The Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith (COOLJC) is a Oneness Pentecostal denomination with headquarters in Manhattan.

The first major break-away was in 1930, when Sherrod C. Johnson created a rival organization, the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, through which he challenged Lawson's stance on practical holiness.

Thus, the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ is the mother of a family of predominantly African-American Pentecostal Apostolic organizations.

After Lawson's death in 1961, a rising minister in the organization, William L. Bonner, proposed a change in the church's governmental structure.

With roots in the earliest years of American Pentecostalism, much of the culture of the church reflects the doctrine of the Holiness movement of the 1800s.

Among the practices that separate it from other Pentecostal churches are its outspokenness on the significance of the name "Lord Jesus Christ", especially as a baptismal formula; a very conservative dress code, which includes the wearing of hats or some other type of headcovering (e.g., prayer veil) by women during church services; insistence on wine to be used during communion; strict interpretation of New Testament scriptures concerning divorce and remarriage; and the disallowance of women as pastors.

Apostolic Faith is based on the teaching Jesus passed down to the twelve apostles, book of Act 2.