I used to work in a grocery store in a college town. We had a big turnaround in student employees. I worked with this girl whose father was an AoG pastor. She tried to pretend she was all sweet and innocent, but she was a raging slut. After a couple years, she didn't even try to hide it any more.
Grew up AG. I think they get many things right and am happy that they have mostly not fallen into prosperity gospel like many charismatic churches. I think the the pre-mil, raptured stance is a black mark against them as well as female pastors, but they’re mostly great. In my experience no other denomination has more genuine believers who earnestly desire the things of God, as it’s a worship tradition that doesn’t really tolerate lukewarm believers.
It's a pre-tribulation rapture, which is in line with previous events when God's wrath was poured upon the world. Such as removing Noah and his family before the flood, and removing Lot and his family before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. God has established a precident that the faithful will be removed before the event of a destruction. Almost as if God will not destroy a place populated by people if the people are not 100% evil, thus the removal of any righteous people who would stand in the way of God's destruction.
@@davidkunze2770 Not in my local church. We're encouraged to study the Holy Scriptures as we allow ourselves to have prayer meetings at night, Thursday for the grown-ups and Friday for the youth (though it has been increasingly open for kids as well.) I often get picked up to do a sermon.
I can’t say the same for the AG church I just left. Lots of prosperity teaching, as well as alignment with Bethel, and many other bad churches and false teachers. I even caught wind of some NAR teachings that I just could not align with. Lots of lukewarm people within those congregations, as I’ve found. I’d previously been a Foursquare congregant, and left that denomination because of how far it has slid to the left and allowed some very unbiblical doctrine to penetrate its walls. This isn’t to say that there aren’t genuine believers within the walls of either of these similar Pentecostal denominations. I’m just saying that after 30 years in attendance to their teachings, I just do not align. Things seem to have changed dramatically in all these decades. If your AG experience is still Biblical and blesses you, then praise God.
Officially, the AoG do not recognize themselves as a denomination -per se- but a group of local churches that agree to believe in the fundamentals and act in fellowship and each body and ordained are members by choice. Because of this, there can be a wide variation of how one AoG church feels and operates from another. To those outside the AoG this may appear as only a play of semantics but understanding this can help understand the breadth and variances of the AoG cultures.
I've been to our nearest AoG church a few times and I always like it. The people are very passionate and fully committed to God. The first thing you notice is how _intense_ their worship is.
JT,....And if you were not spiritually dead and blind you would have also noticed how wrong their worship is as well as how 100% unbiblical their whole false religion is.
@@jordantowner5995 ,..Yes, of course. The cult od AOG is all a 100% false manmade fraud. It like the rest of the worlds Christian churches is 100% apostate from God and Biblical truth. Everything called the church is apostate and sells a 100% different christianity than the Bibles Christianity. The Bibles Christianity is completely outside of everything called the church. The Bibles Christianity is made up of the spiritually alive. The churches christianity is made up of the spiritually dead and blind. What the Godless world/church has failed to understand is, there are two Christianitys, one real, one fake, one of God and the Bible, and the other of Godless mankind and the 100% apostate church. The Godless worlds fake christianity is referred to as antichrist in the Bible, and antichrist means a replacement for and a counterfeit version of the Bibles real Christianity. Again, actual Christianity is completely outside of everything called the church. What the world knows as the church is in reality made up of the spiritually dead and blind Godless people of the Godless world. This is why there are over 4,000 different denominations that are all totally astray from the Bibles Christianity.
@@jordantowner5995 ,....If you watched this video and do not understand how and why this Godless cult is a Godless cult, then nothing I say will change anything. One must first be able to understand the Bible before they are able to discern right from wrong. This false manmade church as well as all the others are filled with those who have zero Biblical understanding. If anyone has any actual Biblical understanding, they will not have anything to do with any church as they are all apostate from God and Biblical truth. The Bibles Christianity is completely outside of everything called the church.
Not only Assemblies of God has origins in the Church of God but it has also Christian Missionary Alliance, Presbyterian and Baptist roots. There's a denomination in Arkansas called Holiness Baptist Church that joined the Assemblies of God. The branch of Assemblies of God that I attended has Presbyterian roots. People are mistaken to think that AG only came out of COGIC or Methodist. The AG are Finished Work (Baptistic/Reformed Pentecostals). They're not Wesleyan Pentecostals.
Their style of worship isn’t for me, but I have family who work for an Assembly of God. Their church has one of the most thriving, energized congregations I’ve ever seen.
@@igieronaldvillancio9508 ,....I have spoken the truth for your edification. Are you telling me to repent from the truth of Gods word? You want me to throw out Biblical truth and blindly follow the blind like you?
@@pochitoqueremas8306 ,...If you or anyone else does not understand how and why this is wrong and ungodly, then I really cannot explain it to you. Mankind is made up of the spiritually alive (roughly 1%) and the spiritually dead and blind (roughly 99%). The few who are spiritually alive and understand the truth of the Bible cannot make the spiritually dead alive and make them understand what the truth of the Bible actually is. They can only tell them they are wrong and are deceived. It is up to God to make them spiritually alive and to open their blind eyes. The Bibles Christianity and the churches christianity are two completely different things. There are no Christians in anything called or known as the church. The few actual Christians that exist are completely outside of everything known as the church. Those who become snared into any church or church denomination have nothing to do with the Jesus or Christianity of the Bible. The spiritually alive know and understand this, and the spiritually dead and blind do not. Read the Bible yourself only and do not ever listen to anyone from any church. Get away from the church and cry out to God for mercy. Ask him to raise you from your spiritually dead state and to open your blind eyes.
I’m a member of The Assembly of God church. I absolutely love it, most loving and caring church ever. The pastor is a true man of Father God. Anyway there’s another famous person that had deep connection to the Assembly of God church. Elvis Presley was a member of the Assembly of God church. In fact, his family was pastors in it and worship leaders. It was actually his uncle, who was a pastor in the Assembly of God church, that first taught Elvis Presley anything in music.
Keep your eyes open don’t give your tithe to he church,find someone in need in the community and help them…you do not need a bigger building to worship in , those funds should be directed to the poor❤
@@cristinaevans139 Very narrow minded. Not necessarily a “tithe” but if you give to the church(local church), they(you) can be a bigger blessing to both the local community and far communities through united giving.
@@cristinaevans139 It's funny. Jimmy Swaggart, another (now disgraced) AoG pastor, once warned of denominations that put too much money into buildings. He told of how the Methodist Church was once poised to embark on a huge missions program, but decided to divert the money into buildings instead. Then they lost their fervor and started hemorrhaging members.
I'm glad that it is working for you. I grew up AG but left decades ago. I'm thankful that I had good Christian parents but too many things to go into. Now a Southern Baptist.
I attended a AOG church for a bit. Liked the people but saw flaws in the method of calling. There were obsessed with finding someone with a Holy Spirit anointing that they threw good judgement out the window. The pastor they called claimed God told him the church needed to sign over their property to him personally. They did; he sold the land to a developer and split town. BTW, the land was worth a lot of money. I mean a lot of money.
Man is not infallible that’s why it’s important to know who you are sitting under, one of the gifts is discernment. There are a many good men (pastors) who have turned toward the world.😢
Either you were greatly misinformed or, you're simply Lying. Every assembly of god that is chartered with Springfield does not hold of the deed to the property. Springfield ONLY holds the deed. It is impossible for local people within the congregation to deed transfer or sell the property to anyone… Because they do not hold the deed. Should the local congregation decide no longer be assembly of God… Springfield sells the property.
Assemblies of God as a denomination is interesting as you can see some really major cultural diffrences depending on where you are. My Mother was raised in an AOG Church and it was pretty strict on things like how much make up she could wear, and which instruments were allowed to be used in worship service. When I was a kid we went to an AOG Church for a while, and it was less strict about dress codes but which musical instruments were allowed in service was still pretty rigid. My father had/ has long hair and beard but he was an exception for reasons unknown to me but you knew that not everyone would have been able to get away with it like he was.
I am from Assemblies of God church and have went to other churches that don’t believe quite the same. Some have mocked the baptism in the Holy Spirit. In one church, my husband and I actually felt like we were given the left foot of fellowship. We got taken out to dinner by the core of the church and after a couple times we no longer felt the warmth of them. We ended up leaving the church. In the area that I’m in. It’s hard to find a church that follows the first church in Acts 😢
I was raised AG--my dad pastored an AG church for a while when I was kid. I even later attended an AG right in Springfield, MO. Most of my family are still AG but I'm not now--I consider myself Reformed, although I'm waffling between Prebyterian and Reformed Baptist. Anyway, I still love the Assembly of God church and it's people--(if you want someone to pray for you, find a pentecostal! They'll do that with a fervor). Ultimately I left because of issues on soteriology, public displays of the sign gifts (the tongues manifestation never seemed to be done in a biblical way), and women pastors (the church I went to in Springfield had a woman pastor).
@@karlrovey Haha, no I hadn't. I only went to an AG church for about a year when I lived out there, and that was about 15 years ago now. I didn't get too ingrained in the AG culture and church, outside of some friendships I made with some AGTS students.
