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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, organized in April 1914, was the first Pentecostal denomination to name itself Assemblies of God. 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 ]
Calvary Church Assembly of God, Irving, Texas – 6,046 City First Church, Rockford, Illinois – 6,000 Westover Hills Assembly of God, San Antonio, Texas – 5,712
He preached his first sermon as the pastor of a small, community Baptist church in Roland, Texas. [7] In 1937, he became an Assemblies of God minister. [7] During the next twelve years he pastored five Assemblies of God churches in Texas: in the cities of Tom Bean, Farmersville (twice), Talco, Greggton, and Van. [8] Van, Texas was the last ...
Former Assemblies of God evangelist; televangelist, founder of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, and gospel music artist United States of America Cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley, began performing at the Ferriday First Assembly of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana) Hidekazu Takayama: Pastor and politician, member of chamber of deputies: Brazil
The name Chi Alpha was inspired by the contemporary Assemblies of God youth movement, Christ's Ambassadors (reflection a phrase in 2 Corinthians 5:20). The initials "CA" were changed to the Greek alphabet initials "ΧΑ" (and its Latin Script's stylized equivalent of "XA") in order to resemble the names of other college organizations, in particular Greek-letter fraternities and sororities.
The pastor of a PCG church in Harlan County, Kentucky (1946). First called the Pentecostal Assemblies of USA, the PCG was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1919 by a group of Pentecostal ministers who had chosen not to affiliate with the Assemblies of God and several who had left that organization after it adopted a doctrinal statement in 1916. [2]
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.