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Apostles: Jesus Christ
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Burnsville’s Presbyterian Church of the Apostles worshipped in its own building for the first time at Christmas time in 1969. A new sanctuary was added in the 1980s, and parishioners have raised funds for an expansion that includes a 200-seat fellowship hall. But bricks and mortar have never preoccupied a congregation that began meeting in 1962, officially organized in March 1965.
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Almost all of the Apostles met with violent deaths as a result of preaching the Gospel of Christ, but John died a natural death in Ephesus at the advanced age of around one hundred. Although John was imprisoned for his witness to the truth, he was not put to death as a result. While imprisoned, John received the vision seen in the last book of the Bible known as the Revelation of John. There are no Scriptures which state how John died, because he was the last of the writers of the Bible to live.
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Signed as recording artists with Son Sound Music Group Platinum Records of Bessemer City, North Carolina, The Apostles have been featured at Charlie Waller's Grand Ole Gospel Reunion and showcased at the National Quartet Convention. As regular performing artists with the Jammin for Jesus concerts held in Branson, Missouri theaters, they were given the Son Rise Award by the Branson Gospel Music Association in 1999 and 2000 as Branson's Southern Gospel Group of the Year. They have had six singles released to the national radio market, all of which have broken local and regional radio charts in the Top 10 and Top 20 Gospel song favorites..
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As Jesus was sent by His Father, so the Apostles were sent by Jesus. Jesus Christ used contemporary terms for "apostle" and gave it His own content and interpretation stressing the idea of being "sent," which means that an Apostle is a man with a mission throughout his entire life.
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After the resurrection and ascension of the Lord Jesus, the eleven faithful Apostles, along with about one hundred of Jesus’ disciples were gathered together in an upper room in Jerusalem, waiting for the promised blessing of the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:4-15 And while waiting, the Apostle Peter remembered the prophecies concerning Judas in the book of Psalms, "Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick [office of an overseer] let another take." Acts 1:20 From this, Peter urged his brethren that they should choose from among those who were faithful followers of Jesus a replacement for the betrayer, Judas.
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Simon and Andrew are, according to Matthew, the first two Apostles to be appointed, and Matthew identifies them as fishermen. Mark does not identify Simon as ... being called Peter until a long time after Simon is introduced in the narrative, but Matthew immediately makes the connection as soon as he is first mentioned. This has the effect of changing the later passage where Jesus names Simon as Peter from one where Jesus bestows the name onto Simon into one where Jesus merely starts using a long held nickname. Both Andrew and Peter are names of Greek origins, which France sees as a reflection on the multicultural nature of Galilee at this time, although evidence exists that Andrew was used by Jews as a name since at least 169 BC in the early period of Hellenic influence. (It is also notable that Peter is identified by Paul in his letters as Cephas, which is the Aramaic equivalent of the Greek Peter, both words meaning "rock"). Simon however is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Shimeon, a common Jewish name found referring to several other individuals in contemporary works such as Josephus as well as in the Old Testament.
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