@@mrleemrleeohmrlee I was raised in an AG church. When I was a baby, the pastor of our church was a lady, Daisy Gillock. Daisy was T.L. Osborn's older sister. In the late 1940's Daisy was preaching a tent revival in Sepulpa, Oklahoma. She prayed for a young boy named Ronnie Coyne who had had his eyeball surgically removed after getting it injured by a piece of barbed wire. Ronnie had a plastic eye in when he went up for prayer. God restored his sight, and he could see through a plastic eye. He could also see through the empty socket after taking the eye out. He went all over the world as an adult giving his testimony. He appeared on the Opra Winfrey show, the Donahue show, and 4 or 5 other talk shows. Bottom line; God uses who He wants to and does things the way He wants to. If you want to read about Ronnie Coyne's story, you can get it on TH-cam; "Daisy Gillock and the plastic eye miracle"
@@karlrovey Lourdes, France is a place of Catholic pilgrimage and supposed healing miracles. If you go there, you can see hundreds of crutches left behind by those who are supposed to have been healed there. A wit once commented he would believe it when they started displaying artificial limbs, glass eyes, and toupees.
RL,....The whole AOG is a 100% fraud. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the God, Jesus, nor Christianity of the Bible. How do you not know this? Repent!
every single AOG is different. Unlike many other pentecostals like the Church of God which all are identifiable in there culture and praise, the AOG on the other hand are each very different. Some still sing old school hymns and some dont. Some speak in tongues and some dont. It varies greatly.
AOG leaders on Vashon Island were not righteous towards me. I was falsely accused, ridiculed, and refused help in a difficult situation. I called both the Pacific Northwest umbrella as well as the AOG head office and I was given a bit of information but really no help. They connected me to a church counselor who said he could not help me and I should seek other counseling. The leaders were quick to falsely accuse me. Even blocked me by blocking on phone, the pastor refused to talk to me any longer to bring any helpful and godly resolution to my situation and told me I could no longer talk to him. They were not interested in the truth of my situation or my soul or the soul of my child. I’ve not been back to a church since though I homeschooled my three children and my oldest achieved a Master of Divinity. I found a lot of worldliness and selfish ambition in their leadership. I name the specific area where the church was located because maybe not all are like that, but this church was. Nobody had true Christ ordained unity. When I mentioned the unity Paul speaks of in Ephesians, or tried to answer the true reason for baptism which is an appeal to God for a clean conscience, or when I spoke of any truth in scripture I got rolling eyes and censorship. Too much carnal control which indicates a true lack of understanding about the heart of God and scripture in general. I questioned how they choose pastors for their churches and was told if they had been to seminary they just signed them up! Well, that doesn’t follow what Paul outlined in scripture for choosing true leaders. Tons of carnal control, poor logic, lack of humility, lack of true love from the Spirit of Christ. The AOG church and denomination needs to repent in many ways. This doesn’t mean anyone at an AOG church is necessarily like this, but in general I think it’s a problem. There is a lack of godly accountability in their leaders. An attitude of pray for me but get off my back. The current pastor even told me he could think and say anything he wanted to about me and I needed to get over myself or I was welcomed to leave; this is not LOVE. They messed me over! The pastor told me if I didn’t like it I could go find another church. I’m not explaining everything to detail of what happened because there isn’t enough room here, but it was hideous and unbiblical. Godly submission and accountability means that you’re truly interested in the godly outcome for anybody in any situation. They were about themselves to the point of making up things about me to make me seem worse than I really was all to protect their own image. It was bad, folks! This could happen with anyone at any any church in any denomination. It’s called not knowing and walking with TRUTH in the truth. It’s called selfish ambition and it’s a no no mentioned in the letter of James. A church or denomination can say they believe in this doctrine or that doctrine, but if they do not walk in love it doesn’t matter. 1 Corinthians 13 is clear! If you have not love whatever you say you do for Christ amounts nothing. This was AOG on Vashon Island. Lots of respecting of certain individuals, lots of false accusation, lots of ridicule. I was even told by the pastor if I chased something down it would just get worse. This is unaccountability and cowardice and not biblical. Jesus said if someone sins against me I can go tell him his sin and get it worked out. Not there! Never could get anything worked out and I was worse and worse falsely accused for trying. I trust my Heavenly Father and Jesus, but I do not trust church leaders who bully and are unaccountable. It’s not love, it’s not God. God is love!
Idk if this has been covered, but I’d like to see an in-depth video on “spiritual gifts”. I know speaking in tongues is supposed to be one, (depending on a variety of factors); but what are others?
If a video along these lines is produced, I'd hope there would be an exploration of various approaches toward spiritual gifts. Old-time Pentecostals simply prayed for spiritual gifts. Modern Charismatic teachers around my town teach instead "techniques" for acquiring the gifts. There are even some who use Romans 11:29 (KJV only) to teach that even non-Christians can acquire the gifts if they know the technique. There's so much false teaching among them, it's frightening.
Fairly good summary. I think you should’ve spent a few seconds saying they have a established core belief that generally reflects the apostles creed called the 16 fundamental truths. It is also important to note we are in affiliation of Church is not a denomination. That’s somewhat similar to the SBC I think.
Straight from Assemblies of God USAs webpage, “There are more than 69 million Assemblies of God members worldwide, making the Assemblies of God the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.” They were intended to be an fellowship of independent Pentecostal church’s like the non denomination church’s we see today, but that’s not exactly how it’s worked out for AoG.
@@dpcrn I agree, Assemblies are definitely decentralized, like my Assembly is associated with Bethel (formally Bethel Redding Assembly of God), we have Bethel guests and some in our ministry are from Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry as well as the Bethel Leadership Network, and some Assemblies don’t like Bethel and don’t have that influence in the church, it’s nice cause the AoG won’t tell, my church for example, that we can’t associate with Bethel Redding.
Most Pentecostal denominations come out of the Methodist tradition, but I think the AoG has a Baptist background--hence leaning more toward Calvinism than Arminianism.
Amazing that you would mention Sam Kinison, who was an Assemblies of God Minister briefly when he was 18 years old, and Johnny Cash as somehow representative of the Assemblies of God . . . . . And neglect to mention the most famous and the most infamous Assemblies of God preacher of all time, Jimmy Swaggart!!
The AoG make a number of statements in one of their white papers, can't recall...probably 1995 or 1999, that in no uncertain terms say that they don't agree with Bethel. I'll have to find and read it again as it provides a good baseline for pentecostal and charismatic expression.
@@rocketmanshawn That doesn’t sound right, Bethel Redding was an AOG church until 2006 when they split from the Assemblies of God to form their own leadership network. The church members voted to leave the Assemblies of God in November 2005. After the vote the Northern Cal-Neva district AoG (my district) informed Bethel Redding that they didn’t invite Assemblies of God to speak to the congregation about the split. In Jan 2006 papa Bill Johnson wrote a letter apologizing to the AG for voting without informing the AG inviting them up to speak to the congregation, and stating it “was not a response to conflict, rather a response to call.” AG wanted to continue their relationship with Bethel and would likely take them back if they wanted to go back to the denomination. My AG church leadership is Bethel affiliated, bethel still has a large influence on our district and the AG. Pastor Bill partners with James River (Assembly) and other quite often. Assemblies seem to align with Bethels views pretty close.
I lived next to a Assembly of God growing up. Never went in during a service but I knew the pastor's sons. My first kiss was with the older brother lol
This is a denomination you have to be very vigilant in. Little gods doctrine, new age, unrestricted use of tongues (I'm pretty sure there's supposed to be someone gifted in interpretation with them), bethel stuff are some things to be aware of being in your specific church. More than just secondary issue squabbles.
I grew up in the Assemblies of God. I believe it is a genuinely Christian denomination. I’m personally moving toward Lutheranism, but I am thankful for my baptism in AG.
ROC,......AOG has nothing to do with the Bibles Christianity. It is a 100% ungodly false manmade religion. You have both been totally deceived. Repent!
Looked this up as that’s the church I was made to go to and my mom was apart of, still holds the beliefs and faith but just doesn’t go to the church. I was allowed to stop going when I was about 10 years old and have never been back since, I’m not really religious but align myself more with the old Norse religions the more I learned but haven’t told mom that. I remember the tongues speaking and how strange that was as a kid. Her beliefs are very firm so anytime god or religion is brought up I stay silent until there is a change of subject. And just really wanted to know what is up with AoG and why it is different than other denominations of the area.
In my country the dances in these churches are so strange that they are compared to the dances used to worship pagan idols, the called "candonblies" (a mix of candomblé a pagan religion and assemblies)
A direct comparison between Assemblies of God and the Church of the Nazarene would be great (if you haven't already, I will look) They seem very similar, and equally large and widespread. But perhaps the worship style is different, less of the speaking in tongues with the Nazarenes? I know you've done videos on the Nazarenes, I will view them again. I would still love to see a direct comparison. I've known people who have attended both.
My understanding is that they would accept the first 3 of the 5 listed offices (Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, Apostles and, Prophets.) They believe in the Prophetic and Apostolic, but not the office of such. There is a heavy emphasis on tongues. Any AG pastors can confirm?
They might not officially recognize those last two, but they seem to have accepted it in practice. One of their flagship congregations near their headquarters has no issue platforming people claiming those titles and uttering (what would turn out to be false) prophesies.
I recently ran into a girl whom I'd grown up with in church. I hadn't seen her in decades. I was surprised when she told me she was attending an AoG church now. (Our old church had been vehemently opposed to tongues.) She told me there was no emphasis on tongues in her new church. I'm not sure if she was lying to me or not.
There’s a heavy emphasis on baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Is there something unbiblical about that? Because I don’t think there is
Same here. THE focus is Christ Jesus and His Cross and God's love for us in His Son, not A gift of the Spirit. The AG church is off a mile with thinking all Spirit-filled folks oughta speak in tongues I was in extreme charismatic side myself. I thought we christians SHOULD and CAN speak in tongues. I was 1000000% wrong. Just simply reading 1 Cor. 12 entirely proves it. These folks only or mostly misread Mark 16, thinking that we all ought to speak in tongues or we ain't saved. Man.. I hope folks get out of AG church who are Christ's sheep
@@HeyJuuude-05 Nothing wrong with it IF it is done decently and in order, someone MUST interpret it for all to be edified, and ONE at a time, not a billion folks in chaos. And not all speak in tongues. Read 1 Cor. 12:)
@@NikoFinn Thank for the response, I was sincerely curious. Follow up question: Have you ever met/seen a holy-spirit-tongue interpreter in action? I’m not being facetious btw, I’m genuinely asking.
