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Assemblies Of God National Fellowships
This list of Assemblies of God National Fellowships is a list of 144 autonomous associated national groupings of Assemblies of God churches. The information comes from the World Assemblies of God Fellowship.World Assemblies of God FellowshipPARTICIPATING COUNTRIES worldagfellowship.org, USA, accessed September 17, 2019 Africa * Angola Assemblies of God * Assemblies of God in Benin * Assemblies of God in Botswana * Assemblies of God in Cameroon * Assemblies of God in Ethiopia * Assemblies of God in Gabon * Assemblies of God in Guinea * Assemblies of God in Ivory Coast * Assemblies of God in Mauritius * Assemblies of God in Mozambique * Assemblies of God in South Africa * Assemblies of God in Togo * Pentecostal Assemblies of God in Zambia * Assemblies of God of Cape Verde * Assemblies of God of Madagascar * Assemblies of God of Niger * Assemblies of God of Reunion Island * Assemblies of God of the Democratic Republic of the Congo * Assemblies of God, Ghana * Burkina Faso Assemblie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assemblies Of God
The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church''. Ed F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone. Oxford University Press Inc. ''Oxford Reference Online''. Oxford University Press. Accessed 22 June 2011. As an international fellowship, the member denominations are entirely independent and autonomous, but they are united by shared beliefs and history. The Assemblies originated from the Azusa Street Revival of the early 20th century. This revival led to the founding, in 1914, of the Assemblies of God in the United States, the first Finished Work Pentecostal denomination. Through foreign missionary work and establishing relationships with other Pentecostal churches, the Assemblies of God expanded into a worldwide movement. It was not until 1988 tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assemblies Of God In Great Britain
The Assemblies of God in Great Britain (AoG GB) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Great Britain. It is affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. Its headquarters are in Manchester, England. History The Assemblies of God in Great Britain has its origins in the beginning of Pentecostalism in Great Britain in 1907.J. Gordon Melton, Martin Baumann, ''Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 217 The British Assemblies of God were founded in Birmingham in 1924. In 1946, it had 403 churches. The standard hymnal of Assemblies of God has traditionally been the Redemption Hymnal. Although as time has moved on, the style of music within Assemblies of God Churches has become more varied. On 22 October 2005 the Irish Region was allowed to join with the Irish Assemblies of God, Republic of Ireland to form the Assemblies of God Ireland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecostal Assemblies Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador (PAONL) is a Pentecostal denomination in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is one of four Canadian branches of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world. The denomination claims approximately 117 affiliated churches. The PAONL has a close relationship to the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, its sister denomination within the World AG Fellowship, and is a member of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada. History The PAONL traces its beginnings to the ministry of Pentecostal evangelist Alice Belle Garrigus from Rockville, Connecticut.PAONLHistory accessed 24 September 2020 In 1911, she founded the Bethesda Pentecostal Church in St. John's. By 1925, the number of Pentecostals and churches had grown enough to receive legal recognition from the Newfoundland government. Until 1949, Newfoundland and Labrador was a separate dominion from Canada, and the PAON develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecostal Assemblies Of Canada
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) (french: Les Assemblées de la Pentecôte du Canada) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination and the largest evangelical church in Canada."Wycliffe, PAOC Sign Partnership Agreement" , Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada, May 29, 2008. Accessed August 17, 2011.Krysia P. Lear "All in the Family" , ''Faith Today'' (May/June 1995). Accessed August 17, 2011. It reports 239,267 adherents and 1,076 member congregations throughout Canada. Its headquarters is located in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Assemblies Of God
The Canadian Assemblies of God (CAOG) (formerly the Italian Pentecostal Church of Canada or IPCC) is a Pentecostal denomination in Canada. It is one of three Canadian branches of the Assemblies of God, the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. The group shares identical beliefs and close cooperation with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. It is also associated with the Assemblies of God in Italy and the Christian Church of North America."Italian Pentecostal Church of Canada". ''The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements''. Rev. ed. Edited by Stanley M. Burgess and Eduard M. van der Mass. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2003. Kindle edition. History It began in a Pentecostal ministry among Italian Canadians Italian Canadians ( it, italo-canadesi, french: italo-canadiens) comprise Canadians who have full or partial Italian diaspora, Italian heritage and Italians who Italian diaspora, migrated from Italy or reside in Canada. According to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jama'at-e Rabbani
Jama'at-e Rabbani ( fa, جماعت ربانی) is the Iranian branch of the Assemblies of God, one of the largest evangelical Pentecostal Christian churches. It has its centre in Tehran, Iran. Many (about 80%) of its adherents are converts from Islam, the remainder are converts from Iranian Christian ethnic minorities. The services are conducted in Persian and Armenian. Official Iranian perceptions The Iranian government, especially in its post-1979 Revolutionary Islamist form, is highly suspicious of all Christian religious groups, other than those native to Iran: namely, the Assyrian Church of the East and the Armenian Apostolic Church, both of which have been present in the lands of the Persian Empire since between the 1st and 4th centuries A.D. During the late 17th and again in the 19th centuries, Iran was quite open to foreign influence, including Western Christian missionaries who founded schools, hospitals, and who proselytized Eastern Christians as well as Muslims. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Convention Of The Assemblies Of God In Brazil
