Assemblies of God USA 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! ==== District affiliated and cooperative churches ==== Local churches, sections, and district councils are able to establish new churches.<ref name="GC09BylawsVI.6.p1162">General Council Minutes 2009, Bylaws, Article VI section 6, p. 116.</ref> A [[church plant]] may initially be classified as "district affiliated" until it meets requirements for General Council affiliation. District affiliated congregations are under the direct supervision of district officials but are encouraged to develop into fully self-governing churches. In 2009, the General Council created a new category called "parent affiliated churches". These are either church plants or campuses of a [[multi-site church]] under the supervision of a General Council affiliated "parent" church.<ref name="GC09ConstitutionXI.3.p992">General Council Minutes 2009, Constitution, Article XI section 3, p. 99.</ref> Existing Pentecostal churches considering affiliation with the General Council may request temporary status as a "cooperating assembly" for a term of four years before officially joining the denomination.<ref name="GC09ConstitutionXI.4.p992">General Council Minutes 2009, Constitution, Article XI section 4, p. 99.</ref> 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