Assembly of God

[Spartan Sprinter]

Hey guys, Does the "Assembly of God" have sound doctrine or are they a red flag?

I'm just curious as i seen these 2 pastors from my home state as guests on the Patrick Ben David show recently and they were saying some good things on there but there was something in the back of my mind nagging me about their domination but i couldn't quite remember or put a finger on it ?

 

[Tall Timbers]

I used to like Assemblies of God. The ones I've visited in recent years have gone NAR.

 

[Cheeky200386]

Red flag!! They are Charismatic.

 

[Margery]

Here in Canada they are the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada- mainline Pentecostals. However I have the same experience that Tall Timbers mentions.

It's not so much that they are charismatic, it's the type of charismatic stuff that is infecting a lot of churches now. Some charismatic stuff is fine, other stuff like NAR, Paula White, Kenneth Copeland, and that weirdo in Redding CA - they are NOT fine.

NAR stuff is common, along with a dash of Word of Faith stuff. Some of the really heretical 1948 Latter Rain Movement and the teachings of William Branham has infected some churches even though the Assemblies of God and the PAOC came out against it in the beginning.

Daughter, son in law and the 5 granddaughters attend a PAOC church in Clearwater BC- it's the one I go to online for Sundays. It's one of the ones that is pretty clean. The pastor is excellent and preaches a good solid sermon every Sunday. The people he allows in the pulpit are good for the most part. Occasionally one slips thru, but he's pretty quick in his "cleanup on aisle 6"

He's older though. And he's been around the block so he knows stuff like @mattfivefour knows stuff. Experienced.

As always each individual church is different. In this age of deception even a good name on the door doesn't mean what it used to.

Use caution. You might come up with a gem like I have, or you might find yourself in a den of wolves.

 

[Hol]

Another caution, many of the AOG churches are being led towards union with the RCC, even high level meetings with the Pope. They aren’t usually honest about that because they don’t want to rattle the sheep.

Most are not instructing their members to place a high value on individual Bible study. They often appeal to a high value on emotional fellowship.

 

[Spartan Sprinter]

Thanks heaps guys for your input, as i mentioned , maybe it was the Holy spirit giving me that uneasy feeling when i was contemplating checkign the church out.

Now he has used you all to explain why i was getting that handbrake/ hesitation feeling.

 

[LydiaJoy]

I used to like Assemblies of God. The ones I've visited in recent years have gone NAR.

I used to like them too. I used to be a teacher of a Friends Bible study group for 6-8th grade girls. It was such a great program, kind of like Christian girl scouts. I really miss those days.

https://ngm.ag.org/Teen-Girls/Friends

NAR is really really scary.

 

[mattfivefour]

Some AOG churches are great. But some are NAR. You've got to try them out to see. Anymore you just cannot go by the name on any church.