Front row (L–R): Apostles Paul Liberto, Joseph Calabrese, Paul Palmieri, Isaac Smith, and John R. Griffith. Second row: Apostle Peter Scolaro

In The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite), the Quorum of Twelve Apostles is composed of the chief governing officers of the church. Currently, the president of the church and his two counselors are not separated from the quorum, as the church interprets scriptures as permitting a maximum number of twelve apostles, all of whom should be members of the quorum. Like all ministers of the church, the twelve apostles are volunteers and are not given any compensation for their ministry.

History

At a conference in Green Oak, Pennsylvania in July 1862, leaders of several branches in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Virginia came together and formally organized what they called "The Church of Jesus Christ". William Bickerton presided over the conference. Bickerton's two counselors in the newly organized First Presidency were George Barnes and Charles Brown who were ordained apostles. The members of the Quorum of the Twelve of that organization (ordered by seniority) were Arthur Bickerton, Thomas Bickerton, Alexander Bickerton, James Brown, Cummings Cherry, Benjamin Meadowcroft, Joseph Astin, Joseph Knox, William Cadman, James Nichols, John Neish and John Dixon. At the conference George Barnes reported receiving the "word of the Lord," which he related:

Hear the word of the Lord; Ye are my Sons and Daughters, and I have committed unto you the Keys of the Kingdom, therefore be ye faithful .[1]

List of members

#YearName(s); * = reordination
1July 1862Joseph Astin, Alexander Bickerton, Arthur Bickerton, Thomas Bickerton, James Brown, William Cadman, Sr.; Cummings Cherry, John Dixon, Joseph Knox, Benjamin Meadowcroft, John Neish, James Nichols
2January 1863George Barnes, Charles Brown
3July 1863William Bickerton
4July 1865William Bacon, William Skillen
5January 1870Andrew Rattray
6July 1873James Louttit
7July 1904J. L. Armbrust, William H. Cadman, Marion Campbell, Alexander Cherry, Thomas Dixon, William Lynch, William T. Maxwell, James Skillen, Thornton Welch, John Williams, Allen Wright
8July 1905Solomon Van Lieu
9July 1906William Helms
10July 1907Francis Federer, Nephi Federer, John Grimes, Charles Tickhill
11July 1908Robert Anderson, Charles Ashton, Gustave Blum, Alma Cadman
12July 1909James Caldwell
13July 1910John Penn
14July 1911Vernon Chester, John Majoros
15October 1911George Neill, Isaac Smith
16April 1912Samuel Sanders, Fred Smith, John Ward
17July 1914Herman Kennedy, Harry Nicholson
18October 1917Thurman Furnier
19Circa 1918James C. Cowan
20July 1919Gustave Bloom *, E. J. Perry
21August 1923Charles Behanna, Joseph Corrado, Martin King, Ishmael D'Amico
22July 1925Alma Cadman *
23July 1931Isaac Smith *
24April 1934John Falola, Sr.
25July 1934John Dulisse
26July 1939Rocco Biscotti, Joseph Lovalvo
27July 1941Angelo Antonio Corrado, Samuel Kirschner, V. James Lovalvo
28January 1944James C. Cowan*
29January 1948Charles Behanna*
30April 1953Joseph Bittinger, Paul D'Amico
31April 1956Russell Cadman, Gorie Ciaravino, William Gennaro
32April 1964Frank Calabrese, Dominic Thomas
33May 1974Nick Pietrangelo
34April 1979Robert A. Watson
35October 1986Paul Palmieri
36April 1989Paul Benyola, Joseph Calabrese
37October 1995Thomas M. Liberto
38October 1997Peter Scolaro, Isaac Smith
39October 2003Richard T. Christman, John R. Griffith
40April 2005Paul Liberto, Philip R. Jackson
41April 2007Leonard A. Lovalvo
42October 2007James Crudup
43October 2012Joel Gehly
44October 2015Frank Natoli, Paul Aaron Palmieri
45April 2018Jerry Valenti
46October 2021Pete Giannetti, Scott Griffith

Current members of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles are: Thomas M. Liberto, Peter Scolaro, John R. Griffith, Paul Liberto, Leonard A. Lovalvo, James Crudup, Joel Gehly, Frank Natoli, Paul Aaron Palmieri, Jerry Valenti, Pete Giannetti and Scott Griffith.

Joel Gehly currently serves as church president, with Peter Scolaro and Frank Natoli as counselors.

Notes

  1. Cadman, W. H. (1945). A History of the Church of Jesus Christ. Monongahela, PA: The Church of Jesus Christ.

References

  • The Church of Jesus Christ (2005). Faith and Doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ. Bridgewater, MI: The Church of Jesus Christ.
  • Valenti, Jerry (1986). "Volume 56", "Welcome to The Church of Jesus Christ". Bridgewater, MI: Gospel News, 9.
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