Tag: Assemblies of God

Armstrong elected not to renew his credentials with the Assemblies of God months after criticizing Assemblies of God General Superintendent Doug Clay for making comments that he believes minimized the abuse Savala is accused of perpetuating on young men through Chi Alpha.

Worship space seating grew from 625 to 1,225. Merrill said attendance at the church has grown to about 700. He also said the church has come to be viewed as a regional church and facility by members and by Assemblies of God denominational leaders.

Barrett became an Assemblies of God minister in 1988 and has previously served on the Executive Presbytery of the Ohio Ministry Network and on the General Presbytery of the Assemblies of God.

"It's incredibly overwhelming," Clay said. "I suspect you'd agree with me it's difficult to find the right expressions in times like this, so I first of all want to say thank you for your expression of confidence."

AN Iranian Assemblies of God (AG) pastor, his wife and two church workers have been returned to jail after their one-year sentences for converting to Christianity and "propagation against the Islamic regime through evangelism" were upheld by a high court on May 1.

THE Assemblies of God pastor is also vice president of social justice for the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference and director of its Illinois chapter. The NHCLC is a grassroots coalition of more than 40,000 churches representing nearly 16 million Hispanic born-again Christians in the U.S.

ASSSEMBLIES of God pastors across the US are integrating children's material into their standard services, and teaching the same biblical topics for all age groups simultaneously.

IRANIAN security forces closed down the Jannat Abad Church, an Assemblies of God (AG) church in Tehran, in June, leaving the 100-member church without a home. Now, church officials stateside are responding.

THE Assemblies of God announced a staff right-sizing as part of a strategic restructuring of its organization, including an ongoing transition from print to digital resources to more efficiently and effectively serve its churches and ministry partners.

AG reported that its U.S. adherents increased four percent in 2010, which is several times higher than the U.S. population growth rate, which is about one percent a year.