What Is Assemblies of God? (Feat. The Guy In Charge of Assemblies of God)
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I wanted to learn more about the Assemblies of God Church, so I went to their headquarters in Springfield, Missouri and met with their General Superintendent Doug Clay. I had a lot I wanted to ask about the AG Church and about Pentecostalism, and Doug didn't balk at any of my questions.
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Great video, Matt. I love these denominational interview videos and the honesty, sincerity, and grace that you use in them, allowing the person to speak of their faith and doctrines for themselves without your interpretation shading the presentation. Great work. 👏👏
Matt, I am convinced that God is using you, as well others, as His answer to Jesus' prayer in John 17:20-26. It's so refreshing to see us learning that we can love one another freely by understanding each other better. Keep up the good work and may God continue to bless you mightily.
My husband and I have been so distraught by all of the divison within the body of Christ. So many denominations don't even consider anyone outside of their tradition to be a Christian. It's awful! I am praying for unity. After all, it's our apologetics to the world that Jesus Christ is Lord!!
Correct, the basis for Christian credibility is not "doctrinal supremacy", but Christ centered doctrine accuracy.
And to be Christian, there's to teach all people the accuracy of Christian theology and community. It's a not a war against anyone else but a ministry unto God. Some seminaries teach it's a man centered reward to teach their doctrine until you are able to condemn others in their beliefs.
The Ten minute bible hour has been such a great inspiration for me. Am excited each time i see a notification from your channel. I have been able to learn about other churches and their fundamental beliefs. God bless you.
As part of the AG church and an avid watcher of your videos, this was a great conversation! I love the way Doug verbalized the core beliefs.
Sometimes we get the “Pentecostal” label thrown at us which some might see as a focus on the gifts rather than theology. We are church who loves God, loves people, loves scripture. The reason we live out miracles is because we truly do believe they are biblical, that along with every other aspect of faith and Christian doctrine.
Amen Same now in this modern time, It gave me more confidence to say I'm part of AG and this pentecostal movement.
@@justineimperial282 oh yes!
I’m a pastor in the church of God (Cleveland, Tn) denomination. The AG is basically our cousins in theology lol. Great video and Doug Clay did a great job explaining things.
Cleveland Tennessee, huh? Who is that famous Pastor who has a church there, that i watch his program on UA-cam, and own a few of his books? What is his name? LOL Seriously, I attended a Church of God as a child, walked away from the LORD for about 12 years, then was invited to an Assemblies of God church by a co-worker. Be blessed, Pastor!
@@inconnu4961 Perry stone? Jentzen Franklin? Thank you!
Yep, white COGIC pastors decided they needed to segregate, so they formed the AG
My uncle (John Stetz) was the missionary to South Korea who planted a Bible college and trained Dr David Yonggi Cho and helped him in establishing his church.
My wife and I are AG and are on our way as Missionaries to plant churches in France.
Stop on by Crossroads in Greenville Tx during your mission raising stage of you can. We're a smaller Church around 150 but we're big givers. God bless the work that is ahead of you.
Hi Matt , i was wondering if you can make a video about the Amish .
That would be quite difficult. Amish tend to strongly push for being humble and humility and part of that is not posing for paintings, pictures, videos etc. Many consider putting yourself in your "best light" to be prideful, hence their humble attire and somewhat dodging the public eye.
@@XSquibX Maybe just Audio then
Yeah! Or another anabaptist group!
Probably find more success in speaking with other Anabaptist groups: the Mennonites, or Brethren congregations.
And other anabaptist groups like Mennonites
I was brought up AG and from a family who were with AG from the beginning. There is so much the AG has given me that I appreciate so much like respecting God for who he is, grounding me in the Word etc. Although I am not with the AG I still feel I identify with them and agree with their Pentecostal distinctives. I left for Presbyterian church and now Methodist because of my carreer moving me around where AG was not an option. And the blessings I have recieved by learning from Presbyterians and Methodists are immeasuable. I've grown to love them so much. I'm not against returning to AG if the situation presents itself but above all it is Jesus and his will I try to set as my goal - not any denomination.
