Domestic Evangelism

Global Evangelism is rooted in one of the Assemblies of God core beliefs of “speaking in tongues.” By their Holy Spirit infusing a foreign language into them, they believe it prepares them to evangelize to a different group of people. With these facts established one would think that the Assemblies of God are very prominent in global evangelism. While this appears to be the case, the opposite may be true as well. The Assemblies of God are using modern technology to spread their beliefs in ways unprecedented. However, many Assembly of God leaders appear to be urging many people to share their own story and do more domestic evangelism. One method by which the Assemblies of God is participating in domestic evangelism is through their Church Multiplication

One Assembly of God minister, Rob Ketterling, also urges fellow believers to do the same and is suggesting people do not share for two main reasons. The first stating that people claim that they are not prepared to share their beliefs. Secondly, the people see those who disagree with their belief system as the enemy. In response to the first reason, Ketterling attempts to show that the average person is capable of sharing their beliefs. He proof-texts with the story of Jesus curing Legion . The second reason seems to be people’s response to binary’s as the enemy of God and themselves. Meanwhile, Ketterling suggests that instead, believers should be welcoming to outsiders instead viewing them as citizens, but differing on one crucial

Pastor Choco says he has “planted churches by default,” and eventually became the largest congregation in the Assemblies of God Network. One challenge his ministry is facing today is trying to reach Millennials. He states that many events happening around the United States and the world cause people to wonder what is going on and it is a great opportunity for the church. He suggests that the culture is drifting away from the Christian ideals it once had and is trying to take the church with it. Now he says the current culture views the church as a “counter-culture.” This could be described as fundamentalist, in the sense that they are opposing the modern way of thinking. Choco also mentions that there are three ways of relating to the culture that many people choose: accommodating, opposing, or withdrawing. The last two could be seen as fundamentalist in nature, in terms of speaking out against and amplifying it more, and separating oneself from the culture. However, Choco’s main point is to show that people should choose another option and “engage” the culture. By this Choco, seems to want to remove all sense of separation and grow the church to create a sense homogeneity in the United