What is Assemblies of God?
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- Assemblies of God is the Largest Pentecostal Christian Denomination in the World and one of the largest in the United States. This video details the beliefs and practices of AG churches.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Major Christian Doctrines
0:46 Ordinances
1:19 Scripture
1:36 Creation
2:32 Sin & Salvation
3:12 Arminianism
3:42 Sanctification
3:55 Spirit Baptism
4:12 Speaking in Tongues
4:47 Divine Healing
4:57 Prophets & Prophecy
5:14 Apostles
5:38 Warnings & Cautions
7:15 Positive Confession/Word of Faith
8:26 Eschatology/End Times
8:48 Sexuality, Marriage & Divorce
9:26 Social Issues
9:50 Worship Style
10:13 Alcohol, Tithing
10:25 War
10:37 Polity & Government
11:13 Partnerships & Statistics
I am leaving the LDS church and will be visiting a Assembly of God church .
Congratulations!
May the Lord Jesus always lead you to the Truth. Always keep your eyes on Him
One cult to another rip
@@lemonlime5435are you Christian?
Hallelujah!
Love this video! I'm an Ordained AG Minister and you hit everything on the nail with accurate detail! Thank you for being objective as you deliver this information!
One clarification as well. The AG speaks of itself as a Missions sending movement. One of our top priorities is sending missionaries to imbed in the cultures they are apart of and bring Jesus. NOT Americanized Christianity. We believe that Jesus can cross all barriers including cultural and that His Gospel is enough for the salvation of those overseas. When the AG was formed we wanted to be the worlds greatest missions sending movement the world had ever seen. That's a huge priority for us is combing AGUSM (AG US Missions), US Ministry, AGWM (AG World Missions) and all our other focuses. That being said its a movement not a denomination
I am born again. Attended Catholic Churches here and there in the past and felt nothing. I’ve been attending an AOG church for two months only. The first time and every subsequent time, I cried during service. The worship music really does it for me as does the application of the Word of God to our own lives. I got baptized a month ago and received the Holy Spirit with the gift of speaking in tongues during Pentecost Sunday Service. It was the most powerful and best day of my life when I felt the Spirit descend upon me and then overflow with words of praise and tears of joy. I’m forever grateful for my pastor, my church and the Assemblies of God. But most of all, all glory goes to God and my King, Jesus!
Let the brainwashing begin.
Sounds like you’re chasing an experience…
@@lefebre27 Jesus wants a relationship with us so yes, that’s an experience worth chasing.
@@cherokeepurple4480 Jesus wants us to die to ourselves. When our faith is centered on an experience we feel, then in has a weak foundation and can be fractured at the slightest hardship. Just an encouragement
I am attending an Assembly of God church. I feel the Holy Spirit
I attend an AG church in Italy (chiesa ADI) and things here are carried out very carefully and respectfully to what the Bible say, during the prayer many people speak in tongues and it can happen that someone speaks in tongues with loud voice so that the congregation can hear, then after a few seconds the Spirit uses someone else in the congregation to interpret the prophecy in our language, all done with order, respect and reverence to the presence of God.
There is no tongues..its demonic...no miracles of healing... pentacostal it's a false gospel
Así es como debe de ser por que Dios es un Dios de orden en mi iglesia es igual , la gloria sea para Dios.
@@kerisutt7579 we do go by the Bible. I’m a member who came from Mormonism and heard about the prostitute and tax collector today.
@@kerisutt7579 feel free to look up Ellsworth S. Thomas. He was credentialed with the AOG in the 19 teens. Four consecutive generations of my family have been in the AOG and I've never heard of any exclusion for membership or leadership based on race.
Weird
Adding a comment for the algorithm gods because this channel is fun!
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Sounds like something that Scotty from Star Trek would say.
"I like this ship! It's exciting!"
Kudos sir! I have watched several of your videos recently and am impressed with your treatment of each denomination. You present what each church believes without your own commentary or judgement. I am a lifetime attender and long time credentialed minister of the Assemblies of God. You presented our beliefs truthful, honestly using direct quotes from our literature. That is highly commendable. I have enjoyed your videos on other denominations, some being unfamiliar to me. Again, you simply and clearly presented their doctrine in a completely fair manner. What you have done on this channel is very rare in today's world, and I want to thank you for being so even handed to all the churches. I told a friend about you, and I had to say that I honestly don't know what church you attend. For your purpose on this channel, that is high praise! Thank you for your work.
Thank you Ken!
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I’m getting baptized in assemblies of God
I grew up in the AOG but am now Roman Catholic.
This is nice to see. My wife (and her whole family) was raised AOG and I was raised baptist but left the church very early and was agnostic/atheist for about 10 years. But now I'm coming back but plan to join the Catholic Church. What made you leave AOG and become Catholic? Also, what did your AOG family and friends say about you joining the Church?
Very good presentation. This is an accurate understanding of the AG.
I really enjoy these types of vids!!
I attend a non-denominational church in Fort Worth, that used to be AG. The Pastors still get ordination from the AG, and I thought your video was very well done, not a lot of stone-throwing. I'm not sure if the "initial evidence" doctrine is set in stone anymore. Most of our Pastors (and myself) hold that the gift of tongues is valid, but the "best evidence" is in fruit, not gifts.
