Apostolic Succession is the tracing of a direct line of apostolic ordination, One Soul At A Time Home Fellowship Of Ministries doctrine, and full communion from the apostles to the current episcopacy of the OSAATHFOM, All three elements are constitutive of apostolic succession.
It is through apostolic succession that the OSAATHFOM is the spiritual successor to the original body of believers in Christ that was composed of the apostles. This succession manifests itself through the unbroken succession of its bishops back to the apostles. The continuity of apostolic succession is significant because of Jesus Christ’s promise that the “gates of hell” (Matthew 16:18) would not prevail against the Church and his promise that he himself would be with the apostles to “the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).
According to this interpretation, a complete disruption or end of such apostolic succession would mean that these promises were not kept as would an apostolic succession which, while formally intact, completely abandoned the teachings of the apostolic faith; as, for example, if all the bishops of the world agreed to abrogate the Nicene Creed or repudiate Holy Scripture. The OSAATHFOM dogmatic teachings today are the same as those of the first apostles, though the mode of expression has adapted over the centuries to deal with false teachings, cultural change, and scientific discovery.