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The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 140 autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches which together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination.〔"Assemblies of God". ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church''. Ed F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone. Oxford University Press Inc. ''Oxford Reference Online''. Oxford University Press. Accessed 22 June 2011.〕 With over 384,000 ministers〔Assemblies of God World Missions Vital Stats, 12/31/2013 http://agwm.com/assets/agwmvitalstats.pdf〕 and outstations in over 212 countries and territories serving approximately 67.5 million adherents〔Assemblies of God World Missions Vital Stats, 12/31/2013 http://agwm.com/assets/agwmvitalstats.pdf〕 worldwide, it is the fourth largest international Christian group of denominations and the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world.〔List of World Religious Bodies http://www.adherents.com/adh_rb.html〕〔Barrett, David. ''World Christian Encyclopedia''. Oxford University Press: London, 2001. Table 1-5, pages 16–18〕 As an international fellowship, the member denominations are entirely independent and autonomous; however, they are united by shared beliefs and history. The Assemblies originated from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century. This revival led to the founding of the Assemblies of God in the United States in 1914. Through foreign missionary work and establishing relationships with other Pentecostal churches, the Assemblies of God expanded into a worldwide movement. It was not until 1988, however, that the world fellowship was formed. As a Pentecostal fellowship, the Assemblies of God believes in the Pentecostal distinctive of baptism with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. The Assemblies of God should not be confused with the Assemblies of God International Fellowship, the International Assemblies of God Fellowship, and the Independent Assemblies of God International, all of which are Pentecostal denominations. ==National fellowships== (詳細はWAGF Participating Members ). The Assemblies of God USA (lists some "fraternal organizations" ) who do not have pages on the WAGF website. Accessed October 20, 2010.〕 ; Africa * General Council of the Assemblies of God Nigeria ; Asia Pacific * Australian Christian Churches (Assemblies of God in Australia) * Assemblies of God in India * Japan Assemblies of God * Assemblies of God of Korea * Assemblies of God of Korea Yoido General Council * General Council of the Korea Assemblies of God * Assemblies of God in New Zealand * Philippines General Council of the Assemblies of God * Samoan Assemblies of God * * Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand * Taiwan Assemblies of God * Assemblies of God in Vietnam * Gereja Sidang-Sidang Jemaat Allah Indonesia ; Europe * Federation of Pentecostal Churches (Germany) * Assemblies of God in Great Britain * Assemblies of God Ireland * Assemblies of God in Italy * Assemblies of God in Malta * United Pentecostal and Evangelical Churches (Netherlands) * Pentecostal Church in Poland * Swiss Pentecostal Mission ; Latin American/Caribbean * General Convention of the Assemblies of God of Brazil ; Middle East * Jama'at-e Rabbani (Assemblies of God in Iran) ; North America * Canadian Assemblies of God (formerly the Italian Pentecostal Church of Canada) * Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada * Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador * Assemblies of God USA * El Concilio Nacional de las Asambleas de Dios, A.R. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assemblies of God」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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