It's discouraging to see people encouraging tongues even of those who have no gift of tongues. The poor, unread followers begin making up baby talk to try and fit in. Nobody interprets it because it's not actually a language and the doctrines of the pastor who allows such things precludes any discipline or Scripturally sound behavior. God gives clear instruction for tongues, like the OP said, which include guardrails to prevent chaos. People faking it, or encouraging others to fake it, do more damage to the name if Christ than a hundred atheists arguing humanist apologetcs.
My problem with Assembly is they have a headless head. And all the churches take a collection for the headless head and the organization. That's a lot of unproductive money. And you know the things over the years I heard about working inside the headless head... and I wasn't sure they were reliable reports even though the people telling me were liable people. And then I applied there. And... there's no excuse whatsoever for the lies they told me and the runaround and the game they played and..I could go on. If you want to go that's your business. If they wanted to split from Babylon I'd go. I bet a lot of people haven't ever read a lot of their position papers. I have. They're wrong. They know they're wrong and yet they're not going to change. Besides that they're... corporately they're in quite a backslide. They're in so deep they can't even see light of day anymore. You'd probably get more out of an independent full gospel, independent Methodist, or American Baptist congregation. I know I would.
How to be Born again is right inside the New Testament. Acts 2:38-39 explains how . I would search for a church that teaches Acts 2:38-39 baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ. Catholicism is a man made religion invented by a man named Constantine. The only truth is the bible , Old and New Testaments , any thing else is man made dogma.....Catholics are not Christian. they follow a catholic bible....Lots of idolatry . Bowing and praying to statues is breaking the commandment....Exodus 20:4) Mary cannot hear your prayers. Only one mediator between God and man , Jesus Christ. ....1 Timothy 2:5 ).....You never confess your sins to a priest , you only confess sins to God. Jesus said, Call no man father. And i would not let my kids around their priests.
He forgot to mention that the AoG church is an off branch of the Catholic Church, And I'll give 100.oo dallors to anyone who can show us true total as in East to West differnces in the AoG Church and the Catholic Church. Yes I also attended the AoG church back in 1981 to 1983 is when I started climbing Ya'aqov's Ladder. (Gen. 28:10-12)
I am 5th generation COGIC and I went to Catholic School for 13 years. The pentecostal denomination is absolutely nothing like the Catholic Church. AG is nothing like them.
Ok, Let’s analyze this matter. You that you have attended both the Catholic Church and Church are there any differences between them? They both worship Jesus. This is clearly a Greek given name as in Jesus, jesu, zeus. While Scripture states He was Hebraic with a Hebraic name as in YAHUSHA Ben YAHUAH. You know as in Hallelu-YAH. Both worship on the same day Sunday the 1st day of the week, when clearly scriptures states the 7th Day Sabbath Rest, (Gen. 2:2). Both have the same unclean dietary foods as in Pork, Shrimp etc. etc. While scripture clearly states it is a sin to eat unclean meats, (Lev. 11:7) & (Is.66:17). Both celebrate Hell-0-day, as in Christ-Mass, both bring in their house the Christ-Mass-Tree while in (Jer. 10:1-10) not to do it. They both search for the rabbits colored egss, later they both eat their Pork Ham. Both use Greek/Roman titles as in Lord which is synonymous with Baal. Jesus, Jesu, zeus. (Op’pah) and reverse the letters in God, yes it is Dog. Now how can we relate are Heavenly Father with Dog? While our Messiah is Hebraic and His name is YAHUSHA Ben YAHUAH, Aluhiym. Our Messiah was both in Bethlehem and not Athens Greece. Both Catholics and Christians believe that they have a license to sin by keeping His Commandments that pertain to us. They believe that they are above the Law of YAHUAH ‘wrong’ (John 14-15) & (1 John 2:4) Both honor Mary, both call her Mary, in fact her name is Meriam. One prays to a Rosary and the other has prayer chain where people gather together and form a prayer chain. So you see both Catholic and Christian are similar in a lot of ways. In fact Christianity is an off branch of the Catholic tree. HOWEVER, I’m not saying you are wrong. What I’m saying it’s time to step up the Ladder in your faith, and swim cross over the Jordan River to the Hebraic side, (Gen. 28:10-13). Shalom
Does Pentecostal / aog believes that the only evidence of being baptised in the Holy Spirit is by speaking in tongues? Any Pentecostals or aog believers can enlighten on this?
When I became a member of the AG I signed a form saying I agreed that speaking in tongues is an “initial evidence” of baptism of the Holy Spirit. We’re decentralized enough that some may believe it’s right away or at a later time, and the gift needs to be activated.
Some Pentecostals say that it is a mandatory sign and you’re not if you don’t, but it’s definitely not the only evidence as there are other gifts of the Spirit and other evidences as well as more love for God and increased zeal among with better witnessing
The AG believes that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence as it was in Acts 2, but not the only evidence. You can find their official position paper on their website.
I briefly went to an AG school (even though I wasn't AG. My music teacher taught there so I applied) I was shocked at the racist treatment I and other non-white students received I transferred to a secular school after three semesters lmao
that's interesting considering AG is one of the most racially diverse church I've ever seen. What happened they wouldn't take any to some sensationalized news story?
@@billmarshall268 If you must know, someone called me a slur and said I was granted admission b/c of Affirmative Action. There was also constant harassment (from students) saying we didn't "deserve" to be there and that we're "filling a diversity quota." One thing Protestants will do is be condescending and dismissive. Go have a stadium full of seats.
I was raised AG and can confirm all this. I think their theology is pretty sound, with the exception of ordaining women. I don't know how you can have Biblical inerrancy as part of your platform, but still ordain women. If you're going to go so far as to worry about drinking, which is a gray area, then why ordain women? I think it's a serious error. I also don't care for the style of worship, but to each his own.
I think they might lean that way more than most Pentecostal denominations do. Most Pentecostal denominations grew out of a Methodist background, but I think the AoG came from more of a Baptist background.
@@marcosmesquita373 They are neither one. These are recent man made theological terms never used by the apostolic saints. Some things are predestined and others are not.
I love the Assembly of God church but always no matter what church you are in make sure, you are not following the church or pastor. My sheep know my voice & another they will not follow. But follow Jesus Christ by the word of God & Holy Ghost teaching is in the Bible. All of the gifts. If you go to a church & it's unorganized by the gifts of the spirit just know its always orderly. God bless & beware of false preachers no matter what church
I don't know I hear about them all the time .....but I don't share the same beliefs as they do....they the government of California in other woods or people that write rules or whatever .....I certainly don't want to be one even their certain beliefs in which their would commonalities different God I would say...
Note that the denomination called Assembleias de Deus in Brazil began as the Missão de Fé Apostólica. It was not until 1918 that they took the name of Assemblies of God, likely to align with the existing denomination in the US.
Here's the AG position paper on the subject. In the US, Assemblies of God is completely permissive of women in ministry: ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/The-Role-of-Women-in-Ministry
How does anyone ever know how to acquire salvation with all these differing Christian denominations?? The subtle differences make the distinction between salvation and damnation. So really no one can know who ends up where. It's rough to have to live with constant life and death anxiety like that.
I got saved, not by denomination, but by God when I wasn't even looking for Him. Jesus saved me from hellfire when I was 15, I believed the Gospel. I am saying that all you need to know true salvation is from your heart truly , humbly seek God to tell you where the salvation is and what is the truth. In John 14 Jesus said He is the truth, and John 17 He said God's Word is true. When you have something that is true and truth there is only one way to interpret it correctly, one million wrong ones. I recommend by reading the gospel of John in context from chapter 1 to 21. My experience is that most people misapply and misunderstans Bible when they don't read it enough, in context and pray for God to lead them. This is the salvation God in His Word talks about: we have sinned against holy and righteous God who is love and created all of us. He sent His Son, Jesus, to live a perfect life for us, to die for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again bodily for our justification. A man is saved from hellfire by simply believing, from the heart, Jesus did that for him. Once he does Jesus Christ saves him and he is born again of Holy Spirit. For Scripture references: Ephesians 1:13, Romans 3, Romans 4: 1-5, 22;23, Romans 5:1, Galatians 2:20 and on, Ephesians 2:8-9 etc. Also here is one analogy I find to be helpful: I am a personal trainer. We all have lots of muscles on our bodies. People workout and use their muscles. What if a person who works on his back muscles now says: well, I do this movement to work on my chest. Is he right? No. All muscles have a specific function and purpose and attachment points. One truth of how muscles work(objective truth), one billion different opinions of trainees of how muscles do work. How do you know what muscles do? You study muscle anatomy.
The Bible is clear, regardless of the denomination. Repent and accept Jesus, the only way to the Father is through him. Everything else is fluff. The Bible is clear on the second part, spread the gospel, and love your neighbors. Don't get caught on doctrine. I'm a member of an AG church and I can say that regardless of the denomination, they will agree that what I've said is correct.
Learn the church history my friend. You have the original Orthodox Church and then the Roman schism and then the Protestant reformation. Why not just go to the original Greek Orthodox church? ICXC
@@DFMoray I see you don't understand my question. Since the doctrines of salvation depend on interpretation there is no way to know the correct interpretation.