This is awesome. I went to an AOG church and was very concerned about some of the things I was hearing...so I left and found a great Baptist church. Doug Clay is very impressive and has opened my heart that they aren't all so misguided as the church I attended. Thank you for this video!
Thanks for your gentleness and humility Matt! I was actually surprised to hear you call yourself reformed because you have got to be the kindest calvanist I've ever seen (maybe tied with Preston Sprinkle). People in the reformed tradition have not typically been very tolerant of my non-Calvinist views and people in the Pentecostal tradition have been really intolerant of my partial-cessationist views. Love your channel and your podcast too!
Thank you, though I'd say I'm solidly reformedish.
Growing up AG, I have had to struggle really hard to develop my biblical understanding and worldview. I was very focused, in my own faith, on the feelings and the goosebumps. and then when I couldn't make myself "feel" God's presence, I felt incredibly inadequate and distanced from God. I was immature. and 10 minute bible hour has helped me learn a ton more and develop a deeper understanding of the Word. I consider myself an intellectual, trying to balance that with the emotional side of things.
EXPERIENCE with God is important, but it is NOT above the Word. the Word needs to be foundational. and I am learning that and loving it. thanks, Matt.
Amen, good to see you again Daniel. I am encouraged that the new leadership team (installed 2019?) has a high view of Scripture. Also pretty impressed that Doug rattled off a version of the Five Solas *lol* All that said, and despite the good things he said, AG places initial evidence of speaking in tongues, every time (Truth #8) and divine healing, every time (Truth #12) on the wrong shelf. Ministerial credentialing is done by the regional networks. Most of the applications - all that I've seen, at least - require that when minsters apply for renewal every year, they sign a section stating 1) they have accepted Christ and are walking in faith, and 2) they will teach the baptism in the Holy Spirit, especially the initial evidence of speaking in tongues. Yes, right up there alongside salvation. In my opinion, for the AG to truly become a "healthy" Christian movement, they need to demote initial evidence and start teaching a Bible based doctrine of divine healing.
@@circuitrider8700 I get that. I'm not in a place where i agree with AG doctrines fully. i have had experiences of speaking in tongues, and i still feel that there was authenticity there for my personal faith, but i didn't really like how he answered the question about what place it has in someone's faith. so I'm still swimming in a little uncertainty here. which i think is okay. Trusting in God's grace that if I'm a little off on something, he can still work in me, through me, and it will work out in the end. not to say I'm eager to continue on in error, I'm open to correction, but yeah, gotta keep swimming...
Woah this is exactly what my experience was. My immaturity sky rocketed where I was blasphemous. Now I am seeking redemption and also trying to understand that the Word is complex and I cannot simplify it because once I do and things don't turn out the way I wanted, blasphemy occurs.
This was awesome! I grew up in a baptist church in Colorado. I am now 22 and president of chi alpha campus ministry at the University of Colorado colorado springs (I am only telling you that because we need some prayer for revival on campus if anyone reading this wouldn't mind helping out). Chi Alpha is the AG college ministry, we are on campuses across the world. What I like most about the AG is the structure of missions and the attitude of being doers. Growing up baptist was great because I was very grounded in the word, but I think the difference in the AG is that attitude of reading it, and then partnering with the Lord in doing it. AG people want everything the Lord has to offer, it is a very go get after it attitude and I love it. Now I'm interviewing to be a youth pastor at an AG church in Colorado springs. This was an awesome interview to help me in this moment of trying to decide what denomination I am going to pursue serving in long term, thanks Matt
What I've found in my years growing up in a Baptist church and occasionally visiting other churches, like the local Assemblies Of God... Baptists tend to be great planners, but execution and passion can be a bit lack luster. Usually the "production" of whatever they do goes well, but getting people to be a part of it can be tough. Assemblies Of God is kinda the opposite. They tend to be a bit more disorganized and I say this without disrespect, but scatterbrained. Usually their passion and effort goes past the disorganization / lack of planning though and is just as effective as the "well planned" events I see in the Baptist circle. Now if only we could share the open passion of the Assemblies Of God with the planning and preparation of the Baptists and then you'd have the whole package haha
@@XSquibX I think you see that combination of her a lot more in other countries. Missionaries from the different denominations depend on each other.