The General Convention of the Assemblies of God in Brazil ( pt, Convenção Geral das Assembleias de Deus no Brasil) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Brazil. It is affiliated with the Assemblies of God, specifically the Assembleias de Deus in Brazil. Its headquarters are in Rio de Janeiro. History The General Convention of the Assemblies of God in Brazil has its origins in the mission work of Daniel Berg and Gunnar Vingren, two Swedish Pentecostal missionaries who arrived in Belém, Pará, in 1910. The denomination was officially founded in 1930. In 2003, it had 280,000 churches and 3.5 million members.GPStatistics, gospelprime.com.br, Brazil, 25 November 2013 References External links Official Website {{Portal, Evangelical Christianity, Brazil Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assembly Of God In Colombia
The Council of the Assemblies of God of Colombia ( es, Concilio de las Asambleas de Dios de Colombia ) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Colombia. It is affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. The headquarters in Bogotá. History The Council of the Assemblies of God of Colombia has its origins in a mission of Edward Wagner and his wife, Ada, in 1932. They settled in Sogamoso and established the Sogamoso Evangelical Mission. On April 1, 1932, they celebrated their first Pentecostal worship; the service marked the origin of the Assemblies of God of Colombia. The council was founded in 1958, with 18 missionaries, pastors, workers and delegates all participating in the event. In the 1960s, the Assemblies of God developed a plan of evangelization campaigns based on Eucharistic celebrations and created its first radio program. In the late 1970s, churches were formed to spread the Gospel and also created regional Bible schools and a National Committee of Bible s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swiss Pentecostal Mission
The Swiss Pentecostal Mission (german: Schweizerische Pfingstmission, abbreviated SPM) is the largest Pentecostal Christian denomination in Switzerland. Officially known in English as the Pentecostal Assemblies of Switzerland, it is the Swiss branch of the Assemblies of God, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world.: "The ''Swiss Pentecostal Mission''—or the ''Pentecostal Assemblies of Switzerland'', as they now call themselves in English..."World Assemblies of God FellowshipSwitzerland Accessed December 14, 2010. In 2013, the denomination had 10,000 adherents in 66 churches, and it operated a conference center in Emmetten. History Pentecostalism was brought to Switzerland in 1907 by two women missionaries from Norway, A. Telle and D. Gregersen. They came into contact with a small group, the Zion Fellowship of Zurich, which became the first Pentecostal congregation in the country. Its first pastor, former Anglican clergyman C.E.D. de Labilliere, became a pioneer of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assemblies Of God (Romania)
The Assemblies of God ( ro, Adunările lui Dumnezeu) is a pentecostal Christian denomination in Romania. History The church has its origins in the 1920s with Assemblies of God USA missionaries from the United States coming to Romania to spread the Gospel. The Romanian organization was first known as Christians Baptised with the Holy Spirit ( ro, Creștinii botezați cu Duhul Sfânt) and was recognized as a religious association. In 1950 the communist government dissolved all particular pentecostal organizations and forced them to merge into a single body known as the Apostolic Church of God. In 1980 the Apostolic Church cut all ties with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. Following the Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred i ..., in 1996, the church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentecostal Church In Poland
The Pentecostal Church in Poland ( pl, Kościół Zielonoświątkowy w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in Poland. It is the largest Pentecostal denomination in Poland and a part of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, and the second largest Protestant denomination in Poland. The Pentecostal Church in Poland is a member of Pentecostal European Fellowship and Biblical Society in Poland. Headquartered in the city of Warsaw. History The Pentecostal Church in Poland had its origins in the first bible college opened in 1929 by the Assemblies of God in the United States. The Church was forced join the United Evangelical Church of Poland during communism in 1947. The Pentecostal Church in Poland was founded in 1987. William Kay, Anne Dyer, ''European Pentecostalism'', BRILL, UK, 2011, p. 228 It had 24,000 adherents and 240 congregations. It has three Bible schools with extension programs training about 150 students and facilitates several ministries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Pentecostal And Evangelical Churches
The United Pentecostal and Evangelical Churches ( nl, Verenigde Pinkster- en Evangeliegemeenten, abbreviated VPE) is the largest Pentecostal and evangelical Christian denomination in the Netherlands. It was created on February 16, 2002, when the Brotherhood of Pentecostal Churches (''Broederschap van Pinkstergemeenten'') and the Full Gospel Churches of the Netherlands (''Volle-Evangeliegemeenten Nederland'') merged. The VPE is the Dutch branch of the Assemblies of God. In 2008, it had 22,000 members in 160 churches. Organisation Local churches have relative autonomy, and the national office, based in Urk, functions as a facilitator of local churches. Peter Sleebos has chaired the VPE since its founding. Clergy and other church workers are trained at Azusa Theological College, which has resided at the Free University in Amsterdam since 2002. The Free University also has an academic chair of Pentecostalism. Relations with other Churches Internationally, the VPE is a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
