Peace to War: Shifting Allegiances in the Assemblies of God
- ISBN-10
- 1931038589
- ISBN-13
- 9781931038584
- Category
- Peace
- Pages
- 429
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-01
- Author
- Paul Alexander
Description
As Alexander documents, "The war church is a harlot church!" so said an early twentieth-century fiery Pentecostal preacherreflecting the conscientious objection and nonviolence that was the official position of the Assemblies of God, 1917-1967. Pentecostals spoke in tongues, prayed for healing, and refused to kill for America, stating that "the clear teachings of the inspired Word of God" showed that "as followers of the Prince of Peace" they could not "conscientiously participate in the actual destruction of human life." But by the end of the twentieth century, the majority of AOG pastors in America believed that Jesus himself would support war and that they should kill for their country if necessary.
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