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The Assemblies of God USA (AG), officially The General Council of the Assemblies of God, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States and the U.S. branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the world's largest Pentecostal body. The AG reported 2.9 million adherents in 2022. [4]
The Assemblies of God USA was founded by about 300 preachers and laymen from 20 states and several foreign countries met for a general council in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States. [8] While most other U.S. Pentecostal denominations were regionally defined, the Assemblies of God claimed a broad nationwide constituency.
The General Council of the Assemblies of God was not looking to sell nearly 9 acres next to its headquarters in Springfield. But it was the amount of space needed to build a new Pipkin Middle School.
In 1916, the General Council (the denomination's governing body) took a strong stand against the Oneness teaching and upheld the position that speaking in tongues was the initial evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit. The Assemblies of God remains Trinitarian and continues to affirm the doctrine of initial evidence.
From 2007 until 2017, he served as General Superintendent of the General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America (AG) and had been Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world, since 2008. He previously served as General Secretary of the AG from 1993 to 2007.
This list of Assemblies of God National Fellowships is a list of 144 autonomous associated national groupings of Assemblies of God churches. The information comes from the World Assemblies of God Fellowship .
Elected as general superintendent at the General Council in San Antonio in 1985, Carlson took office in 1986. He led the Assemblies of God during a period of significant growth before announcing his retirement in 1993. During Carlson's administration, U.S. Assemblies of God churches increased from 10,582 to 11,689.
World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the 1988 largest worldwide association with the name Assemblies of God; Assemblies of God USA, officially the General Council of the Assemblies of God — the 1914 direct U.S. member of the World Assemblies of God, sometimes referred to as the "General Council" denomination by other AOG denominations in the U.S.