Assemblies of God USA

====Divine healing====
{{Main|Divine healing}}

The Assemblies of God understands divine healing to have been provided for in the atonement. Looking to scripture, such as {{bibleverse||James|5}} and {{bibleverse||Isaiah|53:5}}, the AG believes that Christians can pray for healing. Indeed, it believes scripture gives elders of the church the responsibility to pray "the prayer of faith" over the sick. It believes God can and does heal, but believes that God is sovereign and that, whether one is healed or not, a person's trust must be in God.<ref name="divinehealing">Trask, Thomas. [http://agchurches.org/Sitefiles/Default/RSS/IValue/Resources/Divine%20Healing/Articles/Defining_DivineHealing.pdf "Defining Truths of the AG: Divine Healing"]. ''Enrichment'', 2007. Accessed August 1, 2010.</ref> It sees no conflict in trusting God for healing while receiving medical care.<ref name="Crossroads60">{{harvnb|Poloma|1989|p=60}}</ref> Healing testimonies regularly appear in the official publication, the ''Pentecostal Evangel'', and prayer for healing and testimony commonly occur in church services.<ref name="Crossroads54">{{harvnb|Poloma|1989|p=54}}</ref>

While adamant that divine healing is a reality, the AG is not dogmatic on the subject of how one is healed. [[Margaret Poloma]] summarized this view stating, "Physical healing is not certain, automatic, or subject to formula. At the same time, it remains a tenet and practice of the Assemblies of God". Officially, the AG rejects the view that healing is caused or influenced by "positive confession", a belief found in [[prosperity theology]] and [[Word of Faith]] teachings. Nevertheless, these teachings have influenced some congregations.<ref name="Crossroads52-53">{{harvnb|Poloma|1989|pp=52–53}}</ref>