The official AG position is that speaking in tongues is initial and physical. Any AG credential holder who disagrees faces dismissal.
@@rh10033 as for "most people not holding that view," this indicates compromise on behalf of the individual congregation. If a credentialed minister (not an ordinary layperson) holds to the view that tongues is not necessary or initial physical evidence, the District/Network and General Council can and will revoke the ordination. The District/Network and General Council have no control over laypeople who attend church. The A/G does function with other denominations, but that's not relevant to its doctrinal distinctive. If a credential minister (not a layperson) admits to not believing in the doctrine of initial physical evidence, I would be tempted to file the appropriate charges against that minister with his or her District Superintendent.
@@richardlee2120 Nowhere in AG doctrine does it say that to be a Christian you have to speak in tongues. I understand that to be ordained in AG, you have to have been baptized in the Holy Spirit with evidence of speaking in tongues. But a lot of members and volunteers have never experienced this gift. I just watched a video where Doug Clay affirmed this position while talking with an Evangelical Free pastor that you do not need to speak in tongues to be saved.
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@@rh10033 I never said that at all. You misunderstood what I've said. Where did I say that AG doctrine mandates that tongues-speech is necessary to be a Christian? That is a United Pentecostal position, not our position. I'm well aware of what our General Superintendent said, as I've said the same thing. I'm also law-trained, like our former General Superintendent Dr. George O. Wood, so I parse words carefully.
Love this channel.
I joined the Assemblies of God church and the one I currently attend practices what they preach in the Gospel. I feel the Holy Spirit presence in the service, whereas I don't feel the Holy Spirit in the traditional liturgy services
what you're feeling is the chord progression , good music writing and lighting design.
it doesnt mean the holy spirit is absent in the traditional churches
I won't be tossing my church aside because of music and lighting, but I will say I don't get much out of the music because I want raised on it, it's too complicated for me to read (I can barely read music) and as far as lighting goes, well, we do have pretty stained
thank you for your awesome videos... they are jamb packed with concise info that makes comparisons and pros and cons so much easier to assess
I'm so glad to hear you like them!
On Pentecost Sunday, nice
I grew up in the Assemblies of God, now I am an Independent Baptist. If only AG churches actually practiced what they preached. I've seen so many go into the NAR it's heart breaking.
NAR?
@@timbryant8152 New apostolic reformation
just dump the crap completely
I'm the same and agree. I grew up in the AG and saw firsthand how many churches fall into Prosperity Gospel and NAR theologies and so easily and without accountability or correction from Presbyters. I'm now Reformed Baptist.
@@GabrielMartinez-su8di Blessings on you my brother in Christ.
Thanx, Joshua🌹🌹🌹
Wow thank you sir! 🙏
I attended the Assemblies of God for many years, but I am not with the church at the moment. I intend to rejoin the membership as I found it excellent for spiritual growth.
Good video
that was very well done, thank you. do you have any links to where you found the article on generational curses or the establishing of Apostles or prophets? I didn't realize there was a position paper on the subject.
Here you go: web.archive.org/web/20210615011409/ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/Endtime-Revival---Spirit-Led-and-Spirit-Controlled
Edit: fixed broken link
Nothing to say just love his work
I love your videos! Would you make one about sedevacantist Catholics?
Sedevacantisme is a mouvement, not a religion!
Yup. You pretty much nailed it.
Please do a video on Every Nation Churches and Ministries led by Dr. Steve Murrell and Dr. Rice Broocks.
I second this. I grew up in a megachurch that joined Every Nation shortly after my family left. Recently I've been looking into the history of that church and discovered that it was basically the result of the head pastor wanting more money for his endless church growth projects and his mismanagement resulted in financial issues that forced them to sell the big church building, which he blamed on Every Nation trying to take over. The church still exists at like one tenth of its peak membership size.
Without telling you what church it was, though you can easily look it up, it's notable for being the church where Joyce Meyers started her ministerial career before leaving and forming her own megachurch because the church would only allow women to be assistant pastors, not full pastors.
Video on Every Nation Churches coming in December.
I grew up nondenominational, but I was a part of an AG congregation for two years in my early adulthood. Easily the most traumatic experience of my life. I deal with mental health issues, and at every turn, they would treat it as demonic oppression. Also, one of the elders of that church once had someone try to exorcise me for asking him questions about a teaching he gave (thankfully, the person he told to exorcise me saw what was going on, and after pulling me aside, assured me that I did nothing wrong). Those things barely scratch the tip of the iceberg. It also didn't help that my political views aren't nearly as conservative as they would have liked, but that's another story. After I finally left, I went through a 6-ish month period where I was in what I like to call a "spiritual coma." I hadn't fallen out of the faith (I still prayed daily), but I had no idea who to trust, and for a time, I wasn't even sure if I could trust God. I later found my way to the ELCA, which ended up being the perfect fit, and was a great environment for my slow spiritual recovery. The liturgy was a constant stream of music and scripture, and I got to know the pastors well while I was there, but I never felt I needed to open up about my prior church experiences or my struggles until I felt ready to. It was there that I experienced Christ anew and knew beyond any reasonable doubt that he loves me and I love him too. Some time after, I moved to another city, and I joined another ELCA, and that congregation became family to me, and they helped me continue the process of breaking down the shame that had been imposed on me from that AG church, from relearning how to read scripture to relearning how to understand salvation and so on. That process still continues to this day (I really am doing better, for the most part), but sometimes those wounds still throb.
you are not alone! I had a similar experience, and ended up in the Episcopal Church.
