This Week in AG History — May 29, 1937 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on AG News, 28 May 2020 If you attended meetings in the years of the early Pentecostal movement, you might remember a summer church event that included sawdust floors, crude benches, tents, and open tabernacles. Those early tents and brush […] …
The Relationship Between the Giving of the Law and Pentecost
A neglected topic taken up by Bossuet in his Elevations on the Mysteries: When God wanted to give Moses the law on Mount Sinai, we read four important things. He descended to the sound of thunder and trumpets. The whole mountain seemed on fire, and one could see a flame break out in a cloud …
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Evangelism is not Optional: Christians will either Evangelize or Apostatize — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
This Week in AG History — May 23, 1954 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 21 May 2020 Could there be a task that is more important or more daunting than the evangelization of the world? James Stewart, in a 1954 Pentecostal Evangel article, challenged readers to creatively and proactively fulfill the […] …
The Ambassador Airplanes: How the Assemblies of God Became Involved in Missionary Aviation — Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
This Week in AG History — May 13, 1950 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on AG News, 14 May 2020 Did you know that the Assemblies of God owned two passenger planes just after World War II that carried Assemblies of God missionaries overseas? Following World War II, commercial flights were not readily available, […] …
Mercy Chefs Distributes Red Beans and Rice to Chattanooga Tornado Victims
Yes, You Can Use That Music
That sentiment came to mind when I read this comment on my posting of the Word of God album All of Your People: I was worship leader in an Antioch CA prayer group and an Assemblies of God mission for 5 years in the '90's where I used these songs. I first heard them at …
My Tribute to Dave Lorency
One of the hardest parts of getting older is seeing loved ones, friends and colleagues pass away. It's not often that I do a tribute to one of them, in part because a) my audience is very diverse, most people aren't known to a wide range and b) if I did it I would pretty …
A Break from the Worship Wars
Last post I quoted a missionary to the Middle East who was having good ministry in spite of the social distancing restrictions. In a place like that, not being able to gather en masse isn't as big of a change as it is here. But not having live services has spared me a conflict that …
For Some, COVID-19 is an Opportunity
I saw this in a recent newsletters from missionaries in the Middle East. Although they're not Americans, they were in the U.S. for medical treatment unrelated to COVID-19. They dodged the chaos of cancelled flights and quarantines to get back to the field and report this: We thank God that he protected us and gave …
Wednesday Night Church Online, and One of My Favorite People
My church has decided to go completely online to avoid the crowd issues of COVID-19. This is our first crack at Wednesday night service online, called "Word at Home." It features our Pastor, Mark Williams, and a gathering of men to do music, led by Jeremy Richardson, formerly of the Christian group Avalon. After that …
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