December 7, 2007 – 6:19 am
A/G-USA - Doctrinal Death Dilemma
Assemblies of God was established originally as a fellowship of autonomous churches (assemblies) in voluntary association for the purposes of worship, evangelism and mission. Our founders and forefathers strongly resisted any denominational tag. They resented the application of the word, arguing that Assemblies of God was a movement not a denomination. Gradually, through the ambitions of carnal, self seeking leaders and an overemphasis on hierarchical structure, local autonomy has been over-ridden. National expressions of the denomination in USA, UK and Australasia and a number of other regions and countries, have effectively become fellowships of ministers not of assemblies. This inevitably leads to modern day Nicholaitanism<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[1]<!--[endif]-->, which in turn leads to modern day Baalamism<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[2]<!--[endif]-->. False doctrine always leads to immoral living and vice versa. The two work hand in hand actually feeding on each other.
AG-USA stood for a number of years at the cross roads. ...
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