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Unit 2 - AG Governance Flashcards

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The AG’S early passion for missions is demonstrated in the…

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Words of Jesus

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In November 1914 the second General Council approved a resolution stating:

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“We commit to Him for the greatest evangelism the world has ever seen.”

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What were the six principles for missionary endeavors outlined by the 1921 General Council?

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Cooperative faith, unreached people, indigenous
churches, broad support and central distribution, equipping foreign nationals, and standards of training and testing

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Who were the three individuals who played pivotal roles in embracing the indigenous churches principle?

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Alice E. Luce, Noel Perkin, and Melvin Hodges

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What was Alice E. Luce’s influence in missions?

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She promoted the indigenous church principle in three articles she wrote for the Pentecostal Evangel.

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Who was Noel Perkin and what was he known for in AG missions?

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He was the leader of the Missionary Department from 1927-1959 and a strong advocate of Indigenous church principles

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Some examples of sacrifices made by missionaries to share the gospel to the ends of the earth were :

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No missionary organization, lack of financial support, and martyrdom.

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The AG programs that were developed to allow the people on the home front to fulfill the Great Commission were:

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Womens Missionary Council, Speed the Light, Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge, Light for the Lost, and AIM.

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The 3 major emphases of AG World Missions in the twenty first century are ;

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Reaching unreached people groups, forming and nurturing strategic partnerships, and assisting the suffering church.

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One of the initial five reasons given for organizing the AG was a desire to conserve and build up the work. Sunday school did this by :

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Building on the established foundation and passing on the full gospel message to future generations.

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Early Pentecostal schools were short-term and mobile, making it possible for lay people to participate. Their status as “faith schools” made it feasible for those who could not afford higher education to attend, and prayer was emphasized, which lead to revivals. However, one of the drawbacks of these schools was that :

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Their small size, limited faculty, and exhausting intensity limited the number of students impacted.

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In the early years of the AG schools, these typically three-year institutes were established in various regions of the USA because they

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Sought to draw students from their own region to prepare for ministry that would mainly benefit that region.

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Describe how WWII brought crucial changes in higher education to the AG.

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Schools expanded their curriculum which earned recognition, and met standards for accreditation in order for students to receive GI loans for their education.

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Starting in 1993, AG colleges earned the right to be called Universities by

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Broadening course offerings, majors, and degrees conferred.

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A seminary is different from a Bible college because

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It gives the student a deeper understanding of theology, biblical languages, exegesis, and other biblical and religious subjects.

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Central Bible College, Evangel University, AG Theological Seminary were consolidated for what reasons?

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Ministerial preparation, enrollment growth, financial and organizational stewardship, and twenty-first century challenges and opportunities.

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Global University was organized for the purpose of

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Allowing students to study the Bible and prepare for ministry no matter where they lived.

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Regardless of our changing times, AG schools of higher education are committed to

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Training workers to evangelize the world, nation, and secular college campuses ( through Chi Alpha) for christ.

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Give 2 examples of women God used in leadership in the New Testament.

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Tryphosa and Phoebe

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The 4 key reasons for early opportunities in ministry for women in the AG were:

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Holiness influence, revival, passion, and expediency

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What are the 4 forces that worked against women’s participation in ministry leadership?

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Fundamentalist influence, status quo, ministry as a profession, and cultural backlash.

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22
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The first woman to receive ministerial credentials with the AG was

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Dolly Simms

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The difference between the Complementarian and Egalitarian interpretations of the Bible’s teaching on women in ministry is that they are

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Equal in dignity but distinct in roles verses equal in all things.

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The AGs official position on women in ministry in the context of Complementarian and Egalitarian

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Biblical equality

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The 2010 AG position paper on women in ministry states that

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“We cannot find convincing evidence that the ministry of women is restricted according to some sacred or immutable principle. “

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Cite and example– past or present– of a woman who served with distinction in the following categories: missionaries, evangelists, pastors, and church planters.

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Beth Grant, Maria Woodsworth-Etter, Elva K Stump, Alice E Luce, Donna Barrett

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One growing trend regarding women’s roles in the AG is that

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Women in ministry and leadership grew

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The Fundamentalists regarded Pentecostals as dangerous enemies rather than allies because they saw Pentecostals as

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“Fenatics and Heretics – a menace to their Orthodox beliefs.”

29
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The dilemma evangelicals faced that lead to the foundation of the National Religious Broadcasters was the

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Compromise opportunity for evangelicals to voice their opinions.

30
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The National Sunday School Association was crucial to Evangelicals because of the need for a

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Sunday school lesson series from a conservative, Evangelical perspective.

31
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One of the goals for having an Evangelical Missions Association was to

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Counter the conflicting theology and purpose of existing Missionary Organizations.

32
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Who was the first elected secretary of the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America and what was the year

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J. Roswell Flower in 1948

33
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A statement that shows the strength of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship today is :

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The AG is the largest Pentecostal Fellowship in the world

34
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Some contrast between the New Order of the Latter Rain and the Pentecostal revival of the early 1900s were that of

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Alienation, lack of accountability and erroneous teachings.