Just because you had bad experience doesn't mean the entire ag is bad. Shees grow up
@@williamdonahue2422 Debunking catholicism
I'm more blessed than mary
Proof = Luke 11:27-28
27 And it happened, as He spoke these things, that a certain woman from the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and the breasts which nursed You!”
28 But He said, “More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!”
In Luke 11:27 that random woman LITERALLY said Jesus your mother is Blessed, but are Lord Jesus LITERALLY said Believers are more Blessed than mary. Amen and Amen
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CHRIST alone
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Acts 4:12 Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
1 Timothy 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus
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Work of God =
John 6:28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”
29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”
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1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach
Paul allows bishops to get marry, but catholic church goes against paul.
Now these catholic will give a Verses from 1 Corinthians7 to say that paul gave the advice to stay unmarried. But they will not tell you that the same chapter they quote says 1 Corinthians 7:28 "even if you do marry, you have not SINNED". The passage literally says "young women, young men" and a bishop is supposed to be a Church ELDER. Mic drop
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Jesus said Matthew 23:9
9 Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven.
And also said Holy Father to Heavenly Father= John 17:11
11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
Jesus said call no one Father but still catholics call *pope holy father.
Sad
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Whenever a catholic argue about mary being the mother of God
Use this to defeat the argument.
Luke 8:21 But He answered and said to them, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.”
Matthew 12:46-50
46 While He was still talking to the multitudes, behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak with Him. 47 Then one said to Him, “Look, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak with You.”
48 But He answered and said to the one who told Him, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?” 49 And He stretched out His hand toward His disciples and said, “Here are My mother and My brothers! 50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”.
Mark 3:35 For whoever does the will of God is My brother and My sister and mother.”
John 19:26-27
26 When Jesus therefore saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing by, He said to His mother, “Woman, behold your son!” 27 Then He said to the disciple, “Behold your mother!” And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. ( Jesus basically said John is the son of mary, and mary is the mother of John from that time onwards).
By the way sarah is the mother of all proof=Galatians 4:21-26.
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We should not pray to apostles
Romans 1:25
25 who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
Acts 10:25-26
25 As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him. 26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I myself am also a man.”
Acts 14:15
15 and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,
Revelation 19:10
10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 22:8-9
8 Now I, John, saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.
9 Then he said to me, “See that you do not do that. For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God."
Colossians 2:18
18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
You cannot go to Father through saints nor mary, you can only go to the Father through Lord Jesus Christ= John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
Holy Spirit intercedes for us=Romans 8:26
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
And CHRIST as well=Romans 8:34
34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
Hebrews 7:25
25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
It's Christ and Holy Spirit who intercedes for us not apostles
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There is only one Mediator between God and men LORD Jesus Christ= 1 Timothy 2:5
For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
Hebrew 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Hebrew 12:24 to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
Hebrew 8:6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
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Apostles are allowed to marry,
1 Corinthians 9:1-5
1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 2 If I am not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we have no right to eat and drink? 5 Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?
If Peter (peter is cephas read John 1:42) the so called "first pope" was married, why does the catholic church doesn't allow "pope" to marry?
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The so called vicar of christ/ pope/holy father Peter called himself a fellow elder in 1 Peter 5:1, and as per the qualifications of elder in Titus 1:5-9 the elder is allowed to get married; then why does the "pope" is required to be celibate and catholic? ( when Peter was neither celibate nor catholic).
1)Peter was not perfect human nor was he a perfect disciple
2)He sank down while walking on water
3)Our Lord said to peter get behind me satan
4)Peter reject our Lord 3 times
5)Our Lord rebuked Peter for calling fire from heaven
6)Our Lord rebuked Peter when he cut of the soilders ear
7)Paul rebuked Peter for being hypocrite because he was acting different in front of Jews and different in front of gentiles.
8) Moses messed up, and he was a important part of Bible ( that's why he never entered the promised land),
9)David messed up ( and he has the Holy Spirit),
10)King Soloman messed up,
11) Saul messed up and God regretted the decision (1 Samuel 15:10-11).
Hatrick (Saul then David then Soloman back to back messed up)
12)The apostles run away a day before Lord Jesus got locked up.
13)The early church messed up Rev 2:18-20
If these great people could mess up, why do you think the catholic church wouldn't mess up.
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Galatians 4:21-26
21 Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons: the one by a bondwoman, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and he of the freewoman through promise, 24 which things are symbolic. For these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai which gives birth to bondage, which is Hagar- 25 for this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children- 26 but the Jerusalem above is free, which is the mother of us all.
Sarah is mother of all, Not mary.
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Also the Church has many name like Christians, Evangelists, Children of God, Believers, servents of God, bride of Christ, but not once the Church is called catholics.
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Also, if the apostles didn't wrote it, I don't want it.
Sorry to hear that, people at every denominations have their bad apples. I work at an AG church and some people say things like that’s demonic or it’s demon related when it pertains to mental Illness, I shush them up and try and really talk to the person. It really just depends on the church. Glad you are still walking with Jesus, no matter the church or denomination
@@mynameis......23 Many people have bad experiences in AoG unfortunately. Not everyone, yes, but many.
