History

The United Kingdom of Christ Fellowship
Edifying the Royal Priesthood

Apostolic Succession

When Jesus consecrated His original apostles, He was giving them the authority which His Father had given Him to establish and build His church. In doing so, He was preparing the church in it’s infancy to establish a succession of leadership that would be able to continue unbroken for so long as His return tarried. He was also making provision for having leadership spread through out the then known world in order to expedite the establishment of churches and church government over large areas of land.

From the very beginning we see the legitimacy of passing the mantle of leadership from within. This is demonstrated in the Book of Acts (1:20, 25, 26). These scriptures deal with the death of Judas Iscariot and his replacement as an apostle and bishop through election by lot of the remaining eleven original apostles.

One of the first joint actions taken by the twelve was to create Holy Sees (the personal area of control and leadership over a specified area.) By doing so, they created apostolic lines of succession for each of them. Unto Andrew was conferred the area surrounding and generally to the north of the territories around the Bosporus and Black Seas (modern day Turkey and Southern Russia.) UKCF falls under the line of Andrew. Other apostles were given responsibilities for other areas, i.e., Thomas to India and its surrounding area and Peter to Rome and its surrounding area.

There were often large areas of territory in which very few bishops had been consecrated. The original twelve Apostles were authorized to consecrate new Bishops by themselves. Subsequently, three bishops were required to consecrate a new bishop. Over time bishops from one line would visit areas that were predominately covered by other apostolic lineage. Occasionally, a bishop in one line would request a bishop, or bishops of other apostolic lineage to join with him in consecrating a new bishop. Because of this cross participation in consecrating new bishops, apostolic lines began to merge over the centuries.

When we look at our Andrew’s (the Bishop of Ukraine) apostolic lineage, we find that Peter’s (the Bishop of Rome) apostolic line joins it in the late ninth century A. D. and James (the Bishop of Jerusalem) lineage joining Andrew’s in the eighteenth century.

Pastor Sherwin Smith, being a Pentecostal preacher, was consecrated by Metropolitan  Ron Pace, with  Robert Niznik (Poland),  John Kelly (New York) and became a Bishop of The Ukrainian Autocephalous National-Orthodox Church of America and Europe in 2001, at the Church of Mac Dill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.

Just as the Patriarchate (gathering of bishops which oversee an area within a Holy See) in Constantinople created the Holy See of Moscow, Metropolitan  Ronald K. Pace of the Ukrainian Autocepahlous Orthodox Church in the year of our Lord, two thousand three A.D. conferred his blessings on the creation of a new patriarchate to be known as The United Kingdom of Christ Fellowship, thus, creating a new Andrewian Protestant Apostolic Line.
Where, Archbishop  Sherwin Smith Ph.D. is the Founder and Presiding Bishop of this Royal Apostolic Church Covering.

Our Mission

The United Kingdom of Christ Fellowship
Edifying the Royal Priesthood

Episcopacy

We, The United Kingdom of Christ Fellowship (“UKCF”), as believers and servants of Jesus Christ, having recognized areas of inadequately addressed needs within the body of Christ. We have recognized that the primary cause of this inadequacy is the lack of ministering to God (Ezek 44: 15). We, as bishops, apostles, prophets, pastors, priest, teachers, evangelist, deacons, praise and worship leaders, and other workers with spiritual callings have been mostly ministering to the people of the House of God (Ezek 44:10-13). Too often we have neglected our first love - ministering to God.

Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
Therefore, this Episcopacy, with Apostolic Succession, was formed to establish this Reformation to assist ourselves and other spiritual leaders in our personal search for righteousness and true holiness as we serve God’s people.

In Ezekiel 44, we noticed there are two types of Levitical priest from Aaron.
One: The Levites, whose focus was on the people of God.
Two: The Levites, sons of Zadok, whose focus was ministering to God.
The sons of Zadok (Sons of Righteousness), of the Old Testament was a precursor of the New Testament priesthood established by Jesus Christ, after the Order of Melchisedeck in the Book of Hebrews.

Heb 7:1-2
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

We see that Jesus and Melchisdeck were kings and priests.

Heb 7:11-12
11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law.

We received Paul’s proclamation that the priesthood changed from the Levitical priesthood of the Order of Aaron to the Order of Melchisdeck. Jesus, as chief priest in the Order of Melchisdeck, had as His primary focus a walk that pleased the Father. Through this walk, He ministers to all people and calls His priesthood to do likewise.

We receive His charge to become Sons of Zadok, (Sons of Righteousness) after the Order of Melchideck and therefore fulfill Revelation 5:10. “And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.”

As we walk as God’s kings, the spirit of poverty will be broken not only in us, but also in those whom we serve. And as God’s priest, we are allowed to come nearer to God to minister unto Him.

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E-mail: Info@UKCFOnline.org
HQ Address:
5001 Park Blvd.; 2nd Floor (Above Aarons), Pinellas Park, FL 33781

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