In October of 1916, the AG established sixteen doctrines used for preaching and teaching. These doctrines are referred to as the “Statement of Fundamental Truths”, which are used to govern their denomination. They have four core beliefs: salvation, baptism in the Holy Spirit, divine healing, and the second coming of Christ. The AG chose these core beliefs because they are in key in reaching out to nonbelievers and building believers and the Church for the future.
Characteristics:
First off, the AG believes that Scripture is inspired by God, and it recounts his plan for mankind. They tend to interpret the Bible very directly, and are very committed to their faith. They believe in the one true God, the trinity, and that Jesus was both human and divine. They believe in salvation through faith alone, which can be professed through communion or baptism. However, these are not necessary to go to Heaven, like Oneness Pentecostals. They believe that the Church has a mission to seek and save those who are lost in sin, and have them repent their sins to the Lord. Regarding the rapture, they believe all
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and abroad. In 1914, the second General Council made it a goal to achieve “the greatest evangelism that the world had ever seen.” In the first year, thirty missionaries served in Africa, India, China, Japan, and the MIddle East. In the early years of missions, they focused more on raising funds for missions. In 1943, they took a more aggressive approach of evangelism by preaching a starting churches globally. They wanted to establish self-supporting and self-propagating national church bodies around the world. In the 1950’s they started training leaders of indigenous countries to become the leader of the Church. With the help of Alice Luce, Ralph Williams, J. Philip Hogan, and Melvin Hodges, the General Council sparked the development of missionary training