Constitution and Bylaws of The General Council of the Assemblies of God

Key terms and definitions from the Constitution and Bylaws of The General Council of the Assemblies of God.

General Council

Sessions of the corporation representing The General Council of the Assemblies of God.

Assemblies of God

The entire constituency of the cooperative Pentecostal fellowship.

Immanuel

A title for the Lord Jesus Christ meaning 'God with us,' acknowledging Him to be both God and man in one person.

Sanctification

An act of separation from that which is evil, and of dedication unto God.

The Blessed Hope

The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord.

Executive Leadership Team

A leadership body comprising the four General Council corporate officers along with the executive directors of Assemblies of God World Missions and Assemblies of God U.S. Missions.

General Presbytery

The official policy-making body of the Assemblies of God when the General Council is not in session.

General Council Affiliated Assembly

A local church that has applied for and received a Certificate of Affiliation from The General Council of the Assemblies of God, possessing full rights of self-government.

Cooperating Assemblies

Churches subscribing to the Statement of Fundamental Truths that enter into a temporary cooperative status with a district and the General Council for a four-year term before official affiliation.

Provisional Certificate of Ministry

A certificate issued for one year (renewable up to two times) to an individual essential to a church or ministry's continuity who has not yet met all standard credentialing requirements.

Senior-Retired Status

A credential designation granted to ministers 65 years of age or older who have ceased to engage in regular appointed ministry.

Unconditional Security

A disapproved position holding that it is impossible for a person once saved to be lost.

Amillennialism

A disapproved eschatological view denying the literal one thousand-year reign of Christ on earth and substituting present history as a spiritual millennium.

Fellowship Partners Offering

An annual contribution sent by local churches to support the administrative offices of the General Council based on average Sunday morning attendance.

Indigenous Principle

A world missions strategy following the Pauline example to establish self-supporting, self-governing, and self-propagating national churches.