I grew up COGIC AG is sister organization of COGIC I'm now conservative Pentecostal holiness trinitarian
i grew up i Assemblies of God Now im a Episcopalian for me very Judgemental
Where did you find the position paper on end time revival? It is not with the list of papers they have published on their website.
Here you go: ag.org/-/media/AGORG/Beliefs/Position-Papers/EndtimeRevival.pdf?la=en
I grew up in AG churches. It seems now that I might be joining a baptist church.
My AG is basically a glorified Baptist church. Not much different than a baptist at all. I Grew up in it, only hearing tongues a handful of times never with interpretations. I went to a lutheran church during my divorce and received a lot of love from them compared to my own church who gave me the cold shoulder.
I’m a new Lutheran too! Every Lutheran church I’ve visited has been so so lovely.
How is their view on sanctification progressive? I used to be AG but now am more reformed in my theology. Please if anyone can answer that would be helpful!
I went from AG to one of the most conservative denominations in presbyterianism. (Covenant Presbyterian Church Denomination). How did that happen
Progressive sanctification means a Christian becoming "progressively" more holy and resistant to sin throughout their life, as opposed to a one time event, and as opposed to full sanctification or sinlessness before death.
It has nothing to do with politics.
At 6:40 or so, you mention "birthing" as something AoG cautions against. My initial googling isn't revealing anything about what this means. Could you describe it more, or provide a link (that is understandable by lay people)?
Directly from the article, here is what they say:
Birthing. Another example of a kernel of truth being pushed beyond propriety is the teaching that believers must “birth” new Christians into the Kingdom. Paul used the parallel very appropriately when he wrote to the Galatians, “My dear children,…I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you” (Galatians 4:19). But when the parallel is vividly described with the imagery of a mother in the process of delivery and believers are encouraged to intercede lying in the physical position of a mother giving birth to a child, truth is abused.
web.archive.org/web/20210615011409/ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/Endtime-Revival---Spirit-Led-and-Spirit-Controlled
@@ReadyToHarvestWow is that is weird.
I'm a chilean pentecostal 🇨🇱🇨🇱 here most protestant churches are pentecostal, but not charismatic, called here "liberal churches" or "modern churches". And we have almost the same doctrine with Assemblies of God even when we have almost no contact, and the revival here (revival of Valparaiso) was totally independent from others revivals
It’s odd how Hispanic Pentecostals call non charismatics “liberal” when true liberality is theological in nature. Which most Pentecostals usually are.
@@anthonyramos1970 dude sorry but did u read my comment?? I said in CHILE the pentecostal church, which is very very conservative in all ways, use to call liberal churches to the CHARISTMATIC churches. The other protestant denomination here in Chile almost don't have any member but we call them just traditional churches.
I know in most central america the self called "pentecostal churches" are very liberal, the same in north america, but they are theologically CHARISTMATIC, not pentecostal.
Classical pentecostal (majority in ny country, Chile🇨🇱) are very conservative and we don't allow for example "laying in the spirit", that is a very important tradition in charistmatic churches.
Hillsong is a charistmatic church.
Assemblies of God is Clasical Pentecostal.
I let you some videos of pentecostal churches in Chile. We even have the Evangelical cathedral of Chile (most capacity of all churches in Chile including roman catholics) and every year the goverment come to the catedral in a Thanksgiving service.
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@@matiastolmo8936 yeah I wasn’t disagreeing with you man lol I was actually agreeing. Chill out
@@anthonyramos1970 oh hshshs sorry dude 😅 English is my third languages so sometimes I get confused 😅. God bless u🙏💙💙
@@matiastolmo8936 All good, God bless you too brother
In the sanctification, (I'm from AOG), there is not only progressive sanctification but also positional sanctification
Ready to Harvest: Do you have a video on PCG Pentecostal Church of God? They were located in Missouri but have moved their headquarters to Bedford, TX. Would like to see your summary on this entity.
I don't have anything on them (yet). I did several videos on Pentecostals recently, but when I get back around to doing more I plan to cover PCG, IPHC, and Oneness (UPCI)
I am part of an AG church in Latin America, I am Honduran. I'm not very up to date but here a Pentecostal church is like an AG church and an AG church is like a Peltecostal church, here there are also Mennonite churches, which before were quite conservative, now they are like a Pentecostal or AG church, what I have to say is that here within the AG churches, some do not agree that a person be named apostles and below that, they do not look favorably on a person who is named a prophet, something that I forgot, my dad is a preacher and in all the churches we have been to, in very few moments the pastors or the preachers speak in tongues... but they do speak. I must admit that I have never understood all these gringo denominations, there are few denominations here... or the ones I know of. Another thing I want to say is that there are independent churches here, but the majority always take the AG Pentecostal form.
AG member here but bible based faith
In my country, AG Church are very low in number. Not more then 100,000 member (I guess). Most of them are Pentecostal Church in Malaysia member.
All believers are raised on the Last Day. John 6 : 40...
details to include on the different denomination breakdowns that could be helpful is their views on the purpose of sex, marriage and use birth control methods as well as if they adhere to the quiverfull idea . As someone that married outside of my denomination I think having this information could be useful for young people. Obviously not everyone in the denomination follows the guidelines but it could give you a better idea.
