History
History
History
Isabelo de los Reyes was one of the initiators of the separation, and
suggested that former Catholic priest Gregorio Aglipay[3][4] be the head of the
church. It is also known as the "Aglipayan Church", after its first Supreme
Bishop, Gregorio Aglipay, who like José Rizal, later became a Freemason, in
May 1918.[5][6]
As of 2015 the Supreme Bishop was Ephraim Fajutagana, whose central office
is located at the National Cathedral of the Holy Child in Ermita, Manila.
Assemblies of God
The Assemblies of God has its roots in the Pentecostal Azusa Street Revival of the
early 20th century. The Pentecostal aspects of the revival were not generally
welcomed by established churches, and participants in the movement soon found
themselves forced outside existing religious bodies. These people sought out their
own places of worship and founded hundreds of distinctly Pentecostal
congregations. By 1914, many ministers and laymen alike began to realize just how
far-reaching the spread of the revival and of Pentecostalism had become.
Concerned leaders felt the desire to protect and preserve the results of the revival
by uniting through cooperative fellowship.
In April 1914, about 300 preachers and laymen were invited from 20 states and
several foreign countries for a general council in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States,
to discuss and take action on these and other pressing needs. A remaining fellowship
emerged from the meeting and was incorporated under the name General Council
of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America. In time, self-governing and
self-supporting general councils broke off from the original fellowship or were formed
independently in several nations throughout the world, originating either from
indigenous Pentecostal movements or as a direct result of the indigenous missions
strategy of the General Council.[9] In 1919, Pentecostals in Canada united to form
the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada which formally affiliated with the Assemblies
of God USA the next year. The Assemblies of God in Great Britain was formed in 1924
and would have an early influence on the Assemblies of God in Australia, now
known as Australian Christian Churches. The Australian Assemblies of God was
formed in 1937 by a merger of the Pentecostal Church of Australia and the
Assemblies of God Queensland. The Queensland AG had formed in 1929; though, it
was never formally affiliated with the AG in America. The Assemblies of God of South
Africa was founded in 1925 and like the AG Queensland, was also not initially aligned
with the US fellowship.
Prior to 1967, the Assemblies of God, along with the majority of other Pentecostal
denominations, officially opposed Christian participation in war and considered itself
Crusaders of the Divine Church of Christ