definitions

Assemblies of God

or Assembly of God

noun

the largest American Pentecostal denomination, formed in 1914 by the merger of various Pentecostal churches and marked by faith healing and speaking in tongues.

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Culture definitions for assemblies of god

Assemblies of God

A charismatic Protestant denomination with about two million members in the United States.

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