Welcome to the Influence Podcast! I'm George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host.

"The founders of the Assemblies of God believed they were experiencing a significant historical moment," writes Daniel Isgrigg. "They recognized God was moving by His Spirit to enable them to evangelize the world. Leaders were set apart by their understanding that this mission could not be accomplished without the Spirit and without each other."

In this episode, I talk to Daniel Isgrigg about his new book, The Assemblies of God: Our Story, from which this quotation comes.

Isgrigg is associate professor of the History of Spirit-empowered Christianity at Oral Roberts University and an ordained Assemblies of God minister. He is also author of Imagining the Future: The Origin, Development, and Future of Assemblies of God Eschatology and Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins. I interviewed him about these books in Episodes 277 and 359, respectively.

My conversation with Daniel Isgrigg begins after a brief word from our sponsor.

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Show Notes

• 00:00 — Introduction and Sponsor Ad
• 03:13 — Why should Assemblies of God ministers be interested in church history generally and AG history specifically?
• 08:43 — How is your new history of the Assemblies of God similar to and different from previous AG histories?
• 14:27 — Along with Azusa Street, what are the various streams of Christianity that flowed into the AG.
• 21:35 — What are the three or four major theological controversies that helped refine AG identity?
• 32:48 — How does the commitment to evangelism and missions explain AG growth and diversification?
• 37:03 — What are three or four major ways in which the Assemblies of God has changed over the years? And how has it remained the same?
• 45:57 — What are some things that people routinely misunderstand about the AG, whether inside or outside the Movement?
• 50:32 — What are you reading right now that is interesting, helpful, and/or personally challenging?
• 52:58 — Conclusion