@@dpcrn I must apologize. I am unsure what you mean with the first half of your comment.
I’ve been waiting on this vid for a while! I’m glad you were able to film it
I like the way your not focused on debating, but seem to be focused on ecumenism. Keep it up brother. I know you've covered Catholicism some, I look forward to seeing more in the future. God bless from Arkansas!
Matt, thank you so much for your work in educating all members of God’s church about each other part of the one body that we comprise. As someone that was raised Roman Catholic and who has moved over the past 40 years via Presbyterian, Anglican, Baptist, and Reformed to now being part of Hillsong (which has grown out of AoG) then I appreciate how powerfully and effectively you can help us all appreciate each other’s parts in our Lord’s plan for this world.
Thanks Matt and Doug. Great conversation and reflection on the AoG.
1:58 This is all I needed to hear all year. Lovely.
Totally agree 💯
As someone that has grown up in the AG churches and similar pentecostal churches thank you for being genuine and honest. We may not unite under the same exact teachings. But we as brothers and sisters can all unite for our love of Jesus Christ.
And 🍕 we can all unite under our love for pizza.
Sorry… pizza is the most overrated food in all human history lol
@@matthewterry9413 there is just no excuse for having taste that bad.
Pizza is one of the greatest foods of all time. Just about every culture independently developed a "pizza" on its own. If a culture developed bread they then shortly thereafter developed a "pizza". Pizza is ubiquitous with the human experience.
If you don't like pizza you might as well say "I like beating puppies with kittens". There I said it.
@@dimesonhiseyes9134 lol pizza is the lowest quality food available. Children’s party food.
Been following TMBH for several years now; been A/G since 9th grade. I thoroughly loved this video! Thanks for visiting Springfield, Matt!
Awesome video, Matt! Doug is a good guy all around - knew him in Ohio in the 80s (Big Prairie!) and really appreciate hearing him highlight fidelity to God's Word. Former AG member praying he and the national leadership team keep the big ship on the right theological course.
This is so great. Doug Clay is the man. So thankful for his leadership.
I am a blessed ans proud AG member and i am humbled you did an interview of us 😊❤
Thank you for this video, it clearly and wisely expresses what the AG are about. The sincerity and clarity of the Superintendent was great. It was not a prepared statement, but a sincere and heart felt explanation of who the AG is and where they are going. I am glad that we are not loosing our Pentecostalism, but not letting it divide us from our other brethren who are part of the body of Christ.
I'm from a city in India called Bangalore. There are lots of AG churches all over the city. The biggest one is called Bethel AG, I think.
Another well put together and articulated video, thanks for the passion and grace that is shown in all your videos. My dad was an evangelist that spoke in all sorts of churches, denominations, and traditions. Even Quaker churches at times. We are all part of the same family, but just like siblings, we are unique, and that is ok.
Thanks Matt, for making these videos. They are very informative. I enjoy them very much. Happy Thanksgiving. GOD bless you. 🙏
I fully agree to this message. Thank you GS Doug Clay. God bless you more and more. Greetings from AOG Europa Mission Centre, Switzerland ♥
LOVE this series! I go to an AG church, and coming from a Southern Baptist background I had many of the same questions.
This was about two hours too short.
Exactly 😂
We want a part 2!
Thanks for doing this Matt. Having been accredited with the CMA, and attending SBC and EV Free churches in the past as well, it's taken a long time (probably too long) to recognize that what a church does to empower its members to promote the Kingdom is infinitely more important than whether I agree on every point of doctrine. It's easy to target "excess," of zeal in the Church. But in an Evangelical movement that would often have to apologize to Laodicea, maybe a bit more zeal and openness to all the Spirit has for us isn't a bad thing.
