Our Beliefs

The Assemblies of God was founded in 1914. Today there are close to 13,000 churches in the U.S. with nearly 3 million members and adherents. There are more than 69 million Assemblies of God members worldwide, making the Assemblies of God the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination.

  • The 16 Fundamentals NIV
  • 1. The Scriptures Inspired

    2Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

    2Peter 1:21 For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

    2. The One True God

    Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

    Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

    3. The Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ

    Luke 1:31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.

    Matthew 28:6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

    4. The Fall of Man

    Genesis 2:17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

    Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—

    5. The Salvation of Man

    John 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."

    Romans 10:13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

    6. The Ordinances of the Church

    Mathew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

    1Corinthians 11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

    7. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

    Acts 1:4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.

    Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

    8. The Initial Physical Evidence of the

    Baptism in the Holy Spirit

    Acts 2:4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

    1Corinthians 12:28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also those having gifts of healing, those able to help others, those with gifts of administration, and those speaking in different kinds of tongues.

    9. Sanctification

    Romans 12:1-2 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. 2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

    Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.

    10. The Church and Its Mission

    Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

    Mark 16:15-16 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

    11. The Ministry

    Mark 16:15-16 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.

    Ephesians 4:11-12 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12

    to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

    12. Divine Healing

    Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.

    James 5:14-15 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15

    And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well;

    13. The Blessed Hope

    Titus 2:13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,

    1Thessalonians 4:16-17 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

    17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.

    14. The Millennial Reign of Christ

    Matthew 24:27 For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

    Isaiah 11:6 The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.

    15. The Final Judgement

    Matthew 25:46 "Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

    Revelation 20:15 If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

    16. The New Heaven and the New Earth

    2Peter 3:13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness.

    Revelation 21:1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.