35
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Who was Stanley Frodsham and what was his contribution to the AG and involvement in the Latter Rain Movement?

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He was the editor of the Pentecostal Evangel and an advocate for the Latter Rain Movement

36
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What were the 2 extreme responses to fresh outpourings of the Holy Spirit as articulated in the AG position paper “ End Time Revival – Spirit- Led and Spirit controlled “?

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Rejection of doctrine and teaching beyond Scripture

37
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What was the main challenge faced by the AG that determined their response to other movements within the church?

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Embracing fellowship with others while maintaining distinctiveness

38
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D.W Kerr’s synopsis for speaking in tongues as the initial physical evidence of baptism in the holy spirit was that

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The Word of God is the touchstone for this Pentecostal belief

39
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The controversy that prompted the AG to articulate and codify the existing doctrines of the Fellowship was the

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Oneness- Trinitarian controversy

40
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The leader of the team that established the traditional views of the Trinity was

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D. W. Kerr

41
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Four problems with the oneness theology that turned the tide in favor of the traditional views of the Trinity were that

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It was a violation of the rules of order, Jesus’s name was a magic word, baptism in Jesus’s name was necessary, and it was dependent on Bible revelation

42
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The “New issue” that threatened to rip the Fellowship apart was the

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Jesus only dispute

43
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Durham’s doctrine that influenced the AG founders when they met in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1914 was

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“A finished work “ doctrine of Sanctification

44
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The early Pentecostals believed in a spiritual process in what three distinctives ?

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Justification, Christian perfection, and Holy Spirit baptism

45
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What was the “Third way” and who first preached about it?

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The Baptism in the Holy Spirit by William H. Durham

46
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The doctrinal controversy that threatened the unity of the AG was the disagreement over

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Sanctification as the second and final work of grace after salvation and it being synonymous with the baptism in the Holy Spirit

47
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The four core doctrines of the AG are

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Salvation, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, divine healing, and the second coming

48
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The four core beliefs of the AG were largely drawn from the creed of what other organization?

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The Christian and Missionary Alliance

49
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Describe the old heresy that looked like a new revelation coming out of California in the early days of the AG

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Baptism in the name of Jesus only

50
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The purpose of the Statement of Sixteen Fundamental Truths was to articulate and codify the doctrines that

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distinguished it as a body from others

51
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At the second General Council, in November 1914, the delegates unanimously approved a resolution committing themselves to

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the greatest evangelism the world has ever seen

52
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Out of rejection of the paternalistic model, the AG early on embraced the

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indigenous church principle

53
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The number of missions-giving churches increased greatly due to missionary Arthur Berg’s idea of sending a small portion of missionary giving to the district to start more churches, which led to

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the birth of Home Missions–now U.S. Missions

54
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In the early days of the AG, some were wary of college education because they

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were convinced they were living in the last days, and the need for evangelism was more pressing than the need for education

55
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What description best fits AG schools in the early decade?

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They lasted four to eight weeks so that lay men and women could participate

56
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What major change happened that influenced individuals ‘ abilities to obtain higher education?

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The government covered the education costs for soldiers returning from WWII, to attend colleges that met certain standards

57
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A deciding factor in the development of an AG seminary was that

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many seminaries taught liberal theological perspectives that clashed with the AG doctrine and belief

58
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In 2000, Global University was formed by the merger of what two schools?

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Berean University and International Correspondence Institute

59
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Half of the elders of the Azusa Street Mission were women, one of which was Rachel Sizelove. Describe the vision she had about a year before the AG was founded.

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That of a sparkling fountain of living water bubbling up in Springfield, Missouri, foreshadowing the city’s future central role in spreading the gospel to the world

60
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The women’s suffrage movement

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happened the same year the AG granted women the right to vote in General Council business sessions

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The view that teaches that God created men and women equal in all things, and although they are distinct from one another, this difference does not disqualify women from leadership in the church, is called the

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egalitarian view.

62
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In 2018, one hundred and four years after the birth of the AG, who was chosen as the first female to serve on the Executive Leadership Team?

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Donna Barrett

63
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List the ways that women have served the AG with distinction.

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Missionaries, evangelists, pastors and church planters, writers and educators, and leaders and trailblazers

64
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Two general superintendent, George O. Wood and Doug Clay, have influenced the Fellowship’s view of women in ministry. Due to their leadership, the numbers and percentages of women in ministry in the AG are

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continuing to grow.

65
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Define the resource that is designed specifically to equip women for ministry.

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The Network of Women Ministers: exists to mobilize women to fulfill their ministerial call

66
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Describe the challenge of the AG, and other Pentecostals, during the 1940s.

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Guard against allowing Pentecostal values and distinctives to be lost among broader evangelical teaching

67
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The World Assemblies of God Fellowship was birthed as a result of what campaign?

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Decade of Harvest

68
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The Charismatic Renewal was kindled as a result of what event?

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Rector Dennis Bennett of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church became baptized in the Holy Spirit.

69
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Describe the AG’s response to the Pensacola Outpouring.

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Balanced openness to new revivals while measuring everything against the teachings of Scripture

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