Matt I am Roman Catholic, love your videos. I have been called to work to unify all us Christians, Assembly of God is my first church i plan to talk to and invite to the Church. I hope to talk to you about my mission one day and just and fyi, I will talk to you and your amazing beautiful Church one day also : ) God Bless you my brother and love your videos :)
I sent you an email on your website! Cant wait to hear back and dont feel obliged to respond asap, take your time i bet you receive a lot of them!
Doctrine is important. The RCC is teaching a different gospel like the AG is.
@@JeanmarieRod yeah possibly so. Catholic Church has the Church and Bible is the main difference, we have an authority to make sure doctrine is taught the same throughout the entire Church while AOG has differences amongst the Churches.
@@JeanmarieRod Purgatory, pedophile priests, the Eucharist, and the obsession of Mary are just a few red flags. Let's not forget that Catholics believe they are the one and only true church. LoL
Thanks Matt, I'm in an AoG church too, like so many others commenting. I love your channel and see you as an awesome brother in Christ, thank you for seeking unity within the body. Unity and diversity are basic concepts in the New Testament, they are within each local body and the broader church. I often pray for the other church denominations within my community as I think we should have (and we often do) love and good will toward each other. Blessings and shalom!
I became a Christian through an AG church back in 1987. Through them. I've been on a mission trip to Japan and Mexico. When I went to an AG college. I had breakfast almost everyday with the president of the college. Plus had dinner at his house with him and his family. I was a "no one special ". Just a guy from a small Nevada town. I had the best time in that church.
Love these videos! Always interesting to see other traditions in the body of Christ. Would love to see a Presbyterian denomination represented sometime if that’s possible.
I went to a AoG school I enjoyed my time there. I have some disagreements with speaking of tongues but I do appreciate their love for God. The other side can learn from them when it comes to evangelism and letting the Holy Spirit work in them
I love how they worship, the speaking and feeling draws me in even if I don’t agree with all the beliefs
You should explore more explicitly that "humility buffer" (what if our theology is wrong) with people. That's a really valuable question I think. Great video!
It seems to me that something similar is happening with the term "evangelical" (at least in the USA) as what happened a few decades ago to the word "fundamentalist." It means one thing to the insiders, and something else entirely to outsiders.
Yeah, I think I've heard maybe 4 different ways of using the term. For one thing it was the original name for Lutherans and is still kept in most churches from that tradition.
If might be because the only time the media uses the term is as a voting block. It suits their anti Christian narrative to only view us as an evil big bad wolf.
@@j.g.4942 Right or wrong though it may be, Lutherans seem to have dropped the 'evangelical' at least in the English-speaking world. (It's the 'Lutheran Church in Ireland' but Evangelisch-Lutherisch in Germany.) In Germany we still use it, because you can distinguish between the two things (evangelisch and evangelical, the latter of which makes some people a bit sceptical) linguistically.
@@misskitty285 yeah, same in Australia. It's for ease of communication, yet the pastors of the Lutheran Church Australia LCA are ordained into the Evangelical Lutheran church and confess the Evangelical confessions of the Book of Concord. There's also a small synod using an old name of Australian Evangelical Lutheran church AELC.
But again mostly in interchurch things we just say Lutheran for ease of communication.
Fundamentalism is working within a literal, classic interpretation of the Bible. Evangelicals believe in converting others to their way. I don’t think anyone, “inside” or “outside” is confused.
Love the way this was put together. Very respectful all the way around
I really like these videos, its kool to see how everyone is super down to earth to just talk! I used to attend a spanish speaking AoG, have a few family members who are pastors and missionaries. Most ethnic churches are "spiritual" than our american english speaking brothers. Currently im actually "that fraction of pentecostals" believer. I dont have anything against my fellow evangelical brothers and sisters. I think its awesome though your branching to see differences and how we are all basically one. Cant wait till your next video!!!