@@Lion-dr7uv it's just in the bible that GOD doesn't give a woman the authority over a man in the ministry. So like, my teachers[ from when I was in school]? No problem. A manager in a shop? Yeah okay. But when it comes to GOD? No thanks.
To say that Christians who don't speak in tongues are not babtized with the HOLY SPIRIT is a blasphemy 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ and prove of the lack of Biblical knowledge of the person. Speaking in tongues is a gift of the HOLY SPIRIT. Not a baptism of the HOLY SPIRIT. The HOLY SPIRIT decides what gifts a person should have
The AG did not split from COGIC. They were formed separately with similar doctrine. I did read on a Wikipedia article that various pentecostal fellowships in 1914 "determined to separate from COGIC" and form the AG. However, I don't think any of those fellowships were part of COGIC, so the meaning is that they chose not to join the COGIC denomination and instead form a voluntary cooperative fellowship which they named the Assemblies of God. Thus this was not a split per se, but instead they formed separately. It is also obvious that race may have played an issue with who was invited at the forming of the AG. Later the AG condemned racism as sin and have since become very ethnically diverse.
The AG denomination is a mess. I'm glad I've been out of there for over 20 years now. Too many notable losers were generated by their teachings. Swaggart. Bakker. etc.
@@wbl5649 Definitely. Jan and her pink hair and Paul declaring himself to be a little God really threw me off. That's why I quit watching the Total Blasphemy Network years ago. Oh yeah, Kenneth Copeland subscribes to the "I am a little god" heresy too.
Donnie Swaggart says wine in bible days was grape juice. So Lot and Noah and all the other people got drunk on grape juice. Swaggart is a bold face liar he knows better.
Speaking in tongues in the key opponent to satan, hence, he goes to every extreme to try to stop it. He can’t interpret it, he can’t intercept it, he even can’t stop it. Speaking in tongues totally & completely allows The Lord God to do on “Earth as it is in Heaven”. In the Book of Jude it says that we build up our most holy faith when we pray in tongues. But even still, The Lord God says that speaking in tongues is a gift, just like salvation; & a gift is only a gift if it’s received. There are plenty more reasons to speak in tongues which are also found in The Lord ‘s Love Book, The Bible😁.
That evidence of being baptized of Holy Spirit being speaking in tongues is one huge false doctrine. 1 Cor. 12 says not all speak in tongues. That is 100% false. Other thing seems to be fine except ordaining women as pastors(1 Timothy 3 and aTitus 1 oppose this).
@@Lion-dr7uv That is 100% false also. 1 Corinthians 12 last 5 verses prove this. You put a burden on people if you think all must speak in tongues. You ought to be quiet if you teach like that. I was in extreme charismatic side. It just baffles my why some church leaders completely bamboozle their congregation with this and elevate one gift of the Spirit above others. They are fleshly, that is the issue. Speaking in tongues has this wow- effect to it. Imagine if people elevated the gift of mercy as Romans 12 says?
The Assembly of God has fallen into false teachings and established 360 churches that are intercultural and full of idols. God has called us out from among them! REPENT AG!
The cross is a dirty word to the assembly of God headquarters. Do you see any in their churches? The Bibles they use are watered down and powerless. Whats wrong with the King James. Never do their ministers talk about the return of Christ, they are comfortable in their powerful seats.
I’m not sure where you got your information, but this is totally not true of the Assemblies of God. We believe in in the Cross, resurrection and the return of Jesus. We are not ashamed of the Gospel and we proudly proclaim it!
I wrote twice to the headquarters of the Central Assemblies and spoke to the department head of Western, Pa. They have a black pulpit, drums, microphones, guitars, pianos, horns and lights, but not one cross. I was told that the preacher was a wonderful Christian and that they preach Jesus, so what's the problem. I asked if this was the denominations decision or the preachers. Received no answer. I told him that churches throughout the world are being burned to the ground and Christians have died for that cross. Why do you not have a cross in your sanctuary. He asked, who have you discussed this with! I asked why is the cross a controversy!! Maybe your church has a cross but this one didn't. I asked why do they avoid preaching about the rapture and why is the blood of Jesus never discussed. What direction I asked is this denomination going. So don't be so quick to down me, I will fight for the cross that isn't displayed.
I’m sorry you had that experience, but the statement you made was in general about every AG church and I must say it is just not true as a whole. As someone who has been in hundreds of AG churches around the world and worked in the national office of the Assemblies of God in Springfield Missouri, I can tell you that the word of God is preached boldly. We believe in the death, burial, and the second coming of Christ. The Cross is central to our faith! Without the precious blood of Jesus there is no forgiveness of sin. Again, I’m sorry you had that experience. I just want you to know that it is not like that in most AG churches.
The Assemblies of God is the same as every other man made Protestant "church". Jesus created One Church, see Matt 16:18, the pillar and foundation of truth, see 1 Tim 3:15, and the Final Authority, see Matt 18:15-17. In 107AD, St. Ignatius of Antioch, a Bishop in Jesus's Church, wrote a letter, calling the Church "Catholic" or Universal. The name Stuck. Martin Luther came along in 1517 and started all the confusion of today, with thousands and thousands of man made Churches all teaching different beliefs and doctrines, yet reading the same Bible, which the Catholic Church gave to the world in the late 4th century. The end.
@@navienslavement No. A female in Congress isn't a congressman. She is a congresswoman. Congressperson covers both genders in fewer words than "congressman or congresswoman."
Sure the Assemblies go God appears to have the Gift of Tongues down pat (I can sing Bibbidi Bobbed Boo from Cinderella- does that mean I speak in tongues?). They certainly lack the Gift of Discernment...
I met an AG girl few years ago. Her faith was really solid and genuine.
I used to work in a grocery store in a college town. We had a big turnaround in student employees. I worked with this girl whose father was an AoG pastor. She tried to pretend she was all sweet and innocent, but she was a raging slut. After a couple years, she didn't even try to hide it any more.
FC,....Too bad it wasn't faith in the God and Christianity of the Bible.
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 you don't love God, don't you?
@@igieronaldvillancio9508 ,.....I have spoken the truth for your edification. Why have you made this incorrect comment?
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 How do you know that for sure? Can you read hearts?
Grew up AG. I think they get many things right and am happy that they have mostly not fallen into prosperity gospel like many charismatic churches. I think the the pre-mil, raptured stance is a black mark against them as well as female pastors, but they’re mostly great. In my experience no other denomination has more genuine believers who earnestly desire the things of God, as it’s a worship tradition that doesn’t really tolerate lukewarm believers.
It's a pre-tribulation rapture, which is in line with previous events when God's wrath was poured upon the world.
Such as removing Noah and his family before the flood, and removing Lot and his family before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
God has established a precident that the faithful will be removed before the event of a destruction.
Almost as if God will not destroy a place populated by people if the people are not 100% evil, thus the removal of any righteous people who would stand in the way of God's destruction.
CN,....Wow, are you ever blind, lost, and deceived. Repent!
One other thing is they are very light on through the Bible study. They really focus on several pet doctrines, and ignore the rest of Bible. Blessings
@@davidkunze2770 Not in my local church. We're encouraged to study the Holy Scriptures as we allow ourselves to have prayer meetings at night, Thursday for the grown-ups and Friday for the youth (though it has been increasingly open for kids as well.) I often get picked up to do a sermon.
I can’t say the same for the AG church I just left. Lots of prosperity teaching, as well as alignment with Bethel, and many other bad churches and false teachers. I even caught wind of some NAR teachings that I just could not align with. Lots of lukewarm people within those congregations, as I’ve found. I’d previously been a Foursquare congregant, and left that denomination because of how far it has slid to the left and allowed some very unbiblical doctrine to penetrate its walls. This isn’t to say that there aren’t genuine believers within the walls of either of these similar Pentecostal denominations. I’m just saying that after 30 years in attendance to their teachings, I just do not align. Things seem to have changed dramatically in all these decades. If your AG experience is still Biblical and blesses you, then praise God.
Officially, the AoG do not recognize themselves as a denomination -per se- but a group of local churches that agree to believe in the fundamentals and act in fellowship and each body and ordained are members by choice. Because of this, there can be a wide variation of how one AoG church feels and operates from another. To those outside the AoG this may appear as only a play of semantics but understanding this can help understand the breadth and variances of the AoG cultures.
I've been to our nearest AoG church a few times and I always like it. The people are very passionate and fully committed to God. The first thing you notice is how _intense_ their worship is.
JT,....And if you were not spiritually dead and blind you would have also noticed how wrong their worship is as well as how 100% unbiblical their whole false religion is.
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 Care to elaborate?
@@jordantowner5995 ,..Yes, of course. The cult od AOG is all a 100% false manmade fraud. It like the rest of the worlds Christian churches is 100% apostate from God and Biblical truth. Everything called the church is apostate and sells a 100% different christianity than the Bibles Christianity.
The Bibles Christianity is completely outside of everything called the church. The Bibles Christianity is made up of the spiritually alive. The churches christianity is made up of the spiritually dead and blind.
What the Godless world/church has failed to understand is, there are two Christianitys, one real, one fake, one of God and the Bible, and the other of Godless mankind and the 100% apostate church. The Godless worlds fake christianity is referred to as antichrist in the Bible, and antichrist means a replacement for and a counterfeit version of the Bibles real Christianity.
Again, actual Christianity is completely outside of everything called the church. What the world knows as the church is in reality made up of the spiritually dead and blind Godless people of the Godless world. This is why there are over 4,000 different denominations that are all totally astray from the Bibles Christianity.
