The General Council of the Assemblies of God (USA), the largest white and Hispanic Pentecostal denomination in the United States, was organized in 1914 by a broad coalition of ministers who desired to work together to fulfill common objectives, such as sending missionaries and providing fellowship and accountability. Formed in the midst of the emerging worldwide Pentecostal revival, the Assemblies of God quickly took root in other countries and formed indigenous national organizations. The Assemblies of God (USA) is a constituent member of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship -- one of the largest Pentecostal fellowships in the world.
The Assemblies of God views itself to be a branch of the "one, holy, universal, and apostolic" church and has sought to be faithful to it. It recognizes the history of God's people as its own history, from the stories found in the Old and New Testaments and extending from the age of the apostles throughout the centuries until the present.
This Christian faith has been mediated to the Assemblies of God through various historical and theological currents, most notably the Protestant and Radical Reformations of the sixteenth century, eighteenth-century revivalism, the Higher Life and Holiness movements of the nineteenth century, and the worldwide Pentecostal revival of the twentieth century.
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