Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Churches of America
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationMethodist
PolityEpiscopal
LeaderJohn L. Ghee
RegionUnited States
FounderJames R. Howell
OriginApril 1, 1869
Boydton, VA
Members?
Official websiteOfficial website

RZUA (Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Churches of America) is a Methodist Christian denomination with a predominantly African-American membership that resides mostly in the South Hill and Tidewater area of Virginia. It was founded in 1869 in Boydton, Virginia as the Zion Union Apostolic Church, and was reorganized as the Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church in 1882. In 2023 it had 35 congregations.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Religious bodies: 1916, Part 2 (United States Bureau of the Census, 1919), pp.517ff. Excerpt available at Google Books.
  2. ^ Turner, Nicole Myers (2020). Soul liberty : the evolution of black religious politics in postemancipation Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-4696-5524-6. OCLC 1142012122.

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