Let me assist you on this: Sex: Only for marriage. Marriage: One Man One Woman. Birth Control: All allowed that is between you, your spouse, and physician. Abortion: NO....They are not Quiverfull. Never have been. While they do believe Children are a Blessing sent from God.
Convinced that my AG experience growing up destroyed my sense of self worth as a child. Idk if this is a faith based channel, and I mean no hate, but. I have had so much unpacking to do since I left
AG is the biggest protestant denomination in brazil. so much of what brazilians harbor in their minds about protestants and their faith is tied to AG theology and practices: evangelicalism, tongues and prophecy, arminianism, pre-millenialism and pre-tribulationism, so on and so forth.
Kinda close but a few places where you read assumption into the Position Papers. For example, the AG is not Armenian.
"The position most typically held in the Assemblies of God is called Arminianism, after Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609)." ag.org/Beliefs/Position-Papers/Reformed-Theology-Response-of-the-AG-Position-Paper
Armenian, which you wrote, refers to people in the country of Armenia, which is something different altogether.
The AG allows for other soteriological beliefs, however in my intro to missions and AG class my teacher specifically stated that we are Armenian in our theology. Which makes sense, because before I know it I could tell by the way people talked about soteriological topics that we were Armenian.
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I was raised AG, so I can confirm all this. After I got married I switched to Baptist. I don't have anything against AG in terms of theology, but I didn't care for the rock and roll style worship service which they all seem to be doing now these days.
You need to work with Religion for Breakfast... you two would make some fantastic content
Seems they have modified their position on devorse from 1970/1974 to now some.
Yes, the modification occurred in 2001. Marriages/divorces that occurred before conversion are not held against a ministerial applicant.
@@richardlee2120 Well that's quite a change as the A-of-G in my day had elevated devorce up there above murder. In my day a person that had committed murder before any perceived conversation could be considered for ordination. Someday these folks may let the Bible be the rule of faith & practice. Thanks for the feed back.
Here in New Zealand 🇳🇿, definitely so. Up to the 1990s the AoG movement was fundamentalist, KJB, large and strong, having been started in a Smith Wigglesworth meeting in 1927. I got saved in one in 1969 (at age 27). After 2000 and the liberal modified position introduced, progress has been in reverse, and as of 2021 the NZAoG has become a tidal backwater. The big churches became independents. Under the rule of one AoG per town or district, small startup churches could and did apply to be the AoG affiliated church of that area. Because those little ones have failed to grow, the net result has been a huge loss of numbers of folk affiliated with the AoG.
If we believe in Jesus Christ as our lord and savior we can worship as we please. Stop calling different denominations as cults
Where in this video did he call this denomination a cult? What minute and second can I find it? What other videos did he do that in?
What's your definition of a cult?
John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost
2 John 9
Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
There is no consistency in teaching in AG churches. Most of the things you stated they’re against: Dominion Theology, Positive Confession, the Prosperity Gospel, Generational Curses are preached on every week at AG churches. My wife and I were married in an AG church and we had to leave that church due to these practices. Speaking in tongues without interpretation was common in almost every service.
Most if not all of the Prosperity “Health & Wealth” churches in the area where I live either belong to the AG or were members of the AG at one time. The largest mega church in the city where I work is an AG church and one of the lead pastors is a big fan of Joel Osteen.
Some of the big names in The AG include:
Créelo Dolllar
Brian Houston
Jim & Tammy Bakker
Jimmy Swaggart (former AG church)
Paul & Jan Crouch
Benny Hinn, ex-member
Silas Malafaia (Brazil)
Etc.
They also claim that Calvinism is one of the essential threats to the Christianity among other things.
For accuracy's sake, Creflo Dollar is not Assemblies of God, Brian Houston is not any more, neither is Jim Bakker, and that's just the first three you listed.
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Jimmy Swaggart is the only one listed although no longer AOG but independent Pentecostal who in doctrine and practice follows the old paths where the AOG once tread. His ministry and that of his son would be fairly typical of where the AOG was 50 years back and would be more in keeping with their official position than most affiliated congregations.
I am not Pentecostal, rather a non-denominational, dispensational Free Grace believer but would take a mildly continuationist view of the sign gifts. I have a lot of respect for the old style classical Pentecostals of the Finished Work vein and there seem to be fewer and fewer of them remaining, even in the recognised denominations that go by the name. As ramlin35 pointed out, they have in large part been heavily influenced by dubious teachings that sprung from the extreme end of the Charismatic movement and have adopted tenets at the very least.
I think it depends on the AG church that you go to. The AG church that is connected with the ministry I am a part of, condemned the prosperity gospel and said that the church would never condone such a thing. The congregation is mixed on what they think of Joel Osteen, Hillsong, etc. I personally don't care for either, although I do like some Hillsong worship songs. I don't agree with all of their theology though.
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Some would still be conservative but a lot have gone in a pragmatic, seeker sensitive direction imbibing what is popular but Scripturally questionable. The AOG has changed shape a lot but wouldn't be true of every congregation. In time, the more conservative churches will likely form their own association or go independent.
@@bloodboughtbigphilr8266 Honestly, I hope not. We have enough denominations. We don't need anymore splits. But I also don't want compromising of the bible's authority. The body in America seems to be a mess :(
MY MOM~ METHODIST
MY DAD~ASSEMBLIES OF GOD
ME~ Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ
What I mean is that each one of you says, "I follow Paul," or "I follow Apollos," or "I follow Cephas," or "I follow Christ." Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.)
