11-20 Flashcards

1
Q

Formulated and adopted by the 1916 General Council, the Statement of Fundamental Truths was primarily a response to what doctrinal disagreement?

A

Trinitarian doctrine

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Write the statement of Council Secretary John Welsh mad4e in 1920 and referring to home and foreign missions

A

“The General Council of the Assemblies of God was never meant to an institution; it is just a missionary agency.”

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3
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What was the first department established by the General Council in 1919?

A

Missionary Department

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4
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Who was appointed as the first full-time missionary secretary-treasurer?

A

J. Roswell Flower

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5
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Who was the North America’s best-known evangelist during the Roaring Twenties, and founder of one of the first megachurches in the United States?

A

Aimee Semple McPherson

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6
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What unwed female missionary founded a world-famous ministry to Egyptian orphans?

A

Lillian Trasher

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7
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List the tenets of the Christian and Missionary Alliance fourfold gospel that would become the four cardinal doctrines of the Assemblies of God

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  1. Work at home and abroad shall be on a cash basis, debts will not be incurred, work should be undertaken only as funds are available
  2. seek out neglected regions where the Gospel has not yet been preached
  3. seek to establish self-supporting, self-propagating and self-governing native churches
    4, system of supporting missions and missionaries shall be based on the principle of Acts 4:34-35
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8
Q

What need convinced a majority of Assemblies of God ministers to approve a constitution and bylaws in 1927?

A

the need for accountability and teamwork

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9
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what realization made the need for accountability possible?

A

the spirit could speak in council votes and committee decisions

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10
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What justified the increasing number of church organizational structures?

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they were justified to aid in the development and effectiveness of various ministries

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