Matt, this is a big question, but I really want you to do an interview with someone within the Church of Christ. It is the tradition I grew up in. We often heard messages about what "the denominations" believed, but wow were they over-generalized and dishonest. Your interviews with these leaders of other traditions of faith have really opened my eyes to a lot of dishonest points I was taught growing up. I appreciate your work man.
That is a church of bondage. I was taught all other churches were wrong,
Hey Matt, I love these videos on different churches! I attended what's called a convergence church and I think you should totally try and do a video on Convergence Christianity. In short convergence churches try and blend what they see as being the good elements of different traditions within the Church. Ususally some mix of liturgical, evangelical and charismatic influences.
There’s a few AOG churches that do that. I want to plant a church like that one day
@@isaiahstruve2224 it's funny you say that, but we actually came out the of PAOC which is the Canadian equivalent.
Oh interesting! I have a friend in Ontario that is a youth pastor at an PAOC church. I can’t remember the name though.
That sounds a lot like Evangelical Anglicanism. Not everyone knows that term, but they might know of worship groups like CityAlight, St. Aldates Worship, and church networks like New Wine in the UK. I agree it would be interesting to hear from one of them.
@@circuitrider8700 yeah you're not too far off with that comparison. I guess the only real difference would be the Pentecostal influences
There's a lot of similarity between the AoG and the Four Square church. Hey, Matt, can you get a video about the Four Square church? I'd love that
There are also some MAJOR differences where the grace that was extended to evangelical churches, isn't extended by foursquare as well.
@@davidturner1079 interesting, I'm not aware of this. Do you mean in working with Evangelical churches?
Thanks for visiting another denomination and exploring a little bit more with us. I must admit, I wish there were some more questions asked.... but at the same time, I'm unsure what you would ask. haha Assemblies Of God seems to pretty much overlap with Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians on almost everything, just with an additional belief in accessible miraculous power from the Spirit through faith.
Loved listening to Doug ! Super kind & friendly and you can clearly tell his passion for Christ and how he treasures scripture!
Fantastic
Great video. I like AG and their thoroughness in teaching the word of God
I like these videos because I see so many people on social media arguing about (insert topic) instead of what they can agree on.
I believe that speaking in tounges is what bought me back or kept me in touch with God during the nearly 40 years I was back sliden.. I would periodically speak in tounges, it was only one or 2 words, but I needed to know I was communicating with God when I consciously couldn't pray.. I came back through an over flowing of the holy spirit when I got down on my Knees and repented. I now have a whole new language..I asked God for an interpretation of what had been saying.. and he showed me I was asking him not to forsake me!!! Hallelujah he has not!
I was raised Assembly of God and thank you for checking it out!
Real nice to see the grace and genuine generosity on both sides. Y’all keep up the good work.
I am a member of the Assembly of God. Unfortunately, there are people out there who brand us as a cult. I don't hear it every day here (in my country) at least but I've heard a few in the internet that do. Of course, within the Assembly of God, I can tell you growing up, the older ones would have discussions during Sunday School. In those discussions, heresies were spotted like "No tithing, no salvation". My grandfather also does not approve with "no speaking in tongues, no salvation" and I have also reported him the heresy of the "Prosperity Gospel". The Gospel of Christ must be held above all.
Thank you for your patience and God bless you
This was a great interview!
TMBH videos make my weekend 😀❤️🙏🏻
"House of Carded".... Lol. Wonderful! I'm gonna use that so much!
Awesome job, thanks for posting and for being honest.
Great conversation, as always :) I would be super interested in seeing Church of Christ, LDS, and Dutch Reformed. Thanks for all your work Matt!
Yes I am LDS. I would love to see a dialogue. We believe in The Father, Son and Holy Spirit . We believe in hearing the still small voice of the Spirit
I just want to testify that I did a separate prayer after being saved that resulted in a spiritual baptism. I think that everyone has their own personal relationship with God that results in different experiences that are meant to help mold us by our Father in Heaven. All though I have experienced spiritual baptism and our host hasn't, he is pushing unity in a way on a bigger platform then I ever have. Both are different but just as real and biblically accurate and personal to God and ourselves. Unify the Body! Amen!
