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! ===National and international missions=== [[File:JohnBueno.jpg|thumb|John Bueno served as AG World Missions Executive Director (1997-2011).]] Missionary work outside of the United States is overseen by Assemblies of God World Missions. As of December 2009, AG World Missions was reporting 2,719 personnel worldwide.<ref name="2010AGWMstats">Assemblies of God World Missions, [http://agchurches.org/Content/Resources/AGWMCurrentFacts.pdf AGWM "Current Facts and Highlights"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911033111/http://agchurches.org/Content/Resources/AGWMCurrentFacts.pdf |date=2010-09-11 }}. Accessed November 19, 2010.</ref> The agency also provides medical evangelism through HealthCare Ministries, founded in 1983 as the Medical Missions Program. This ministry provides free optical, dental, and medical care as well as evangelism.<ref name="HCMAbout">Healthcare Ministries, [http://healthcareministries.org/about-us About Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707111540/http://healthcareministries.org/about-us |date=2010-07-07 }}. Accessed November 19, 2010.</ref> It has operated in 86 countries since its founding. Missions in the United States are overseen by Assemblies of God U.S. Missions. Its seven departments include [[chaplaincy]], [[Chi Alpha Campus Ministries]], [[church planting]], U.S. Mission America Placement Service (MAPS), intercultural ministries, [[Teen Challenge]], and Youth Alive.<ref name="usdepartments">Assemblies of God U.S. Missions, [http://usmissions.ag.org/top/ourministries.cfm Our Ministries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104091835/http://usmissions.ag.org/top/ourministries.cfm |date=2011-01-04 }}. Accessed November 19, 2010.</ref> MAPS offers volunteers the opportunity to contribute to U.S. missions in several ways. One is through church construction and evangelism, and another is through short or long term missions through summer and missionary associate programs. Youth Alive oversees missionary outreach to [[elementary school|elementary]] and [[high school]]s. In 2010, U.S. Missions reported 1,059 appointed missionaries, candidates, and spouses. The same year, it reported 542 endorsed chaplains.<ref name="2010USmissionstats">Assemblies of God U.S. Missions, [http://usmissions.ag.org/PDF/AGUSM_statistics.pdf "Faces in the Field 2010 U.S. Missions Statistics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104080420/http://usmissions.ag.org/PDF/AGUSM_statistics.pdf |date=2011-01-04 }}. Accessed November 19, 2010.</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