Assemblies of God in Great Britain

Assemblies of God in Great Britain
Classification	Protestant
Theology	Pentecostal
Region	England, Scotland and Wales
Origin	1924
Official website	www.aog.org.uk

Assemblies of God in Great Britain (AOG) is a Pentecostal denomination with 600 congregations throughout the United Kingdom except Northern Ireland, where the Assemblies of God Ireland operates. As the British branch of the 52.5-million-member World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the British Assemblies of God forms part of the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world.

The Assemblies of God believes that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, the infallible, all sufficient rule for faith and practice. It also believes in:

The British Assemblies of God came into being in Birmingham in 1924.Mattersey Hall, founded in London in 1919, is the official Bible college. It is located in Mattersey, near Doncaster, in Yorkshire, England. The standard hymnal of Assemblies of God has traditionally been the Redemption Hymnal. Although as time has moved on, the style of music within Assembles of God Churches has become more varied.

On October 22, 2005, the Irish Region was allowed to join with the Irish Assemblies of God, Republic of Ireland to form the Assemblies of God Ireland.

The Assemblies of God is divided into six geographical regions or areas: Scotland, North, Central, London and East, Wales, and West. Each area is overseen by an area leader who together form the National Leadership Team. The Team is headed by John Partington, who became the leader of AOG in 2010 after leading churches in Liverpool and Exeter and also serving on the leadership team of Edge Church in Adelaide, Australia under Danny Guglielmucci.

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