1 Cor. 1:12-13,
Without a simultaneously communal relationship with Christ's body, His Church, you will not be recognized when we enter the bridal chamber.
I attend church but regard faith as a personal matter, don't seek spiritual guidance from church leadership. I chose my church based on the fact they feed the hungry. It's doesn't matter what flavor or religion it is.
@@markrichards6863 I am glad to read that you attend church this is very important. As far as the second half of your comment, it concerns me a little bit. Jesus said he must be worshiped in spirit and in truth. If your church is preaching that Jesus was a straight man and my church preaches that he was a lesbian woman one of us is obviously wrong and outside of truth and our worship is null. So therefore, I think it really matters what religion or what is being taught in the local church. Our eternity may depend on it. Well I also believe that we have our own personal relationship with Jesus The Bible teaches that we are to have a relationship with our local church as Christ died for his church and throughout the Bible he is always instituted the people of God as a group.
@@josesevinelevin9262 Preaching at people doesn't impress me. Helping people for the good of doing it does impress me. Sitting in a pew praying will likely only get you splinters I'd you don't get out of the pee and help your community....for nothing in return.
I’m Assemblies of God snd happy
AG start in Brazil in 1911 before in the US
Cool to know, source?
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There are way to many branches of Christianity. Would be awesome if we (the body) could agree on anything.
I'll help you out.
I finished this video. And I'm like Arminian and believe people can fail salvation from this scripture I found Galatians 5:19-21 that when sinning that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians was Paul's teachings, proves it can fail eternal salvation. Grandpa believed he couldn't go to Hell, and Arminians believe he could.
I'm against suicide. I was depressed also to suicidal. I almost did suicide as a 5-Point Calvinist. And these scriptures got me more hope.
I became more Arminian now from these scriptures I posted on here. I believe people can fail salvation.
Loving God is wanting to be useful for him much. What if a person could do that much of his time? And I enjoy working from this. People who enjoy working. When it's more likely to be boring to non-Christians.
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Mark 9:33 (V)They came to Capernaum; and when He was in (W)the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?"
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Mark 9:34 But they kept silent, for on the way (X)they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest.
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Mark 9:35 Sitting down, He called the twelve and said to them, "(Y)If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all."
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This is for Christian world domination. Why to raise kids Christians. God Son Jesus said similarly to whoever is useful the most is the best merited of the apostles. Useful merit for eternal rewards and competition with other Christians. With God Son Lord Jesus Christ faith teaching, people will want to be useful for the kingdom of Heaven, which usefulness happens on Earth and if any other place. We need to help this world as much as we can!
This text could motivate, supposed to be Christian people, to do all types of usefulness. Chores, volunteering, grade school, high school, college, and work. Good people, this world needs them.
There was ONLY 12 Apostles (of which Paul was NOT one) and there have never been and will never be any others.
Assemblies of God seem like personal development conferences, they bring "preaching" in people's minds. Rarely they speak of holiness or of sin, not about of the law of God, it is a form of disguise of the word of God that they preach under the christian psydonym.
My husband is a lay person that constantly preaches about repenting of sin and not conforming to the culture. I think it depends on the church, honestly. The head pastor of our affiliated church just gave a sermon on not compromising truth and upholding God's Word over our ever changing cultural norms.
@@johnmarquardt1991 I attended more than 5 years an assembly of God in France, they do not speak of sin or holiness as if everyone is perfect in the room
The ones I were in relationship with definitely were holiness preachers
@@johnmarquardt1991 they were all about the Gospel.
@@johnmarquardt1991 What state? In Indiana this would not fly at all
they have a statement against the NAR, Joel's Army, Birthing etc...YET the majority of the AG churches in my area practice this mess....thus why, I have left.
@trishaah46 God bless you! ✝️ 🙌❤️
AG is so big that it hoods everything inside haha
All these alleged protestant religions away from the Catholic Church have joined the Catholic Church in worshiping God on their holy Sunday against the teaching of our
Bible. God even tells us He changes not and is the same yesterday, today and forever (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8). God says following the doctrine of men your
worship is vain (worthless) (Mark 7:7, Matthew 15:8-10). All promises in the Bible are given to obedient people.
Whooaaaa based AG????????
I notice how you don't have no scripture to back a lot of that up as Paul himself said I am glad I speak in tongues more than all of you but I would rather speak five words with my intelligence than 10,000 in an unknown tongue where it upsets the church and you need an interpreter and on and on Paul is speaking against speaking in tongues right here he is being gracious with this new church and I think it was women that came up with this babbling and that's why he's telling the women need to be silent in church and if they want to learn anything they need to learn it from their husband and at home
We are not a cult
2000 years ago God gave us His son. 1900 years later He gave us AoG to show us “true Christianity”. God is so patient.
What a silly, baseless assertion to make
@@jacobstabler9138 the AoG faith can be defended from scripture alone and if you disagree then you lack enlightenment given by the Holy Spirit who is truth and then you can say I’m wrong and claim you’re interpretation is correct and you’re guided by the Holy Spirit. And then we both walk away sad that our brother isn’t walking in the fullness of truth. It’s sad that we have an infallible book and so many fallible interpretations of it outside of our tradition. And I’m left with this same scenario playing out many times when I meet my brothers from another denomination. I can only walk away sad for them and their lack of understanding but thankful for God’s providential leading in my life. Pray the scales fall off eyes abundant.
