What Is Apostolic Succession, and Is It Required to Be a True Church?

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What Is Apostolic Succession, and Is It Required to Be a True Church?

25 min

Watch On

What Is Apostolic Succession, and Is It Required to Be a True Church?

25 min

“What we emphasize… Is the centrality of the Word, the importance of the Word. It’s not so much an apostolic ministry that’s passed down through the laying on of hands, but the apostolic message of the gospel.”
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

  1. Should I abstain from Communion if drinking goes against my conscience?
  2. Are we violating the Sabbath by worshipping on Sunday?
  3. What is apostolic succession and is it needed to be a true church?
  4. Is translation technology bringing us to another tower of Babel?
  5. Should children take Communion with their families?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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