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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]
City First Church was originally a small Swedish assembly that began meeting in a storefront hall on 5th Avenue in downtown Rockford in 1929. [1] In 1934, the name "First Assembly" is adopted during the pastoral ministry of Pastor Carl O'Guin. [citation needed] City First is a part of the Assemblies of God. Their claimed mission is four-fold ...
New Life Covenant Assemblies of God, Chicago, Illinois – 15,375 Dream City Church (formerly First Assembly of God), Phoenix, Arizona – 15,000 James River Church , Ozark, Missouri – 11,000 [ 3 ]
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. [9] A new fellowship ...
Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer, Restoring the Faith: The Assemblies of God, Pentecostalism, and American Culture, University of Illinois Press, USA, 1993 Margaret M. Poloma, John C. Green, The Assemblies of God: Godly Love and the Revitalization of American Pentecostalism , NYU Press, USA, 2010
Assemblies of God USA: Pentecostal: 1943 Brethren Church: Anabaptist: 1968 Brethren in Christ Church: Anabaptist: 1949 Christian and Missionary Alliance: Keswickian: 1966 Christian Reformed Church in North America: Reformed: 1943–51; 1988 Church of God (Anderson) Holiness: 2021 Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Pentecostal: 1944 Church of ...
United States of America Gary Chapman: Singer-songwriter United States of America Parents were ordained Assemblies of God ministers and pastored an AG in Texas; once married to Amy Grant (m. 1982–97) Toni Childs: Pop singer, raised in the Assemblies of God United States of America David Yonggi Cho
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.