@@kevinmc62 The AoG can be defended from scripture alone? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I've never seen a denomination that spends more time explaining that the Bible doesn't mean what it says! Okay, defend the pretrib rapture from scripture alone, and without resorting to shameless BS! Is 1 Corinthians 15:52 a reference to the rapture? Is the last trump before the tribulation?
I’m sorry. I was being sarcastic guys.
@@jamesreed5678 Jesus is coming back to scoop up only those who LOOK for his coming. If you aren't eagerly anticipating his return, (glancing out the window every few minutes), then you may just miss the big event! "Behold, the bridegroom cometh!" cried the five wise virgins, who thought enough of the husband-to-be to always be on high alert for his arrival! The other five were too busy (or bored) to bother with all the hoopla that is included in a wedding procession! And when the train actually pulled into the station, the foolish ones were flaunting off to Walmart or the fitness club, and because of their lack of heart-felt love and adoration for the bridegroom, they missed the only chance they will ever have! The train had been and gone!
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They have a good Bible sense, however, they treat blacks like we are second class citizens
Every AG church I’ve been in has been VERY controlling, judgemental and shaming. I’ve found other Pentecostal denominations to be a lot better
Dear person, the scripture says” all scripture is useful for teaching ,rebuking ,correcting and training in righteousness …I give you this charge: preach the word of God,be prepared…correct,rebuked and encourage…” Pay attention to the order.Rebuking and correcting are perhaps some of the most neglected responsibilities of the leaders for a lot of reasons.One that I seen in the world is that we have been train in our culture to be offended about everything. In the church the prosperity gospel and the gospel of comfort , etc. The quotation above you can get it in a NIV concordance for you to check it for your self and be a good Berean disciple
Well, sure, the most natural reading of Genesis is a six-day creation. Likewise, the most natural reading of the "Cinderella" story is that her fairy godmother turned a pumpkin into a coach so that she could attend the prince's ball. The question in both cases is, did that happen?
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Well, all the AG people I ran into were former Catholics, which to me means if it wasn't for the Catholic Church there would be no AG. Apparently they were never taught what they had in the RC Church or decided to walk away from a hard teaching: accept John 6:55 or experience John 6:66 - no accident in that number sequence. Denial of the words of the one born in Bethlehem (which means House of Bread) who was laid in a manger (a feeding trough), whose gift proclaimed in John 6:55 was prefigured by the manna as well as His birth place and situation is no small thing to do. He lets them walk away because they took it literally, as He meant it, but they failed to believe. Hence the AG symbolic communion, is actually only symbolic since they have not the power to confect the sacrament. They have run after trinkets and left the pearl of great price, all that glitters is not gold, and all that looks like bread is not bread, but something much more. God's own words and the testimony of the saints agree. No pope, nothing but disunity, we have 30,000 experiments to prove it.
One of us is dead wrong, I pray God will be gracious to both.
@@timbryant8152 The manifest evidence for the Catholic Church being founded by Christ is in the bible and in history, No other church was founded and He did not leave us leaderless without a chief shepherd on this earth. The Jews had Moses, He gave us Peter with the keys and Peter was the first pope. As for the presence of Jesus in Communion, you need an ordained priest who has had hands laid on him in sequence from the very first apostles, actual Apostolic Succession. Without that you have mere contrivance of men and nothing more. Which is why there are 30,000 and more kinds of Protestants who are taught NOT to take anything literally that Catholics take literally. Only ignorant uninformed Catholics would ever leave the True Presence of Jesus Christ found in the Tabernacle of every Catholic Church. To leave Him is no small matter, and to deny His teaching on it is no small matter. Ands to deny the guy He left with the keys is no small matter. To divorce is no small matter, abortion is no small matter, and NOT confessing ones' sins to those to whom He gave the power to forgive sins is no small matter either. He did not blow on them and tell them "receive the Holy Spirit whose sins you shall forgive are forgiven them whose sins you retain are retained" for nothing. He bothered to do that AFTER rising from the dead. - that is no small matter. Which is why the second Sunday after Easter is called Divine Mercy Sunday- it celebrates the gift and command of God for the forgiveness of sin. Obedience to Christ mandates obedience to legitimate authority established by the King and the one to whom the king gave the keys. All else is rebellion.
@@timbryant8152 Glory to Jesus Christ the cornerstone, for Peter the Rock, upon who the Church is built.
@@johnjon1823 I can’t see hardly anything that the Catholic Church does that seems biblical to me.
Praying to Mary.
Mary worship.
Calling your priest (father).
Idol worship.
Praying to the saints.
Relying on traditions of men instead of the word of God
Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles not Peter.
Peter and the other eleven were called as apostles to the Jews.
Read the Bible John Jon.
@@scottwalker65 The KJ bible is missing some pages, not a small thing for someone claiming to follow the bible. Did you remove them?
The communion of saints which is the "cloud of witnesses" are quite alive and can and do pray for those who ask them to do so, just like anyone else can. Exactly ZERO Catholics worship Mary, to believe otherwise is evidence of ignorance in the extreme, you call up down and down up. Not a small mistake.
