Assemblies of God USA

The Assemblies of God USA (AG), officially The General Council of the Assemblies of God, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States founded in 1914 during a meeting of Pentecostal ministers at Hot Springs, Arkansas, who came from a variety of independent churches and networks of churches. The Assemblies of God is a Finished Work Pentecostal denomination and is the U.S. branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the world's largest Pentecostal body. With a constituency of 2,928,143 in 2022, the Assemblies of God was the ninth largest Christian denomination and the second largest Pentecostal denomination in the United States.

The Assemblies of God holds to a conservative, evangelical and Arminian theology as expressed in the Statement of Fundamental Truths and position papers, which emphasize such core Pentecostal doctrines as the baptism in the Holy Spirit, speaking in tongues, divine healing and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. It defines for itself a fourfold mission to evangelize others, worship God, disciple believers, and show compassion. The fellowship's polity is a hybrid of presbyterian and congregational models. This tension between local independence and national authority is seen in the AG's historical reluctance to refer to itself as a denomination, preferring the terms fellowship and movement. The national headquarters are in Springfield, Missouri, where the administrative and executive offices and Gospel Publishing House are located.

Founded in 1914 by white Pentecostal ministers who had been loosely affiliated with the historically black Church of God in Christ—the only incorporated Pentecostal denomination at the time, and separating in disagreement with this arrangement and theological differences, the Assemblies of God was established; while Bishop CH Mason attended the gathering which founded the denomination, invitations were only sent to white ministers. Incorporated during the Jim Crow era, the AG forbade the ordination of black ministers from 1939 until 1962. Black people seeking ordination were referred to the Church of God in Christ.

The Assemblies of God maintains relationships with other Pentecostal groups at both regional and national levels through the Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America and the Pentecostal World Fellowship. It is also a member of the Wesleyan Holiness Consortium and the National Association of Evangelicals. It is also the sponsor of Convoy of Hope and Chi Alpha. Since the 21st century, its Chi Alpha student organization has been subjected to multiple controversies involving the LGBT community, and sexual and psychological abuse.