World Assemblies of God | |
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Classification | Evangelical Pentecostal |
Theology | Finished Work Pentecostal Protestant |
Governance | Cooperative body |
Chairman | Dominic Yeo[1] |
Region | 190 countries |
Origin | 1914 (WAGF formally established 1988) |
Separated from | Church of God in Christ, Christian and Missionary Alliance, and various other denominations, including those of Reformed and Baptist traditions.[2] |
Merger of | Several Pentecostal groups |
Separations | General Assembly of Apostolic Assemblies, The Foursquare Church |
Congregations | 367,398 |
Members | 68,500,000[3] |
Missionary organization | WAGF Missions Commission |
Aid organization | World Assemblies of God Relief and Development Agency |
Official website | worldagfellowship.org |
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The World Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF) is a global cooperative body of over 140 Pentecostal denominations. The WAGF (originally called World Pentecostal Assemblies of God Fellowship) was established on August 15, 1989, at the International Decade of Harvest Conference.[4][5] Founding delegates represented various national Pentecostal churches that were historically and theologically connected to the AG and in fraternal relationship with each other. WAGF was created to provide structure so that member denominations, which previously related to each other informally, could more easily cooperate on a global basis.
The organizational committee, in 1988, summarized the purposes for the WAGF:[5]
Member denominations are independent and autonomous, but they are united by shared beliefs and history.