Traditions of men consists of the 30K plus different Protestant groups who all teach different things, all conflicting taught by different men founded at different times they are by definition Babel and if you are a Protestant, you live in Babel. You live among the Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, and the Kool-Aid drinking cults who did the big suicide thing in South America, you are in the same boat as the church created by the fornicating murderer king Henry VIII, and the same group with the fornicating heretic Martin Luther, THOSE are the traditions of mere men. They are a made up gospel. They are the gospel of approved sodomy, abortion, and everyone his very own pope.
As for the Apostles, all but John were martyred Catholic Bishops. Thomas martyred in India, where his Catholic followers exist to this very day. History is replete with the examples. GO look to India see where Thomas went and see to this very day his Catholic followers, nobody but Catholics existed until the Protestant rebellion. After that it is all make it up as you go for Protestants, they can't even agree on who Jesus is, Babel.
There are no denominations in the kingdom of God. Come out from among them.
No. You ever heard of Church History?
God will seperate the sheep from the goats. One day we will see the true church.
@@rh10033 we can know who the true church is here now. Are they baptized in his name, filled with his Spirit, and walking in obedience to his commandments? If not then they are not of his church.
@@aaronjordan7250 Yes, we can have a clue and I consider those people to be true Christians no matter what denomination they are in. But only God knows what is in people's hearts. He knows their true motives. Some appear to be Christians, but may not be. Kind of like how the pharisees thought they were great, but many of them didn't please God at all.
1 Cor. 4:5 Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men’s hearts; and then each man’s praise will come to him from God.
@@rh10033 You aren’t understanding my speech ma’am.
A Christian is someone who is baptized in Jesus name for the remission of their sins, is filled with the Holy Ghost which will cause you to speak with other tongues when you receive it, and is walking in obedience to the commandments and staying faithful in the doctrine of Christ.
If a man or woman is none of these, then they are not a Christian and are not of his church
As it is written
2 John 9
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
It's because they're in Babylon they're confused
its the cuckoos nest
And the scripture is very clearly teach that when a man is dead he is dead he does not have an immortal Soul he's going to be resurrected in one Resurrection or the other the Bible is so plain on this but yet you people insist on believing in some Eternal punishment forever and ever and ever doesn't that make God a sadistic monster
Evolution deniers. 😢 not the one for me.
Goofy, and sad.
Speaking in tongues is pure nonsense. It is pagan in origin.
The Historical Church did perform speaking in tounges, but there were rules for such an activity, including having 2 other brothers translating the tounge speaker.
@@acekoala457 Very odd
@@kylec8950 big difference between when it's done historically and with Pentecostals is that it was actual languages. Not gibberish.
I do believe it's possible, though very unlikely, for a modern Christian to have the gift of tongues, but it would be just that: a spiritual gift. You either have it or you don't. It's not something to be bestowed on you through praying for it, and it has nothing to do with sanctification let alone any supposed "second work of the Holy Spirit."
Let me guess, you have never read the Bible and worship at the alter of John Maccarther...
AoG is so apostate.
Women pastors is one of the earliest clear signs of apostacy.
These AG people are tore up from the floor up. They don’t have consistency, and they appear to ride the fence on lots of issues. Many of their positions as presented in your video are absolutely not biblical. This is absolute chaos. Apparently, anything goes. 🤪
Its a cult
Sounds like a waste of time, the jesus myth was a Roman fairytale
... the Roman government hated Christians and routinely executed them lol. Not sure it was a fairytale for the Romans as much as it was a hinderance
@@mcgheebentle1958 Ever heard of the Boogeyman?
@@P4yn3 We get it, you're an atheist, go beg for attention elsewhere.
@rae there are historical documents (beyond the Bible) that talk about Jesus
@@Matt-ql1cj Numerous secular scholars have presented their own versions of the so-called “Historical Jesus” - and most of them are, as biblical scholar J.D. Crossan puts it, “an academic embarrassment.” From Crossan’s view of Jesus as the wise sage, to Robert Eisenman’s Jesus the revolutionary, and Bart Ehrman’s apocalyptic prophet, about the only thing New Testament scholars seem to agree on is Jesus’ historical existence. But can even that be questioned?
The first problem we encounter when trying to discover more about the Historical Jesus is the lack of early sources. The earliest sources only reference the clearly fictional Christ of Faith. These early sources, compiled decades after the alleged events, all stem from Christian authors eager to promote Christianity - which gives us reason to question them. The authors of the Gospels fail to name themselves, describe their qualifications, or show any criticism with their foundational sources - which they also fail to identify. Filled with mythical and non-historical information, and heavily edited over time, the Gospels certainly should not convince critics to trust even the more mundane claims made therein.
The methods traditionally used to tease out rare nuggets of truth from the Gospels are dubious. The criterion of embarrassment says that if a section would be embarrassing for the author, it is more likely authentic. Unfortunately, given the diverse nature of Christianity and Judaism back then (things have not changed all that much), and the anonymity of the authors, it is impossible to determine what truly would be embarrassing or counter-intuitive, let alone if that might not serve some evangelistic purpose.
The criterion of Aramaic context is similarly unhelpful. Jesus and his closest followers were surely not the only Aramaic-speakers in first-century Judea. The criterion of multiple independent attestation can also hardly be used properly here, given that the sources clearly are not independent.