Assemblies of God Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Controversies == In 1916, American pastor [[F. F. Bosworth]], a founding member of the organization, criticized the [[Assemblies of God Statement of Fundamental Truths]] for its excessive stance on [[glossolalia]] as a mandatory "initial sign" of [[baptism of the Holy Spirit]] and left it in 1918.<ref>Daniel Castelo, ''Pentecostalism as a Christian Mystical Tradition'', Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 2017, p. 132</ref> In revising the 1918 declaration, leaders qualified the statement of belief to be understood as the "initial physical sign" of [[baptism of the Holy Spirit]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page