Chapter 2 Quiz

Question 1

2. Which statement best describes the outcome of the Hot Springs convention?

Answer 1

After four days of prayer and fellowship, the delegates approved a corporate name.

Question 2

3. Why was the name The Assemblies of God selected?

Answer 2

The name corresponded to the scriptural phrase “general assembly and church of the firstborn.”

Question 3

4. What was the position of the first General Council with regard to the ordination of women?

Answer 3

Women could be ordained as missionaries and evangelists, but not as pastors.

Question 4

5. What is generally regarded as the explanation of the growth of the Pentecostal Movement in the twentieth century?

Answer 4

The people. Pentecostal people were willing to use any method to reach the world.

Question 5

6. Which best describes the difficulties faced by the church planters around the time of the second General Council (1914)?

Answer 5

Lack of finances and proper facilities

Question 6

7. Which statement best describes one of the many strong motivations for early Pentecostal preachers?

Answer 6

The idea that Jesus was coming again soon

Question 7

8. In what way were many of the early preachers trained for the ministry?

Answer 7

One-to-one training (often referred to as mentoring)

Question 8

9. Name the husband and wife team that held services in an old saloon and from those beginnings established six new churches within eighteen months

Answer 8

Marcus and Ethyl Musick

Question 9

10. Which of the following best explains the effectiveness of Aimee Semple McPherson’s ministry in the 1920s?

Answer 9

She understood American culture and used it as a bridge to the understanding of the gospel.

Question 10

1. Which of the following was a motivation to move from spiritual unity to limited organizational unity?

Answer 10

To encourage local congregations to charter with a legal name