The purpose of Apostolic Revival Church is to bind people of like precious faith into a body of believers who will propagate the Gospel message of Acts 2:38 - repentance, baptism in Jesus Name and the in-filling of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. The focus of ARC will be upon preaching the Word of God, Worshiping in Spirit and in truth and being a faithful Witness in preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Word, Worship and Witnessing will be the center of all affairs carried out by ARC.

Founded by Home Missionary Reverend Audrey Fiegl in 1983, it was the first Apostolic church in the Highland community and is referred to by its current members as, "The ARC".  Originally a store that sold cheese, many of Highland's citizens still refer to it as, "The Old Cheese Shop."  

Highland is a thriving community of about 9,800 people and was originally founded by Swiss pioneers in 1831.  The village still maintains authentic Swiss Architecture in most of its buildings.  The church is located on the corner of Illinois Route 143 and Country Lane about one mile north of Highland.

ARC's Pastor, Reverend Frank Crossin, Jr. was born April 2nd, 1968 at St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis, IL.  He is a native of Southwest Illinois and grew up in the Belleville area where his parents, Frank and Nancy Crossin, Sr. still reside.  Pastor Crossin graduated from Crossroads Christian School, St. Louis, in 1986 and graduated from Gateway College of Evangelism, Hazelwood, Missouri, in 1991.  He met Denise Burton, who hails from Rochester Hills, Michigan while they were attending Gateway College and they were married on December 29th, 1990.

He was licensed as a minister of the United Pentecostal Church (UPC) in April of 1992 and worked as a youth leader in the Edwardsville UPC for the next two years.  He was the Troy, IL UPC Youth Pastor for three years and then leader of the Home Bible Studies for the next two years.

Pastor Crossin came to Highland as Pastor of ARC in July 1998.  He was ordained on July 16th, 2002 and resides in Highland with his wife and three children.

United Pentecostal Church International

The United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI) has been among the fastest growing church organizations in North America since it was formed in 1945 by the merger of the Pentecostal Church, Incorporated, and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ. From 617 churches listed in 1946, the UPCI in North America (United States and Canada) today lists 4,358 churches (which includes 4099 autonomous and 258 daughter works), 9,085 ministers, and reports a Sunday School attendance of 646,304.  Moreover, it is also located in 175 other nations with 22,881 licensed ministers, 28,351 churches and meeting places, 652 missionaries, and a foreign constituency of over 3 million, making a total worldwide constituency of more than 4,036,945.

History of the UPCI

The UPCI emerged out of the Pentecostal movement that began in Topeka, Kansas in 1901. It traces its organizational roots to October 1916, when a large group of ministers withdrew from the Assemblies of God over the doctrinal issues of the oneness of God and water baptism in the name of Jesus Christ.

The basic governmental structure of the UPCI is congregational with local churches being autonomous: the congregation elects its pastor and its leaders, owns its property, decides its budget, establishes its membership, and conducts all necessary business.

The central organization embraces a modified presbyterian system in that ministers meet in sectional, district, and general conferences to elect officials and to conduct business of the organization.

The UPCI headquarters building, located in Hazelwood, Missouri, houses offices for its general officials, the Pentecostal Publishing House, and a Christian bookstore. Among its endorsed institutions are eight Bible colleges, a children's home, a residency for troubled young men, ministries to those addicted to alcohol and other drugs, a chaplaincy for prisoners, and it endorses chaplains to the military.

Doctrinal views

The doctrinal views of the UPCI reflect most of the beliefs of the Holiness-Pentecostal movement, with the exception of the "second work of grace," the historic doctrine of the Trinity, and the traditional Trinitarian formula in water baptism. It embraces the Pentecostal view that speaking in tongues is the initial sign of receiving the Holy Spirit.

The UPCI holds a fundamental view of the Bible: "The Bible is the only God-given authority which man possesses; therefore all doctrine, faith, hope, and all instructions for the church must be based upon and harmonize with the Bible" (Manual of the United Pentecostal Church, 19). The Bible is the Word of God, and therefore inerrant and infallible. The UPCI rejects all extrabiblical revelations and writings, and views church creeds and articles of faith only as the thinking of men.

The UPCI holds that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works. Faith in Jesus is the means by which a person is justified. At the same time, a sinner must believe the gospel; he is commanded to repent of his sinful life, to be baptized in water in the name of Jesus Christ, and to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit (Acts 2:38; 4:12; 8:12-17; 10:43-48; 19:1-6). Thus the various aspects of faith and obedience work together in God's grace to reconcile us to God.

Oneness of God

In distinction to the doctrine of the Trinity, the UPCI holds to a oneness view of God. It views the Trinitarian concept of God, that of God eternally existing as three distinctive persons, as inadequate and a departure from the consistent and emphatic biblical revelation of God being one.

The UPCI teaches that the one God who revealed Himself in the Old Testament as Jehovah revealed himself in His Son, Jesus Christ. Thus Jesus Christ was and is God. In other words, Jesus is the one true God manifested in flesh, for in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (John 1:1-14; I Timothy 3:16; Colossians 2:9).

While fully God, Jesus was also fully man, possessing a full and true humanity. He was both God and man. Moreover, the Holy Spirit is God with us and in us. Thus God is manifested as Father in creation and as the Father of the Son, in the Son for our redemption, and as the Holy Spirit in our regeneration.

Importance of the Family Unit

The UPCI stresses and supports the family unit as God's primary institution and teaches that the church is God's redemptive fellowship for all believers.