We Believe

Four defining truths of the Assemblies of God

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Two years after the church’s founding, the pioneers of the Assemblies of God adopted 16 beliefs for the Fellowship, which remains virtually unchanged. Find these 16 beliefs in our "Statement of Fundamental Truths."

Four of these beliefs are considered the core beliefs of the Fellowship. You may hear them referred to as our cardinal doctrines. They weave in and through all the teaching, music, preaching, discussions… everything we do. The Church’s message revolves around these four defining beliefs.

Salvation Through Jesus Christ

Salvation through Jesus Christ

Salvation is deliverance from spiritual death and enslavement by sin. God provides salvation for all who believe and accept His free offer of forgiveness. Mankind’s only hope of redemption from the fallen sinful state is through the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son–blood that was shed as Jesus died on the cross. [The account of the crucifixion of Jesus is recounted by four of His contemporaries: Matthew (chapter 27), Mark (chapter 15), Luke (chapter 23), and John (chapter 19).] (Luke 24:47; John 3:3,16,17; Rom. 8:16; 10:13-15; Ephesians 2:8,9; 4:24; Titus 2:11-12; 3:5-7)

Divine Healing

Divine Healing

Divine healing is an integral part of the gospel. Deliverance from sickness is provided for in the atonement, and is the privilege of all believers. (Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:16,17; James 5:14-16)

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

All believers are entitled to receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and therefore should expect and earnestly seek the promise of the Father, according to the command of our Lord Jesus Christ. This was the normal experience of all believers in the early Christian church. With the experience comes the provision of power for victorious Christian living and productive service. It also provides believers with specific spiritual gifts for more effective ministry. The baptism of Christians in the Holy Spirit is accompanied by the initial physical sign of speaking in other tongues (unlearned languages) as the Spirit of God gives them audible expression. (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4,8; 2:4; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Cor. 12:1-31)

The Second Coming of Christ

Second Coming of Christ

All Christians who have died will one day rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air. Christians who have not yet died will be raptured or caught up with them, to be with the Lord. Then Christians of all ages will live with God forever. The scriptural truth of the Lord’s soon return is "the blessed hope". (Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52; 1 Thessa­lonians 4:16-17; Titus 2:13)

                       

Christian Assembly Church is affiliated with the Southern New England District (www.snegag.org) of the Assemblies of God (www.ag.org). 

The Assemblies of God was birthed in the fires of revival that swept the world at the turn of the 20th century.  Participants in the revival were filled with the Holy Spirit in similar fashion to the disciples and followers of Jesus on the Jewish Feast of Pentecost.  So participants in this revival were called “Pentecostals.”  Like those on the Day of Pentecost, the followers of this revival spoke in tongues as they received the baptism in the Holy Spirit.  Other supernatural manifestations such as prophecy, interpretations, spiritual conversions, and healings also took place (Acts 2). 

 

With the exception of scattered reports around the world in intervening centuries, the resurgence of the Holy Spirit’s outpouring is generally traced to Topeka, Kansas, in January 1901.  Soon the winds of the Holy Spirit carried the revival south and into the western regions of North America.  Houston and Los Angeles became other sites for the Holy Spirit outpouring in following years, which eventually birthed the Assemblies of God in 1914. 

 

The first meeting of the new Pentecostals was held in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in April 1914.  It brought together come 300 church leaders, opening with 3 days of prayer and preaching before discussing ministry concerns.  Apprehensive about creating another denomination, those attending agreed to from a loosely knit fellowship of independent churches.  In forming the new fellowship, churches were left with the needed autonomy to develop and govern their own local ministries, yet unite in their message and efforts to reach the world for Christ.  So began the General Council of the Assemblies of God.  Then, as today, the emphasis, control, and ministry of the Assemblies of God remains with the local church.  Currently the Assemblies of God USA and Assemblies of God organizations around the world make up the world's largest Pentecostal denomination with some 51 million members and adherents.

 

For more information on the Assemblies of God visit their website at www.ag.org.