I’m an AG pastor and I think that was a great representation of our denomination.
Very true Pst... Greetings from AG Europa Mission Centre Switzerland.
wow that was a fantastic episode Matt!
This is a great interview. Thanks for making quality videos. Blessings
@The Ten Minute Bible Hour
Lest you think that none of your regular viewers are Pentecostal, here's one!
Thanks a lot! very informative, great video as usual!
Hey great Video 👍🙌
You should interview David Bercot at Scroll Publishing
Would be a great interview on the early church father's :)
I still love my AG roots as a former AG minister, now Eastern Orthodox. Thanks for the video. Love your stuff.
Contemplative spirituality taught in both.
Hey Matt! Awesome watching your work. It is nice to see people willing to work to erase the differences that exist between our brothers and sisters. I believe it wasn't the Lords will that we are so divided. Especially on such smaller topics. As in life we are all different we see things differently. Why does that have to divide us?!?! We are stronger together. The bible is clear that not everyone will prophesy. We all have different gifts. Many have discernment. There are lots of gifts. As the body has many parts in it all are needed and are important. We are also all in different walks with our Lord. I think to it comes down to faith. Many don't even believe in the gifts of the Spirit. They are no less a Christian. My belief is in most cases the Lord will not give them a prophetic dream or a vision since the Christian would scoff at it anyway as part of his own imagination. The Lord does nothing that doesn't bare fruit. Nothing he does will return to him void. Praise Jesus man!
Doug is awesome. A really approachable dude!
I was raised in the AG church and my father was a AG pastor. I left the AG when I noticed there was no uniformity of belief or method. Also the speaking in tongues while running down the aisle was just scary and weird.
Glad to see that there is a rational person here.
I grew up in an AG church. I'm close to a theology degree from an AG school. What I would love to ask him is: Why is the language of the AG's position paper on Positive Confession so ambiguous? From my experience, I've seen a lot of AG pastors pay lip service to condemning the Prosperity Gospel/Word of Faith/Positive Confession heresies, but when it comes to acting on that, they go along with the Prosperity Gospel. If one cites the AG position paper on positive confession to them they will say the paper says one should not go to extremes but it doesn't condemn positive confession and prosperity preaching entirely. And since the paper does not say what counts as extreme, these pastors just go ahead and go as far as they want. I've had this conversation with multiple AG pastors and gotten the same answers. The Korean pastor that Doug Clay mentions a couple times, Dr. Cho, does in fact preach positive confession and the prosperity gospel. Many in the AG often buddy up to the more cultic charismatics like Bill Johnson and Mike Bickle as well. These are the sorts of people who claim to get "words" from God quite regularly. So in case anyone decides to critique their theology by holding it to the Biblical standard, they'll just get a word from God about that person's personal life that has the effect of shutting them up. I've seen this happen with my own eyes, in AG churches(some large), in the same state as the AG headquarters, Missouri, multiples times to multiple people. So why do they let it continue?
I read their position paper on word of faith, and I thought it was very clear.
@@felixguerrero6062 then perhaps you could clarify what counts as extreme according to that paper
Great interview! I love your humble in your own ways and willing to learn n correct yourself as you go. That’s an honorable way to go. At the end of the day and better yet at the end of the road there’s only one Jesus and one way to the father. No reason for division in church because of theology. Jesus teaches love for each other not division. I’ve never spoke in tongues yet…. But I was healed of a neck/arm injury. I was always skeptical but it happened. The moment they prayed I felt a weird burning. I never said anything again I was skeptical days went by and my pain was gone and range of motion was fully returned…. I finally told what had happened. Guess what. Almost 2 years later I’m still healed !!! Praise be to God.
I love this and I love your work, but I do miss the longer form interviews where we get really into the details, that doesn't bore me.
First ! Wow I'm looking forward to this after your last video in an Assemblies of God church!
Great video, kinda distracted by your awesome fly fishing hat at the end, I spent ten minutes googling it to try and find where you got the hat with no luck, lol.
