Assemblies of God USA

====Salvation====
{{Main|Christian soteriology}}

The Statement of Fundamental Truths states, "Man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God". The Assemblies of God holds the [[Arminian]] position on salvation. While it agrees with the [[Calvinist]] position that God is sovereign, at the same time, it believes that mankind has [[free will]]—free to accept or reject God's gift of salvation and eternal life.<ref>[http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/topics/gendoct_09_security.cfm "Security of the Believer (Backsliding)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619013115/http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/topics/gendoct_09_security.cfm |date=2010-06-19 }}, a paper endorsed by the Assemblies of God's Commission on Doctrinal Purity and the Executive Presbytery. Accessed August 1, 2010</ref> Therefore, the Assemblies of God disapproves of the doctrines of [[double predestination]] and the [[unconditional election|unconditional security]] of the believer, which holds that once saved it is impossible for a person to be lost. Instead, the Assemblies of God believes that salvation is received and kept by faith, if faith in Christ is lost, then salvation is lost.<ref>[http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Position_Papers/pp_downloads/pp_4178_security.pdf "The Security of the Believer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060627042657/http://ag.org/top/Beliefs/Position_Papers/pp_downloads/pp_4178_security.pdf |date=2006-06-27 }}, statement adopted by the Assemblies of God General Presbytery, August 21, 1978. Accessed August 1, 2010.</ref>