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! === Ethnic diversity === [[File:Maranatha_Chicago.jpg|thumb|Maranatha Chapel, Evergreen Park, Illinois]] The ethnic diversity of the Assemblies of God USA has historically increased among the Hispanic and Latino communities; however, its constituency is still largely white. From 1990 to 2000, there was a slight decline in white AG churches while ethnic churches, mainly Hispanic, were responsible for much of the denomination's numerical growth.<ref name="churchidchangep82-83">{{harvnb|Roozen|Nieman|2005|pp=82β83}}</ref> In 2001, ethnic minorities represented 29% of the 2,627,029 AG constituents; as of 2022, representation grew to 43.9%,<ref>{{Cite web |title=AG Adherents by Race 2001-2022 |url=https://ag.org/-/media/AGORG/Downloads/Statistics/Attendance-and-Adherents/Adherents-by-Race-2001-through-2022.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Statistics of the Assemblies of God USA |language=en-US}}</ref> making the AG one of the most ethnically diverse denominations in the U.S as of 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lipka |first=Michael |date=2015-07-27 |title=The most and least racially diverse U.S. religious groups |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/07/27/the-most-and-least-racially-diverse-u-s-religious-groups/ |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Pew Research Center |language=en}}</ref> While largely and administratively composed of older white males through much of its history, as of 2023, the AG Executive Presbytery now includes nine ethnic minorities including three females.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Presbytery |url=https://ag.org/About/Leadership-Team/Executive-Presbytery |url-status=live |access-date=2024-03-22 |website=Assemblies of God USA |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2022, AG adherents were 56.2% non-Hispanic white, 22.6% Hispanic and Latino, 10.4% black or African American, 4.6% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 1.5% Native American. The remaining 4.8 percent were classified as other/mixed.<ref name="2022Stats" /> The AG has created several language districts to serve immigrant communities whose primary language is not English. There are 12 Spanish and two Korean language districts, as well as [[Brazilian Portuguese|Brazilian]] district, Puerto Rico district, Samoan district, and Slavic district. In 2022, the language districts oversaw 2,560 churches with a combined membership of 334,653.<ref name="2022Stats"/> 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