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Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 2010 - Cokesbury

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US RELIGIOUS BODIES<br />

Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God has become one <strong>of</strong> the largest<br />

church groups in the modern Pentecostal movement<br />

with over 61 million adherents worldwide.<br />

Throughout its existence it has emphasized the<br />

power <strong>of</strong> the Holy Spirit to change lives <strong>and</strong> the participation<br />

<strong>of</strong> all members in the work <strong>of</strong> the church.<br />

The revival that led to the formation <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God <strong>and</strong> numerous other church<br />

groups early in the 20th century began during times<br />

<strong>of</strong> intense prayer <strong>and</strong> Bible study. Believers in the<br />

United States <strong>and</strong> around the world received spiritual<br />

experiences like those described in the Book <strong>of</strong><br />

Acts. Accompanied by baptism in the Holy Spirit<br />

<strong>and</strong> its initial physical evidence <strong>of</strong> “speaking in<br />

tongues,” or a language unknown to the person,<br />

their experiences were associated with the coming<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2), so participants<br />

were called Pentecostals.<br />

The church also believes that the Bible is God’s<br />

inspired infallible Word to man, that salvation is<br />

available only through Jesus Christ, that divine<br />

healing is made possible through Christ’s suffering<br />

<strong>and</strong> that Christ will return again for those who<br />

love Him. In recent years, this Pentecostal revival<br />

has spilled over into almost every denomination in<br />

a wave <strong>of</strong> revival sometimes called the charismatic<br />

renewal.<br />

Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God leaders credit their church’s<br />

rapid <strong>and</strong> continuing growth to its acceptance <strong>of</strong> the<br />

New Testament as a model for the present-day<br />

church. Aggressive evangelism <strong>and</strong> missionary zeal<br />

at home <strong>and</strong> abroad characterize the denomination.<br />

Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God believers observe two ordinances-water<br />

baptism by immersion <strong>and</strong> the Lord’s<br />

Supper, or Holy Communion. The church is<br />

Trinitarian, holding that God exists in three persons-<br />

Father, Son <strong>and</strong> Holy Spirit.<br />

Headquarters<br />

Media Contact: Juleen Turnage, Dir. <strong>of</strong> Public<br />

Relations, Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God 1445 N.<br />

Boonville Ave., Springfield, MO 65802-1894,<br />

Tel. (417)862-2781 Fax (417)862-5554 Email:<br />

info@ag.org<br />

Email: Statistics@ag.org<br />

Website: www.ag.org/top<br />

Officers<br />

Gen. Supt., George O. Wood<br />

Asst. Supt., L. Alton Garrison<br />

Gen. Sec., James T. Bradford<br />

Gen. Treas., Doug Clay<br />

World Missions, Exec. Dir., L. John Bueno<br />

AG U.S. Missions, Exec. Dir., Zollie L. Smith, Jr.<br />

Great Lakes: Larry H. Griswold, P.O. Box 620,<br />

Carlinville IL, Tel. (217)854-4600 Fax<br />

(614)396-0701<br />

Gulf: Douglas Fulenwider, P.O. Box 7388,<br />

Alex<strong>and</strong>ria, LA 71306, Tel. (318)445-6238,<br />

Fax (318)473-9344<br />

North Central: Clarence W. St John, 1315<br />

Portl<strong>and</strong> Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55404,<br />

Tel. (612)332-2409, Fax (612)332-2510<br />

Northeast: H. Robert Rhoden, 3525 Corrotoman<br />

Rd., Glen Allen, VA 23060, Tel. (804)755-6181<br />

72<br />

Northwest: Warren Bullock, 3535 Auburn Way<br />

S, Auburn, WA 98092, Tel. (253)833-8252,<br />

Fax (253)351-2943<br />

South Central: J. Don George, 4401 N. Highway<br />

161, Irving, TX 75038, Tel. (972)261-1919<br />

Fax (972)261-1895<br />

Southeast: Dan Betzer, 6901 Harbor Ln., Ft.<br />

Myers, FL 33919, Tel. (239)936-6277, Fax<br />

(239)936-9365<br />

Southwest, Richard Dresselhaus, 6126<br />

Bernadette Ln., San Diego, CA 92120 Tel.<br />

(619)286-9361<br />

Language Area—West Spanish, Jesse Mir<strong>and</strong>a<br />

Jr., 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, Tel.<br />

(714)556-3610, Fax (714)966-5471<br />

Language Area Other, Nam Soo Kim, 13030 31st<br />

Ave Flushing NY 11354, Tel. (718)321-7800,<br />

Fax (718)321-9394<br />

Ethnic Fellowship, John E. Maracle, P.O. Box<br />

83387, Phoenix, AZ 85071, Tel. (602)216-<br />

6001, Fax (602)216-6004<br />

Language Area – East Spanish, Saturnino<br />

Gonzalez, 830 California Woods Cir, Orl<strong>and</strong>o<br />

FL 32824, Tel. (407)850-9861, Fax (407)<br />

852-9887<br />

Ordained Female – A. Elizabeth Grant, P.O. Box<br />

990, Springfield MO 65801, Tel. (417)833-<br />

5562, Fax (417)833-5568<br />

Ordained Pastor under 40 – R Bryan Jarrett, P.O.<br />

Box 99, Wylie, TX 75098, Tel. (417)495-1116,<br />

Fax (972)495-4913<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> the Treasury, Gen. Treas., Doug Clay<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> Church Ministries <strong>and</strong> Discipleship,<br />

Executive Director, L. Alton Garrison<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> World Missions, Exec Dir., L. John<br />

Bueno<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> U.S. Missions, Exec. Dir., Zollie L.<br />

Smith, Jr.<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> Publication, Gospel Publishing<br />

House, Natl. Dir., J. T. Wray<br />

Division <strong>of</strong> Communications, Natl. Dir., Juleen<br />

Turnage<br />

Periodicals<br />

Enrichment - A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry<br />

High Adventure, Today’s Pentecostal Evangel,<br />

Heritage, On Course<br />

Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God International Fellowship<br />

(Independent/Not affiliated)<br />

April 9, 1906 is the date commonly accepted by<br />

Pentecostals as the 20th-century outpouring <strong>of</strong><br />

God’s spirit in America, which began in a humble<br />

gospel mission at 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles.<br />

This spirit movement spread across the United<br />

States <strong>and</strong> gave birth to the Independent<br />

Assemblies <strong>of</strong> God (Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian). Early pioneers<br />

instrumental in guiding <strong>and</strong> shaping the fellowship<br />

<strong>of</strong> ministers <strong>and</strong> churches into a nucleus <strong>of</strong> independent<br />

churches included Pastor B. M. Johnson,<br />

founder <strong>of</strong> Lakeview Gospel Church in 1911; Rev.<br />

A. A. Holmgren, a Baptist minister who received<br />

his baptism <strong>of</strong> the Holy Spirit in the early Chicago<br />

outpourings, was publisher <strong>of</strong> Sanningens Vittne, a<br />

voice <strong>of</strong> the Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian Independent Assemblies

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