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80 Years Ago: The Assemblies of God was a Founding Member of the National...
This Week in AG History — May 10, 1947 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 12 May 2022 Pentecostals were relatively isolated from mainstream Protestantism in the early twentieth...
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Owen Carr, Still Ministering at 99: Assemblies of God Pastor, TV Station...
This Week in AG History —May 21, 1961 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 19 May 2022 Owen C. Carr has served the Assemblies of God as a pastor, evangelist, district and national...
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Dutch Pentecostal Pioneer Gerrit Polman: Spiritual Unity Should Accompany...
This Week in AG History — May 29, 1926 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 26 May 2022 Gerrit R. Polman (1868-1932) is regarded as the founder of the Pentecostal movement in the...
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Aaron A. Wilson: Assemblies of God Pioneer in Puxico and Kansas City, Missouri
This Week in AG History — June 04, 1972 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, April 28, 2022 Aaron Aubrey Wilson (1891-1984), better known as A.A. Wilson, was a pastor, evangelist, district...
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These Assemblies of God Missionaries Fought Sex Trafficking in Japan over 100...
This Week in AG History — June 9, 1917 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 09 June 2022 The June 9, 1917, issue of The Weekly Evangel featured a shocking photograph on its front cover...
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From Fascism to Christ: Bruno Frigoli Fought for Mussolini, Found Christ, and...
Bruno Frigoli (right), who ministered to Colonel Banzer’s soldiers in 1958, presenting a Bible to Hugo Banzer, president of Bolivia, in 1972. This Week in AG History — June 18, 1972 By Glenn W....
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A.G. Ward: The Canadian Pentecostal Pioneer Who Was Converted During His Own...
This Week in AG History —June 22, 1946 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 23 June 2022 A.G. (Alfred George) Ward (1881-1960), a Pentecostal pioneer in Canada, was an example of an...
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Nazi Rocket Scientist Wernher von Braun Converted to Christ, Interviewed in...
C.M. Ward interviews Dr. Wernher von Braun (center) in his office at the Space Center headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama, May 9, 1966. Lee Shultz (right) looks on. This Week in AG History — June 26,...
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100 Years Ago: Mexican Refugees in Texas Minister to African Americans
This Week in AG History — July 8, 1922 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 07 July 2022 The small town of Edna, Texas, was home to an early Assemblies of God congregation of Mexican...
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C. M. Ward Interviews Florida Governor Reubin Askew: An Example of Integrity...
This Week in AG History —July 13, 1975 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 14 July 2022 Charles Morse Ward (1909-1996) is known in the Assemblies of God as a great preacher but he...
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William W. Hays: From Crime and Addiction to Assemblies of God Prison Chaplain
This Week in AG History — July 22, 1962 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 21 July 2022 William W. Hays (1927-2010) came from a family known for drunkenness and crime, and he lived...
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Don Wilkerson: Cofounder of Teen Challenge
President Gerald Ford (left) greets Don Wilkerson (right). This Week in AG History — July 30, 1972 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, July 28, 2022 Don Wilkerson, who cofounded Teen...
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Lewi Pethrus: Pentecostal Pioneer in Sweden
This Week in AG History — August 3, 1958 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, July 28, 2022 A little over sixty years ago, delegates from the U.S. Assemblies of God as well as...
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The Mariel Boatlift of 1980: Cuban Refugees and the Assemblies of God
Workers sing and play gospel songs before a service with Cuban refugees at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas, 1980 This Week in AG History —August 10, 1980 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News,...
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J. Roswell Flower: Pentecostal Pioneer, Church Leader, Publisher, Statesman,...
Flower family, circa 1936 (L-R): David, Suzanne, George, Alice R., J. Roswell, Adele, Joseph, Roswell This Week in AG History — August 16, 1970 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 18...
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How to Serve God in an Era of Social and Racial Unrest: Thurman Faison Speaks...
This Week in AG History — August 23, 1970 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, August 25, 2022 Thurman L. Faison (1938- ) was one of the early leaders of the National Black Fellowship of...
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Assemblies of God Missions Publications: From Missionary Challenge to...
This Week in AG History —August 30, 1959 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 01 September 2022 The Pentecostal revival that birthed the Assemblies of God in 1914 brought with it a...
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David Yonggi Cho and Yoido Full Gospel Church: The Story Behind the World’s...
This Week in AG History —September 7, 1969 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 08 September 2022 David (Paul) Yonggi Cho (1936-2021) was a Korean Assemblies of God (AG) pastor,...
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One of God’s Firebrands: Oren Munger, Assemblies of God Missionary to Nicaragua
This Week in AG History — September 15, 1945 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 15 September 2022 Oren Munger, an Assemblies of God missionary, died in Nicaragua at the young age of...
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65th Anniversary of the Touch the World Fund: Assemblies of God Women’s...
This Week in AG History — September 18, 1977 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, September 22, 2022 The Touch the World Fund — the missions arm of Assemblies of God Women’s Ministries —...
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