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 how?
@@jordantowner5995 ,....If you watched this video and do not understand how and why this Godless cult is a Godless cult, then nothing I say will change anything. One must first be able to understand the Bible before they are able to discern right from wrong. This false manmade church as well as all the others are filled with those who have zero Biblical understanding.
If anyone has any actual Biblical understanding, they will not have anything to do with any church as they are all apostate from God and Biblical truth. The Bibles Christianity is completely outside of everything called the church.
I was raised Southern Baptist and it sounds the same, except for speaking in tongues. As long as it's all about Jesus Christ and glorifying Him.
It is, except that they ordain women, where as Southern Baptist does not. I was raised AG, but defected to Baptist.
Not only Assemblies of God has origins in the Church of God but it has
also Christian Missionary Alliance, Presbyterian and Baptist roots. There's a denomination in Arkansas called Holiness Baptist Church that joined the Assemblies of God. The branch of Assemblies of God that I attended has Presbyterian roots. People are mistaken to think that AG only came out of COGIC or Methodist. The AG are Finished Work (Baptistic/Reformed Pentecostals). They're not Wesleyan Pentecostals.
A very accurate description of the AG. Thank you.
Love the succinct ness and even going into how they have service! Very informative
Their style of worship isn’t for me, but I have family who work for an Assembly of God. Their church has one of the most thriving, energized congregations I’ve ever seen.
Too bad it is all wrong and ungodly.
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 repent
@@igieronaldvillancio9508 ,....I have spoken the truth for your edification. Are you telling me to repent from the truth of Gods word? You want me to throw out Biblical truth and blindly follow the blind like you?
@@shadowbannedforspeakingtru1436 can you explain why you think is wrong and ungodlly ?
@@pochitoqueremas8306 ,...If you or anyone else does not understand how and why this is wrong and ungodly, then I really cannot explain it to you. Mankind is made up of the spiritually alive (roughly 1%) and the spiritually dead and blind (roughly 99%). The few who are spiritually alive and understand the truth of the Bible cannot make the spiritually dead alive and make them understand what the truth of the Bible actually is. They can only tell them they are wrong and are deceived. It is up to God to make them spiritually alive and to open their blind eyes.
The Bibles Christianity and the churches christianity are two completely different things. There are no Christians in anything called or known as the church. The few actual Christians that exist are completely outside of everything known as the church. Those who become snared into any church or church denomination have nothing to do with the Jesus or Christianity of the Bible. The spiritually alive know and understand this, and the spiritually dead and blind do not.
Read the Bible yourself only and do not ever listen to anyone from any church. Get away from the church and cry out to God for mercy. Ask him to raise you from your spiritually dead state and to open your blind eyes.
Congratulations on the Silver button mark!
Thanks Revin!
I’m a member of The Assembly of God church. I absolutely love it, most loving and caring church ever. The pastor is a true man of Father God. Anyway there’s another famous person that had deep connection to the Assembly of God church. Elvis Presley was a member of the Assembly of God church. In fact, his family was pastors in it and worship leaders. It was actually his uncle, who was a pastor in the Assembly of God church, that first taught Elvis Presley anything in music.
Keep your eyes open don’t give your tithe to he church,find someone in need in the community and help them…you do not need a bigger building to worship in , those funds should be directed to the poor❤
@@cristinaevans139 Very narrow minded.
Not necessarily a “tithe” but if you give to the church(local church), they(you) can be a bigger blessing to both the local community and far communities through united giving.
I refuse to play in a praise band in Assembly of God church. I can't stand the fake dancing around and general weird behavior.
@@cristinaevans139 It's funny. Jimmy Swaggart, another (now disgraced) AoG pastor, once warned of denominations that put too much money into buildings. He told of how the Methodist Church was once poised to embark on a huge missions program, but decided to divert the money into buildings instead. Then they lost their fervor and started hemorrhaging members.
I'm glad that it is working for you. I grew up AG but left decades ago. I'm thankful that I had good Christian parents but too many things to go into. Now a Southern Baptist.
I attended a AOG church for a bit. Liked the people but saw flaws in the method of calling. There were obsessed with finding someone with a Holy Spirit anointing that they threw good judgement out the window. The pastor they called claimed God told him the church needed to sign over their property to him personally. They did; he sold the land to a developer and split town. BTW, the land was worth a lot of money. I mean a lot of money.
Man is not infallible that’s why it’s important to know who you are sitting under, one of the gifts is discernment. There are a many good men (pastors) who have turned toward the world.😢
Either you were greatly misinformed or, you're simply Lying. Every assembly of god that is chartered with Springfield does not hold of the deed to the property. Springfield ONLY holds the deed. It is impossible for local people within the congregation to deed transfer or sell the property to anyone… Because they do not hold the deed. Should the local congregation decide no longer be assembly of God… Springfield sells the property.
Love your videos.
Thank you!
really like the new color coding yes/no graphic you have on this one!
Can you do a segment on the New Apostolic Reformation? Love your videos. You’ve really made me dive deep on what church I attend.
I love Assemblies of God, first church I became a member of
L1,.....Well, this ungodly cult is going to take you straight into the lake of fire. Repent!
Assemblies of God as a denomination is interesting as you can see some really major cultural diffrences depending on where you are.
My Mother was raised in an AOG Church and it was pretty strict on things like how much make up she could wear, and which instruments were allowed to be used in worship service.
When I was a kid we went to an AOG Church for a while, and it was less strict about dress codes but which musical instruments were allowed in service was still pretty rigid.
My father had/ has long hair and beard but he was an exception for reasons unknown to me but you knew that not everyone would have been able to get away with it like he was.
Sou membro da Assembleia de Deus em Belém no norte do Brasil , na região Amazônica.
Deus abençoe os irmãos nos Estados Unidos da América.
Looove Assemblies of God!
Im a member of God church may lord God give more grad Amen🙏🙏🙏
I am from Assemblies of God church and have went to other churches that don’t believe quite the same. Some have mocked the baptism in the Holy Spirit. In one church, my husband and I actually felt like we were given the left foot of fellowship. We got taken out to dinner by the core of the church and after a couple times we no longer felt the warmth of them. We ended up leaving the church. In the area that I’m in. It’s hard to find a church that follows the first church in Acts 😢
I was raised AG--my dad pastored an AG church for a while when I was kid. I even later attended an AG right in Springfield, MO. Most of my family are still AG but I'm not now--I consider myself Reformed, although I'm waffling between Prebyterian and Reformed Baptist.
Anyway, I still love the Assembly of God church and it's people--(if you want someone to pray for you, find a pentecostal! They'll do that with a fervor). Ultimately I left because of issues on soteriology, public displays of the sign gifts (the tongues manifestation never seemed to be done in a biblical way), and women pastors (the church I went to in Springfield had a woman pastor).
Springfield, where the AG "regrows" amputated toes (I'm guessing you've probably heard about that debacle by now).
@@karlrovey Haha, no I hadn't. I only went to an AG church for about a year when I lived out there, and that was about 15 years ago now. I didn't get too ingrained in the AG culture and church, outside of some friendships I made with some AGTS students.
@@mrleemrleeohmrlee I was raised in an AG church. When I was a baby, the pastor of our church was a lady, Daisy Gillock. Daisy was T.L. Osborn's older sister.
In the late 1940's Daisy was preaching a tent revival in Sepulpa, Oklahoma. She prayed for a young boy named Ronnie Coyne who had had his eyeball surgically removed after getting it injured by a piece of barbed wire. Ronnie had a plastic eye in when he went up for prayer. God restored his sight, and he could see through a plastic eye. He could also see through the empty socket after taking the eye out.
He went all over the world as an adult giving his testimony. He appeared on the Opra Winfrey show, the Donahue show, and 4 or 5 other talk shows.
Bottom line; God uses who He wants to and does things the way He wants to.
If you want to read about Ronnie Coyne's story, you can get it on TH-cam; "Daisy Gillock and the plastic eye miracle"
@@karlrovey Lourdes, France is a place of Catholic pilgrimage and supposed healing miracles. If you go there, you can see hundreds of crutches left behind by those who are supposed to have been healed there. A wit once commented he would believe it when they started displaying artificial limbs, glass eyes, and toupees.
RL,....The whole AOG is a 100% fraud. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the God, Jesus, nor Christianity of the Bible. How do you not know this? Repent!
I recently left the AG church because the music has gotten totally out of control.
What do you mean by that specifically? - Worship Pastor at an AG church
every single AOG is different. Unlike many other pentecostals like the Church of God which all are identifiable in there culture and praise, the AOG on the other hand are each very different. Some still sing old school hymns and some dont. Some speak in tongues and some dont. It varies greatly.
