CHAPTER 2

Question 1

Name 5 reasons for the meeting in Hot Springs.

Answer 1

1. unity among the churches
2. conservation of the work at home and on foreign fields
3. better support for missionaries
4. chartering with a legal name
5. Bible school training for ministers

Question 2

Why was legal recognition of churches necessary?

Answer 2

1. For a better selection and support of missionaries
2. For training Pentecostal ministers
3. Needed legal standing to buy property, and ordination.

Question 3

Explain the importance of the name, General Council of the Assemblies of God.

Answer 3

“General assembly” was taken from Hebrews 12:23, a familiar term that emphasized Christian unity.

Question 4

What two groups did the General Council restrict in ministry?

Answer 4

1. Divorced persons whose previous spouses were still alive

2. Women could not be ordained as pastors

Question 5

Name the 2 early AG leaders.

Answer 5

E. N. Bell (chairman) and J. Roswell Flower (general secretary).