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BANGKOK (UCAN) — Four unemployed Muslim men aged 18-29 were charged on Feb. 2 for arson attacks on two churches and a school in Taiping, local media reported.
Earlier, on Jan. 29, three other Muslim men aged 22-24 were charged for burning the Metro Tabernacle Church belonging to the Assemblies of God in Kuala Lumpur. The [...]
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The Tanzania Assemblies of God (TAG) Church building at Ilala parish near the Uhuru round about in Kariakoo, is reportedly sold to Arab investors, The Citizen has learnt.
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Rev. Sourik, overseer of the Assemblies of God Churches in Iran, announced on October 30 at the Central Church in Tehran that, under extreme pressure from the Ministry of Information, the church has been forced to shut down their two Friday services……. read more.
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Christians in Iran are facing even more persecution. International Christian Concern has learned that the Iranian government forced the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran to shut down its Friday worship services. The incident took place October 30. Some fear this episode in the beginning of a new campaign of government suppression of public Christian worship gatherings, reports MNN.
According to reports by Farsi Christian News Network, Rev. Sourik, the bishop of the Assemblies of God… >>
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Recently, the Vietnam government granted the Assemblies of God of Vietnam an official permit to operate. Among other things, the approval opens doors of opportunity to help believers in Vietnam construct their own church buildings.
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Elders in the Assemblies of God are worried about what a younger generation’s more practical theology might mean for the future of the practice of speaking in tongues.
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Wednesday, 4th November 2009. 3:42pm By: Kimberly Ladouceur. The Iranian Government passed a ruling on October 31 that the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran was to shut its doors for Frid…
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According to the reports received from local sources in Iran and the (FCNN) Farsi Christian News Network reporters, the Assemblies of God authorities, at the conclusion of their regular Friday afternoon worship services of October 30, 2009, announced that Friday worship services would no longer take place and only Sunday services, in two separate shifts, will be conducted, reports FCNN.
The Central Assemblies of God Church located at the beginning of Taleghani Street, which has been conductin… >>
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A group of Hindu radicals attacked an Assemblies of God House Church during a worship service and the pastor, along with few others, were detained for alleged false charges of “forceful conversion” on Sunday, October 25 at Hubli in Karnataka …
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The Assemblies of God (AG) in Vietnam on Oct. 19 received an “operating license,” which the government described as “the first step … before becoming officially legal.”
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The Assemblies of God is moving forward with a resolution it recently passed to facilitate church planting particularly using the increasingly popular multi-site strategy.
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A ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday awarded official recognition to the Assemblies of God branch of the Pentecostal church – previously considered an illegal Christian denomination.
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Nine Assemblies of God churches were included in the 2009 report of America’s 100 largest and fastest-growing churches, as part of
a special issue of Outreach Magazine.
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The Assemblies of God asks whether its distinctive teaching is being lost in outreach efforts.
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Recently, VirtueOnline examined the growth of the Assemblies of God as compared
to the dwindling numbers in the Episcopal Church when it posted two
articles by Frank Lockwood, the Religion editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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Recessions are a good time for revival, California pastor Rick Warren told delegates this morning at the Assemblies of God (AG) biennial General Council being held this week in Orlando, Fla., reports Charisma News Online.
“Bad times are good times for churches because people will turn to the Lord when things are going bad,” he said. “When things are going great they ignore God.”
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, August 17 (Compass Direct News) – Attacks on Christians in Sri Lanka have surged noticeably in recent weeks, following the government’s defeat of Tamil separatists in May. Attacks were reported in Puttlam, Gampaha and Kurunegala districts in western Sri Lanka, central Polonnaruwa district, Mannar district in the north and Matara district in the south, according to the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL). Most recently, attackers on July 28 set fire to an Assemblies of God church in Norachcholai, Puttlam district, destroying the building. In Markandura village, Kurunegala district, seven men wielding swords on July 12 attacked caretaker Akila Dias and three other members of the Vineyard Community church, causing serious injury to church members and church property. Dias and others received emergency care at a local hospital before being transferred to a larger hospital in the area for treatment. On June 28, a mob consisting of more than 100 people, including Buddhist monks, surrounded the home of a female church pastor of a Foursquare Gospel in Radawana village, Gampaha district, according to the NCEASL. At the time the pastor, whose name was withheld for security reasons, and her husband were away. Their 13-year-old daughter watched helplessly as the mob broke in, shouted insults and destroyed chairs and other furniture. Later, in the presence of Buddhist monks and other protestors, the pastor was forced to sign a document promising not to host worship services for non-family members.
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The Assemblies of God elected its first woman to the Executive Presbytery during its biennial meeting on Wednesday. Thousands of ministers and delegates greeted Beth Grant’s election with a standing ovation.
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In a sign that the Assemblies, the oldest predominantly white Pentecostal fellowship in the country, is changing attitudes about women in leadership, delegates are expected to approve a change in policy that would see a woman elected to the church’s General Presbytery, its second-highest policy-making body, for the first time. A Florida-based missionary is considered a strong candidate for that post.
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Around 32,000 Pentecostals from around the world will be gathering in Orlando, Fla., this week for the 53rd Assemblies of God General Council, which officially opens Monday.