Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost
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| Classification | Protestant |
|---|---|
| Orientation | Pentecostal |
| Polity | Presbyterian |
| Geographical area | Worldwide (mainly in Greece) |
| Founder | Leonidas Feggos |
| Origin | 1965 Athens, Greece |
| Separated from | Assemblies of God |
| Merge of | Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost & Church of God of Pentecost, 1995 |
| Congregations | 140 |
| Members | 22,000 |
The Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost (Greek: Ελευθέρα Αποστολική Εκκλησία Πεντηκοστής) is the biggest Greek pentecostal church. Founded by Dr. Leonidas Feggos in 1965, it now counts more than 140 churches, and over than 20,000 members in Greece. Free Apostolic Church of Pentecost has churches and missions also in Cyprus, Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, Belgium, Slovakia, United Kingdom, U.S.A. (New York, Ohio and Florida), Australia and Africa.
Leonidas Feggos protested to various doctrines of the Apostolic Church of Pentecost which led him found an independent church without connections with the Assemblies of God. He claimed that a church must be independent, free, without depended on foreign churches. That is why he named the church free.
