Knoxville in a great capacity with their dynamic teaching and passionate leadership.

MARK MCCOOL

Senior Pastor

Pastor Mark & Sis. Jamie McCool – Pastor McCool was born in Knoxville in 1958. He grew up working for and loving the saints of First Apostolic Church. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in elementary art education. He married Sis. Jamie McCool in 1981, and together they served as associate pastors and teachers in Apostolic Christian School. Sis. Jamie McCool also has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee in child and family development. In 2001, Bro. Mark was named Pastor of First Apostolic Church. Together they are leading First Apostolic Church forward.