Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church

RZUA (Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Churches of America) is a Pentecostal Holiness 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.[1]

Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Churches of America
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationPentecostal
PolityEpiscopal
LeaderGeorge H. Studivant
RegionUnited States
FounderJames R. Howell
OriginApril 1, 1869
Boydton, VA
Members?
Official websitewww.rzua.org

References
  1. Religious bodies: 1916, Part 2 (United States Bureau of the Census, 1919), pp.517ff. Excerpt available at Google Books.

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