An Assessment of the Doctrine of Salvation in the Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria and Her Challenges in the 21st Century

Abstract

Abstract The Assemblies of God Church, Nigeria (AGCN) is one of the denominations in the comity of classical Pentecostal organisations in Nigeria. It originated in the United States of America in 1941. The church made inroads into African countries, such as South Africa, the Belgian, Congo, Nigeria and Ghana. It was brought into Umuahia, an ig o community in southeastern Nigeria in 1939. It was affiliates with the Church if Jesus Christ (CJC), an indigenous Pentecostal church, led by the late Augustus Ehurieiwe Wogu. This paper adopted historical and analytical method of approach to achieve the objectives on order to analyse the unpleasant issues and challenges faced by the church in the 21st century. It was discovered that some of the issues confronting the doctrine of salvation in the Church included, ethnicity, misunderstanding of the issues raised by the frontiers (Body of Ambassadors) and various charges levied against Rev. Paul Emeka, the General Superintendent of the Church....