PLEASE interview David Bernard, General Superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International, Hazelwood, Missouri. Thank you. Love your videos.
@@LuisPerez-fy6up Isa. 9:6 and Jn. 10:30. He came in His Father’s Name.
I am of UPC, I hope he answers the call.
Love to see a video on the Christadelphians. Thanks.
Thank you Matt. You’re doing great things in this world.
I'm a bit late to the party, just came across this series of videos, but still want to say that I love your approach. I appreciate how you are open-minded and even admit that you know you will be wrong about some theology with the main desire being to learn and to have God correct anything that is not correct. If only more of us Christians would have such an approach, the church as a whole would be a much more loving place truly living out what Jesus said in John 13:34-35
Great question Matt! At the 14:40 mark. Let me answer it for you, it doesn’t accomplish anything another than telling the higher ups in AG that you have experienced it so you can continue to climb up the ladder.
You REALLY need to talk to Father Barnabus Powell and/or Father Andrew Stephen Damick. Powell went from a Pentecostal pastor to an Orthodox priest. Damick came as an evangelical to an Orthodox priest.
My family has been AG since 1914 😎
Caden Lemley basically since its foundation... 🤗
My family since 1970s
I'm from AG church in South India here!
Another great video! Loved Mr Clay's boldness and forthrightness. Like you, I've never seen anything compelling to support the Pentecostal movement but I understand their position better now.
Also I'm going to keep bugging you to do a Presbyterian/reformed church that adheres to the Westminster Confession!
Can you do one about Messianic Judaism
This channel is so awesome! I’m learning a lot about different denominations. I’ve been told by my Baptist pastor, Pentecostals and Baptist’s are really the only Bible believing churches. But I want to do the research for myself, rather than just believe that blindly. This channel has given me a lot of knowledge. Now I just want to learn more about speaking in tongues (which is usually kind of taboo in Baptist congregations).
Assemblies of God are not Christian. They believe that you can lose your salvation. That's not Christianity
@@marimar3161A lot of Christians believe you can lose your salvation. You calling them “not Christians” is a very foolish thing to say.
Matt, it seems to me what you've seen as far as the miraculous signs was from the charismatic movement. What I mean is that what you saw is the people doing/saying whatever it is they did/said of their own volition, NOT lead by the Holy Spirit. I've seen both. There is definitely a difference.
I don't speak in tongues but AoG is on solid Scriptural ground saying tongues, interpretation, prophecy, discernment exist today. Do all believers do this? 1 Corth 12 1-11 says the Spirit gives these to individual believers as He will, so the answer is "no". If you say "that was then, this is now", were does it explicitly say these gifts ceased? It can't be 1 Corth 13:8-12 unless you think we have the same understanding of God today that He has of us.
I had no idea Bakker and Swaggert were AOG. Have known many AOG and would not say those two guys represent them.
Probably because they are terrible people
Jim Bakker left the AOG Church in 1988. Swaggart was defrocked by the AOG in 1988.
Existing at one point in the AG doesn't mean others would feel represented by them.
Bakker and Swaggart are friends of mine. God forgives (Gal.6:1).
AHHH HOW DID I NOT KNOW YOU WERE HERE!?! I WORK HERE. I WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR AN AUTOGRAPH. Or at least geeked out embarrassingly. I hope you visited the headquarter's museum at least.
Highly recommend Vineyard movement next though :) I think you'd find their perspective on the Holy Spirit similar, but be fascinated by the idea it's not a denomination but a collection of churches from different backgrounds working to find similar grounds on belief.
I like what my theology prof said about Vineyard: "It's like Burning Man for church."
I love Matt's videos, always super interesting and informative.
I came to faith in a Four Square fellowship (not technically Assemblies of God) that was decidedly Pentecostal. They do an excellent job of presenting the Gospel and bringing people into the Church. I eventually left because my studies took me to a deeper theological tradition. Additionally I was put off by what I saw as counterfeits of 1st century gifts.