AOG leaders on Vashon Island were not righteous towards me. I was falsely accused, ridiculed, and refused help in a difficult situation. I called both the Pacific Northwest umbrella as well as the AOG head office and I was given a bit of information but really no help. They connected me to a church counselor who said he could not help me and I should seek other counseling. The leaders were quick to falsely accuse me. Even blocked me by blocking on phone, the pastor refused to talk to me any longer to bring any helpful and godly resolution to my situation and told me I could no longer talk to him. They were not interested in the truth of my situation or my soul or the soul of my child. I’ve not been back to a church since though I homeschooled my three children and my oldest achieved a Master of Divinity. I found a lot of worldliness and selfish ambition in their leadership. I name the specific area where the church was located because maybe not all are like that, but this church was. Nobody had true Christ ordained unity. When I mentioned the unity Paul speaks of in Ephesians, or tried to answer the true reason for baptism which is an appeal to God for a clean conscience, or when I spoke of any truth in scripture I got rolling eyes and censorship. Too much carnal control which indicates a true lack of understanding about the heart of God and scripture in general. I questioned how they choose pastors for their churches and was told if they had been to seminary they just signed them up! Well, that doesn’t follow what Paul outlined in scripture for choosing true leaders. Tons of carnal control, poor logic, lack of humility, lack of true love from the Spirit of Christ. The AOG church and denomination needs to repent in many ways. This doesn’t mean anyone at an AOG church is necessarily like this, but in general I think it’s a problem. There is a lack of godly accountability in their leaders. An attitude of pray for me but get off my back. The current pastor even told me he could think and say anything he wanted to about me and I needed to get over myself or I was welcomed to leave; this is not LOVE. They messed me over! The pastor told me if I didn’t like it I could go find another church. I’m not explaining everything to detail of what happened because there isn’t enough room here, but it was hideous and unbiblical. Godly submission and accountability means that you’re truly interested in the godly outcome for anybody in any situation. They were about themselves to the point of making up things about me to make me seem worse than I really was all to protect their own image. It was bad, folks! This could happen with anyone at any any church in any denomination. It’s called not knowing and walking with TRUTH in the truth. It’s called selfish ambition and it’s a no no mentioned in the letter of James. A church or denomination can say they believe in this doctrine or that doctrine, but if they do not walk in love it doesn’t matter. 1 Corinthians 13 is clear! If you have not love whatever you say you do for Christ amounts nothing. This was AOG on Vashon Island. Lots of respecting of certain individuals, lots of false accusation, lots of ridicule. I was even told by the pastor if I chased something down it would just get worse. This is unaccountability and cowardice and not biblical. Jesus said if someone sins against me I can go tell him his sin and get it worked out. Not there! Never could get anything worked out and I was worse and worse falsely accused for trying. I trust my Heavenly Father and Jesus, but I do not trust church leaders who bully and are unaccountable. It’s not love, it’s not God. God is love!
I'm a member of the Assembly of God, so sorry to hear that.
@@frennysala7039 Thank you very much for your compassionate comment. Sadly, they did it to others too since then. Hopefully God opens up their eyes.
Could you make a video on IHOP? International House of Prayer
Idk if this has been covered, but I’d like to see an in-depth video on “spiritual gifts”. I know speaking in tongues is supposed to be one, (depending on a variety of factors); but what are others?
Read 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12 and 1 Peter 4, also Ephesians 4 for different office gifts in Church.
@@NikoFinn thank you for those, I’ll check them out. I’m currently rebuilding my faith connections; and I’ve found that lots of insight helps.
They are for all believers that are Spirit filled, just use faith!
If a video along these lines is produced, I'd hope there would be an exploration of various approaches toward spiritual gifts. Old-time Pentecostals simply prayed for spiritual gifts. Modern Charismatic teachers around my town teach instead "techniques" for acquiring the gifts. There are even some who use Romans 11:29 (KJV only) to teach that even non-Christians can acquire the gifts if they know the technique. There's so much false teaching among them, it's frightening.
Fairly good summary. I think you should’ve spent a few seconds saying they have a established core belief that generally reflects the apostles creed called the 16 fundamental truths. It is also important to note we are in affiliation of Church is not a denomination. That’s somewhat similar to the SBC I think.
Straight from Assemblies of God USAs webpage,
“There are more than 69 million Assemblies of God members worldwide, making the Assemblies of God the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.”
They were intended to be an fellowship of independent Pentecostal church’s like the non denomination church’s we see today, but that’s not exactly how it’s worked out for AoG.
@@Lion-dr7uv Good point. I would say if this was a Likert scale, we are somewhere closer to the middle but still on the fellowship side.
@@dpcrn
I agree, Assemblies are definitely decentralized, like my Assembly is associated with Bethel (formally Bethel Redding Assembly of God),
we have Bethel guests and some in our ministry are from Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry as well as the Bethel Leadership Network, and some Assemblies don’t like Bethel and don’t have that influence in the church, it’s nice cause the AoG won’t tell, my church for example, that we can’t associate with Bethel Redding.
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Interesting how similar it is to my Baptist tradition, save of course, the obvious speaking in tongues (and all that comes with that).
Most Pentecostal denominations come out of the Methodist tradition, but I think the AoG has a Baptist background--hence leaning more toward Calvinism than Arminianism.
concise
Amazing that you would mention Sam Kinison, who was an Assemblies of God Minister briefly when he was 18 years old, and Johnny Cash as somehow representative of the Assemblies of God . . . . .
And neglect to mention the most famous and the most infamous Assemblies of God preacher of all time, Jimmy Swaggart!!
interesting video
Will you do a video on Bethel Redding
BTW Bethel Redding was also Assemblies of God and is still associated just not affiliated
The AoG make a number of statements in one of their white papers, can't recall...probably 1995 or 1999, that in no uncertain terms say that they don't agree with Bethel. I'll have to find and read it again as it provides a good baseline for pentecostal and charismatic expression.
@@rocketmanshawn I would like to see that if you can find it. If you do, please make a reply to this so I will get notified.
@@rocketmanshawn
That doesn’t sound right, Bethel Redding was an AOG church until 2006 when they split from the Assemblies of God to form their own leadership network. The church members voted to leave the Assemblies of God in November 2005. After the vote the Northern Cal-Neva district AoG (my district) informed Bethel Redding that they didn’t invite Assemblies of God to speak to the congregation about the split.
In Jan 2006 papa Bill Johnson wrote a letter apologizing to the AG for voting without informing the AG inviting them up to speak to the congregation, and stating it “was not a response to conflict, rather a response to call.”
AG wanted to continue their relationship with Bethel and would likely take them back if they wanted to go back to the denomination. My AG church leadership is Bethel affiliated, bethel still has a large influence on our district and the AG. Pastor Bill partners with James River (Assembly) and other quite often. Assemblies seem to align with Bethels views pretty close.
Im AG and your on point
I lived next to a Assembly of God growing up. Never went in during a service but I knew the pastor's sons. My first kiss was with the older brother lol
I attend AoG in Tamaqua Pa. I love it. Not perfect. But awesome nonetheless. My name is freddy herrmann and i love yall.
This is a denomination you have to be very vigilant in. Little gods doctrine, new age, unrestricted use of tongues (I'm pretty sure there's supposed to be someone gifted in interpretation with them), bethel stuff are some things to be aware of being in your specific church. More than just secondary issue squabbles.
I am proud to be AG church believers
My Pentecostal preacher used to say “Baptist have the Holy Spirit. We have the Holy Ghost!” 😅
I grew up in the Assemblies of God. I believe it is a genuinely Christian denomination. I’m personally moving toward Lutheranism, but I am thankful for my baptism in AG.
Me too. I went AG → Eastern Orthodox.
ROC,......AOG has nothing to do with the Bibles Christianity. It is a 100% ungodly false manmade religion. You have both been totally deceived. Repent!
I'm proud to be AG Church believer
About 95% of AG churches will condemn the prosperity gosple... This is important enough to where you should rectify the comment.
Positive confession is a productive part of a Christian’s prayer life that should not be neglected or abused.
Looked this up as that’s the church I was made to go to and my mom was apart of, still holds the beliefs and faith but just doesn’t go to the church. I was allowed to stop going when I was about 10 years old and have never been back since, I’m not really religious but align myself more with the old Norse religions the more I learned but haven’t told mom that. I remember the tongues speaking and how strange that was as a kid. Her beliefs are very firm so anytime god or religion is brought up I stay silent until there is a change of subject. And just really wanted to know what is up with AoG and why it is different than other denominations of the area.
In my country the dances in these churches are so strange that they are compared to the dances used to worship pagan idols, the called "candonblies" (a mix of candomblé a pagan religion and assemblies)
A direct comparison between Assemblies of God and the Church of the Nazarene would be great (if you haven't already, I will look)
They seem very similar, and equally large and widespread.
But perhaps the worship style is different, less of the speaking in tongues with the Nazarenes?
I know you've done videos on the Nazarenes, I will view them again.
I would still love to see a direct comparison. I've known people who have attended both.
The Nazarenes are staunchly opposed to tongues.
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Yes even going so far as to wrongly claiming it’s “demonic”
@@Lion-dr7uv But what if it is demonic? Have you personally investigated every instance of speaking in tongues to make sure it wasn't demonic?
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No, but that’s much different than claiming that speaking in tongues a demonic act.
@@Lion-dr7uv No it isn't.
AOG is what drove me to join the Christian Eastern Orthodoxy.
My understanding is that they would accept the first 3 of the 5 listed offices (Pastors, Teachers, Evangelists, Apostles and, Prophets.) They believe in the Prophetic and Apostolic, but not the office of such. There is a heavy emphasis on tongues. Any AG pastors can confirm?
They might not officially recognize those last two, but they seem to have accepted it in practice. One of their flagship congregations near their headquarters has no issue platforming people claiming those titles and uttering (what would turn out to be false) prophesies.
I recently ran into a girl whom I'd grown up with in church. I hadn't seen her in decades. I was surprised when she told me she was attending an AoG church now. (Our old church had been vehemently opposed to tongues.) She told me there was no emphasis on tongues in her new church. I'm not sure if she was lying to me or not.
In the average AG church there is not a heavy emphasis on tongues. (I am ordained with the Assemblies)
There’s a heavy emphasis on baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. Is there something unbiblical about that? Because I don’t think there is
I really see Pentecostal denomination problematic as a whole with the focus on Speaking in Tongues.
What’s wrong with speaking in tongues?