Pentecostal here. Appreciate this video! One misconception: only one group of any size claims non-“tongue talkers” are lost. The United Pentecostal Church. They also deny the Trinity & say other Pentecostals are lost because we baptize wrong. All other major Pentecostal denominations agree the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a separate matter from salvation.
Great video Matt!!
I’m searching for a new denomination as I’m leaving Roman Catholicism because it’s no longer sustainable for me to hold the spiritual nourishment I get from Christianity on the one hand, with the laundry list of problematic positions and theologies Catholicism supports on the other. But it’s overwhelming trying to look into and distinguish between all these thousands of denominations with thousands of years of history to find one that’s the right fit for me. Even narrowing it down to just groups that welcome LGBTQ people (a sadly short list but still longer than I assumed it would be), there’s so much variety in theology, worship style, etc. that I don’t even know where to start. This series doesn’t help with narrowing things down, but instead it highlights that all these diverse expressions of Christianity, for the most part, are fundamentally driving at the same most important points: a Trinitarian God, people are imperfect sinners who cannot save themselves, Jesus is the center of our salvation... it’s comforting to know that even groups I definitely don’t align with on a political or theological basis still fundamentally believe the same things as me, and choosing a new church is more like splitting hairs over the subtleties and finding a community that clicks.
Thanks for the great work Matt, keep it up
Hey, just wondering if you have any United Church of Christ churches near you? You sound like me when I left Catholocism 10 years ago. I found a UCC church, take a look on their website and see if it fits (UCC.org).
Hey, I don't know if there is any way you think you can stay Catholic, but I would recommend looking into the lives of the saints. Try reading the autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux called the Story of a Soul. Please don't leave, the Catholic Church is the true church and Our Lord loves you so much in the Eucharist. We need you in the Church, and I hope and pray that you can find that it is your home as well. I'm praying for you and may God bless you.
Hi Ian, is it mostly the LGBTQ issues that are making you look outside Catholicism or is it something else? God bless.
What i did with my friends, was just visit places of worship in your city. You'd be surprised, afterwards ask questions to the pastor or deacons.
Matt, great work thank you. Very helpful to me.
You're doing GREAT, man!
Good job Matt. May the Lord protect and guide you on your quest to bring unity and understanding among all who call Him, Lord. Psst, miracles happen everyday, talking in tongues in blasai. Also, scripture says if the gift of talking in tongues is granted, the ability to understand that tongue is also granted to another in that group of people. Speaking in a tongue that no one can understand is just vanity.
Thank you for doing this and you are doing a great job
I went to two different AG churches, and they were both prosperity doctrine churches. The love of money is the root of all evil. 1 Timothy 6:10. Why didn't you ask about prosperity doctrine or his view on eternal life?
I was a third generation AOG churchgoer, but at 8 we moved to a PCG (Pentecostal Church of God). We really learned a lot from Kenneth Hagin teaching because our pastor read every book and literature he wrote.
I have a feeling this video is going to be fire!
You are a Christian, there is no doubt about that. What I want you to know is when someone is being filled in the Holy Spirit it is something so beautiful that until you experience it cannot truly understand the changes that follow after. I was skeptical before it happened to me, during this beautiful filling of the Holy Spirit, I felt peace, and love, and joy like God had his arms around me just filling me with so much love that anyone could’ve walked in the door and took my life in that moment and it would have not even phased me I had so much happiness like a smile was on my face and all I would’ve been able to do was just look at that person with love in my heart because that’s the love that was in dwelling within me when he came upon me and filled me with his beautiful Holy Spirit until you experience that you won’t understand, and cannot understand. Jesus said that anyone who asks will receiver he Holy Spirit, this text means the filling of. God bless you brother in Christ!
Def good. Matt! You have such a heart for the Lord and truth. I was the same as you until God lead me until an AG church in DeLand FL, slowly over time based on my understanding of the Word I came to believe in what AG believes.
Let’s get coffee in WY sometime! I would love to hangout and talk kingdom. My brother goes to CSU which is near
One Lord, One faith, One Baptism.