Same here. THE focus is Christ Jesus and His Cross and God's love for us in His Son, not A gift of the Spirit. The AG church is off a mile with thinking all Spirit-filled folks oughta speak in tongues
I was in extreme charismatic side myself. I thought we christians SHOULD and CAN speak in tongues. I was 1000000% wrong. Just simply reading 1 Cor. 12 entirely proves it. These folks only or mostly misread Mark 16, thinking that we all ought to speak in tongues or we ain't saved. Man.. I hope folks get out of AG church who are Christ's sheep
@@HeyJuuude-05 Nothing wrong with it IF it is done decently and in order, someone MUST interpret it for all to be edified, and ONE at a time, not a billion folks in chaos.
And not all speak in tongues. Read 1 Cor. 12:)
@@NikoFinn Thank for the response, I was sincerely curious.
Follow up question: Have you ever met/seen a holy-spirit-tongue interpreter in action?
I’m not being facetious btw, I’m genuinely asking.
It's discouraging to see people encouraging tongues even of those who have no gift of tongues.
The poor, unread followers begin making up baby talk to try and fit in. Nobody interprets it because it's not actually a language and the doctrines of the pastor who allows such things precludes any discipline or Scripturally sound behavior.
God gives clear instruction for tongues, like the OP said, which include guardrails to prevent chaos.
People faking it, or encouraging others to fake it, do more damage to the name if Christ than a hundred atheists arguing humanist apologetcs.
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Cults. The end.
My problem with Assembly is they have a headless head. And all the churches take a collection for the headless head and the organization. That's a lot of unproductive money. And you know the things over the years I heard about working inside the headless head... and I wasn't sure they were reliable reports even though the people telling me were liable people. And then I applied there. And... there's no excuse whatsoever for the lies they told me and the runaround and the game they played and..I could go on. If you want to go that's your business. If they wanted to split from Babylon I'd go. I bet a lot of people haven't ever read a lot of their position papers. I have. They're wrong. They know they're wrong and yet they're not going to change. Besides that they're... corporately they're in quite a backslide. They're in so deep they can't even see light of day anymore. You'd probably get more out of an independent full gospel, independent Methodist, or American Baptist congregation. I know I would.
How to be Born again is right inside the New Testament. Acts 2:38-39 explains how . I would search for a church that teaches Acts 2:38-39 baptism in the Name of Jesus Christ. Catholicism is a man made religion invented by a man named Constantine. The only truth is the bible , Old and New Testaments , any thing else is man made dogma.....Catholics are not Christian. they follow a catholic bible....Lots of idolatry . Bowing and praying to statues is breaking the commandment....Exodus 20:4) Mary cannot hear your prayers. Only one mediator between God and man , Jesus Christ. ....1 Timothy 2:5 ).....You never confess your sins to a priest , you only confess sins to God. Jesus said, Call no man father. And i would not let my kids around their priests.
He forgot to mention that the AoG church is an off branch of the Catholic Church, And I'll give 100.oo dallors to anyone who can show us true total as in East to West differnces in the AoG Church and the Catholic Church. Yes I also attended the AoG church back in 1981 to 1983 is when I started climbing Ya'aqov's Ladder. (Gen. 28:10-12)
I am 5th generation COGIC and I went to Catholic School for 13 years. The pentecostal denomination is absolutely nothing like the Catholic Church. AG is nothing like them.
Ok, Let’s analyze this matter. You that you have attended both the Catholic Church and Church are there any differences between them? They both worship Jesus. This is clearly a Greek given name as in Jesus, jesu, zeus. While Scripture states He was Hebraic with a Hebraic name as in YAHUSHA Ben YAHUAH. You know as in Hallelu-YAH. Both worship on the same day Sunday the 1st day of the week, when clearly scriptures states the 7th Day Sabbath Rest, (Gen. 2:2).
Both have the same unclean dietary foods as in Pork, Shrimp etc. etc. While scripture clearly states it is a sin to eat unclean meats, (Lev. 11:7) & (Is.66:17). Both celebrate Hell-0-day, as in Christ-Mass, both bring in their house the Christ-Mass-Tree while in (Jer. 10:1-10) not to do it. They both search for the rabbits colored egss, later they both eat their Pork Ham.
Both use Greek/Roman titles as in Lord which is synonymous with Baal. Jesus, Jesu, zeus. (Op’pah) and reverse the letters in God, yes it is Dog. Now how can we relate are Heavenly Father with Dog? While our Messiah is Hebraic and His name is YAHUSHA Ben YAHUAH, Aluhiym. Our Messiah was both in Bethlehem and not Athens Greece.
Both Catholics and Christians believe that they have a license to sin by keeping His Commandments that pertain to us. They believe that they are above the Law of YAHUAH ‘wrong’ (John 14-15) & (1 John 2:4)
Both honor Mary, both call her Mary, in fact her name is Meriam. One prays to a Rosary and the other has prayer chain where people gather together and form a prayer chain.
So you see both Catholic and Christian are similar in a lot of ways. In fact Christianity is an off branch of the Catholic tree. HOWEVER, I’m not saying you are wrong. What I’m saying it’s time to step up the Ladder in your faith, and swim cross over the Jordan River to the Hebraic side, (Gen. 28:10-13). Shalom
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Jimmy Swaggert?
Does Pentecostal / aog believes that the only evidence of being baptised in the Holy Spirit is by speaking in tongues? Any Pentecostals or aog believers can enlighten on this?
When I became a member of the AG I signed a form saying I agreed that speaking in tongues is an “initial evidence” of baptism of the Holy Spirit. We’re decentralized enough that some may believe it’s right away or at a later time, and the gift needs to be activated.
Some Pentecostals say that it is a mandatory sign and you’re not if you don’t, but it’s definitely not the only evidence as there are other gifts of the Spirit and other evidences as well as more love for God and increased zeal among with better witnessing
The AG believes that speaking in tongues is the initial evidence as it was in Acts 2, but not the only evidence. You can find their official position paper on their website.
I briefly went to an AG school (even though I wasn't AG. My music teacher taught there so I applied) I was shocked at the racist treatment I and other non-white students received I transferred to a secular school after three semesters lmao
What sort of a racist treatment there was? Genuinely interested :)
that's interesting considering AG is one of the most racially diverse church I've ever seen. What happened they wouldn't take any to some sensationalized news story?
We divided from the COGIC because of southern pressure pre civil rights. That has been repented of since and we have reconciled with the COGIC
@@billmarshall268 If you must know, someone called me a slur and said I was granted admission b/c of Affirmative Action. There was also constant harassment (from students) saying we didn't "deserve" to be there and that we're "filling a diversity quota."
One thing Protestants will do is be condescending and dismissive.
Go have a stadium full of seats.
@@slibertas1996 COGIC and AoG divided long before the civil rights movement.
I was raised AG and can confirm all this. I think their theology is pretty sound, with the exception of ordaining women. I don't know how you can have Biblical inerrancy as part of your platform, but still ordain women. If you're going to go so far as to worry about drinking, which is a gray area, then why ordain women? I think it's a serious error. I also don't care for the style of worship, but to each his own.
My wife and I attend AoG.
She's heavily biased toward the charismatics, and I err on the side of conservatism.
I’m with you. I’m a member of an AG and I’m not a fan of charismatics (makes me stress out!) you don’t need to yell the Bible to be more powerful. 😅
they dont believe in Once Saved Always Saved
No we’re Arminian
Legalism runs deep in the AG.
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They believe living under the old covenant law? That’s what legalism is. Obeying God is not legalism.
do assemblies ascribe to calvinist once-saved-always-saved? My guess is they don't.
Not as a denomination but there are Calvinist Assembly church’s and i believe it’s common in the Australian branch of Assemblies of God
Officially, no.
I think they might lean that way more than most Pentecostal denominations do. Most Pentecostal denominations grew out of a Methodist background, but I think the AoG came from more of a Baptist background.
A assembleia de deus é de orientação arminiana .
O crente tem que se esforçar em andar em santidade para ser salvo .
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They are neither one. These are recent man made theological terms never used by the apostolic saints. Some things are predestined and others are not.
Grew up AG. From birth to age 35 or so. Stepped away from the AG but not Jesus. 45 now. He’s coming soon!!!
You should say why they left the COGIC church? 🧐
Here you go: th-cam.com/video/EYqcSLhJESA/w-d-xo.html
I love the Assembly of God church but always no matter what church you are in make sure, you are not following the church or pastor. My sheep know my voice & another they will not follow. But follow Jesus Christ by the word of God & Holy Ghost teaching is in the Bible. All of the gifts. If you go to a church & it's unorganized by the gifts of the spirit just know its always orderly. God bless & beware of false preachers no matter what church
I don't know I hear about them all the time .....but I don't share the same beliefs as they do....they the government of California in other woods or people that write rules or whatever .....I certainly don't want to be one even their certain beliefs in which their would commonalities different God I would say...
They started in Brazil in 1911 before the US
Note that the denomination called Assembleias de Deus in Brazil began as the Missão de Fé Apostólica. It was not until 1918 that they took the name of Assemblies of God, likely to align with the existing denomination in the US.
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From what I understand, all of them do not believe woman can be pastors or elders.
Here's the AG position paper on the subject. In the US, Assemblies of God is completely permissive of women in ministry: ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/The-Role-of-Women-in-Ministry
God is one person.His name is Lord Jesus Christ.We have to take babtism in the name of Lord Jesus Christ
I asked a girl out in high school once and she said she couldn't date me because her Assembly of God church forbid it.
That’s preposterous, I’m a member of AG and I’ve never heard such a thing. Maybe she was a UPCI
Maybe she just didn't want to tell me she didn't want to date me!
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Her parents also may have been strict and told her something like that.
propably apostolic (upci)
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Ya
Too many churches claiming to be the churches of God.
How does anyone ever know how to acquire salvation with all these differing Christian denominations?? The subtle differences make the distinction between salvation and damnation. So really no one can know who ends up where. It's rough to have to live with constant life and death anxiety like that.
I got saved, not by denomination, but by God when I wasn't even looking for Him. Jesus saved me from hellfire when I was 15, I believed the Gospel.
I am saying that all you need to know true salvation is from your heart truly , humbly seek God to tell you where the salvation is and what is the truth. In John 14 Jesus said He is the truth, and John 17 He said God's Word is true. When you have something that is true and truth there is only one way to interpret it correctly, one million wrong ones. I recommend by reading the gospel of John in context from chapter 1 to 21. My experience is that most people misapply and misunderstans Bible when they don't read it enough, in context and pray for God to lead them.
This is the salvation God in His Word talks about: we have sinned against holy and righteous God who is love and created all of us. He sent His Son, Jesus, to live a perfect life for us, to die for our sins, He was buried, and He rose again bodily for our justification. A man is saved from hellfire by simply believing, from the heart, Jesus did that for him. Once he does Jesus Christ saves him and he is born again of Holy Spirit. For Scripture references: Ephesians 1:13, Romans 3, Romans 4: 1-5, 22;23, Romans 5:1, Galatians 2:20 and on, Ephesians 2:8-9 etc.
Also here is one analogy I find to be helpful: I am a personal trainer. We all have lots of muscles on our bodies. People workout and use their muscles. What if a person who works on his back muscles now says: well, I do this movement to work on my chest. Is he right? No. All muscles have a specific function and purpose and attachment points. One truth of how muscles work(objective truth), one billion different opinions of trainees of how muscles do work. How do you know what muscles do? You study muscle anatomy.
@@NikoFinn How do you know which doctrines are correct, since all the denominations have different criteria for salvation??
The Bible is clear, regardless of the denomination. Repent and accept Jesus, the only way to the Father is through him. Everything else is fluff. The Bible is clear on the second part, spread the gospel, and love your neighbors.
Don't get caught on doctrine. I'm a member of an AG church and I can say that regardless of the denomination, they will agree that what I've said is correct.
Learn the church history my friend. You have the original Orthodox Church and then the Roman schism and then the Protestant reformation.
Why not just go to the original Greek Orthodox church?
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@@DFMoray I see you don't understand my question. Since the doctrines of salvation depend on interpretation there is no way to know the correct interpretation.
You had me until "speaking in tongues" 🤦♀️
Most everything else, except the prosperity crap and ordained women. Especially that last one is objectively sinful.
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Why? I don’t understand what’s the problem with ordained women?
@@Lion-dr7uv it's just in the bible that GOD doesn't give a woman the authority over a man in the ministry. So like, my teachers[ from when I was in school]? No problem. A manager in a shop? Yeah okay. But when it comes to GOD? No thanks.
To say that Christians who don't speak in tongues are not babtized with the HOLY SPIRIT is a blasphemy 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ and prove of the lack of Biblical knowledge of the person. Speaking in tongues is a gift of the HOLY SPIRIT. Not a baptism of the HOLY SPIRIT. The HOLY SPIRIT decides what gifts a person should have
Did you just look for the worst examples of people who are affiliated with The Assemblies of God?
The AG did not split from COGIC. They were formed separately with similar doctrine. I did read on a Wikipedia article that various pentecostal fellowships in 1914 "determined to separate from COGIC" and form the AG. However, I don't think any of those fellowships were part of COGIC, so the meaning is that they chose not to join the COGIC denomination and instead form a voluntary cooperative fellowship which they named the Assemblies of God. Thus this was not a split per se, but instead they formed separately. It is also obvious that race may have played an issue with who was invited at the forming of the AG. Later the AG condemned racism as sin and have since become very ethnically diverse.
AG was formed directly from ministers leaving COGIC. Watch this video to learn the history: th-cam.com/video/EYqcSLhJESA/w-d-xo.html
AG DID split from COGIC to say otherwise is to spread misinformation.
Sounds like a sect to me
apostate
The AG denomination is a mess. I'm glad I've been out of there for over 20 years now. Too many notable losers were generated by their teachings. Swaggart. Bakker. etc.
Don't forget the guy who claimed to have regrown a woman's amputated toes a few weeks ago (that won't show the regrown toes).
Paul and Jan Crouch...groan
@@wbl5649 Definitely. Jan and her pink hair and Paul declaring himself to be a little God really threw me off. That's why I quit watching the Total Blasphemy Network years ago. Oh yeah, Kenneth Copeland subscribes to the "I am a little god" heresy too.
The church is glad to have gotten rid of you
Niv a new york bible with delected scripture should not be in any christians hands or pulpit regardless of the religion or church.
Donnie Swaggart says wine in bible days was grape juice. So Lot and Noah and all the other people got drunk on grape juice. Swaggart is a bold face liar he knows better.
Speaking in tongues in the key opponent to satan, hence, he goes to every extreme to try to stop it. He can’t interpret it, he can’t intercept it, he even can’t stop it. Speaking in tongues totally & completely allows The Lord God to do on “Earth as it is in Heaven”. In the Book of Jude it says that we build up our most holy faith when we pray in tongues. But even still, The Lord God says that speaking in tongues is a gift, just like salvation; & a gift is only a gift if it’s received. There are plenty more reasons to speak in tongues which are also found in The Lord ‘s Love Book, The Bible😁.
Sounds like a biblically sound denomination, save for belief in the rapture.
That evidence of being baptized of Holy Spirit being speaking in tongues is one huge false doctrine. 1 Cor. 12 says not all speak in tongues. That is 100% false. Other thing seems to be fine except ordaining women as pastors(1 Timothy 3 and aTitus 1 oppose this).
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I’m all fairness AoG teaches it as a first initial evidence
I missed that bit about women ordination, right enough.
@@Lion-dr7uv That is 100% false also. 1 Corinthians 12 last 5 verses prove this. You put a burden on people if you think all must speak in tongues. You ought to be quiet if you teach like that.
I was in extreme charismatic side. It just baffles my why some church leaders completely bamboozle their congregation with this and elevate one gift of the Spirit above others. They are fleshly, that is the issue. Speaking in tongues has this wow- effect to it. Imagine if people elevated the gift of mercy as Romans 12 says?
In general, they're a bit too cozy with the NAR and its repeatedly demonstrated penchant for false prophets.
The Assembly of God has fallen into false teachings and established 360 churches that are intercultural and full of idols. God has called us out from among them! REPENT AG!
The cross is a dirty word to the assembly of God headquarters. Do you see any in their churches? The Bibles they use are watered down and powerless. Whats wrong with the King James. Never do their ministers talk about the return of Christ, they are comfortable in their powerful seats.
I’m not sure where you got your information, but this is totally not true of the Assemblies of God. We believe in in the Cross, resurrection and the return of Jesus. We are not ashamed of the Gospel and we proudly proclaim it!
I wrote twice to the headquarters of the Central Assemblies and spoke to the department head of Western, Pa. They have a black pulpit, drums, microphones, guitars, pianos, horns and lights, but not one cross. I was told that the preacher was a wonderful Christian and that they preach Jesus, so what's the problem. I asked if this was the denominations decision or the preachers. Received no answer. I told him that churches throughout the world are being burned to the ground and Christians have died for that cross. Why do you not have a cross in your sanctuary. He asked, who have you discussed this with! I asked why is the cross a controversy!! Maybe your church has a cross but this one didn't. I asked why do they avoid preaching about the rapture and why is the blood of Jesus never discussed. What direction I asked is this denomination going. So don't be so quick to down me, I will fight for the cross that isn't displayed.
I’m sorry you had that experience, but the statement you made was in general about every AG church and I must say it is just not true as a whole. As someone who has been in hundreds of AG churches around the world and worked in the national office of the Assemblies of God in Springfield Missouri, I can tell you that the word of God is preached boldly. We believe in the death, burial, and the second coming of Christ. The Cross is central to our faith! Without the precious blood of Jesus there is no forgiveness of sin.
Again, I’m sorry you had that experience. I just want you to know that it is not like that in most AG churches.
The Assemblies of God is the same as every other man made Protestant "church". Jesus created One Church, see Matt 16:18, the pillar and foundation of truth, see 1 Tim 3:15, and the Final Authority, see Matt 18:15-17. In 107AD, St. Ignatius of Antioch, a Bishop in Jesus's Church, wrote a letter, calling the Church "Catholic" or Universal. The name Stuck. Martin Luther came along in 1517 and started all the confusion of today, with thousands and thousands of man made Churches all teaching different beliefs and doctrines, yet reading the same Bible, which the Catholic Church gave to the world in the late 4th century. The end.
explain catholic in one second DOOMED!
Congressperson? 🤨
In this instance it covers both congressmen and congresswomen with 1 word. Could also have said "member of congress" and had the same effect.
@@morganerickson439 so designating person with "men" is so passee?
@@navienslavement No. A female in Congress isn't a congressman. She is a congresswoman. Congressperson covers both genders in fewer words than "congressman or congresswoman."
@@morganerickson439 oh look at the clock, it's Soylent time!
@@navienslavement looking for a conspiracy where there is none.
AofG = run far away. Heretical Pentecostal charasmatics.
Oh please,
Sure the Assemblies go God appears to have the Gift of Tongues down pat (I can sing Bibbidi Bobbed Boo from Cinderella- does that mean I speak in tongues?). They certainly lack the Gift of Discernment...