List of Assemblies of God people
The following are notable people associated (past or present) with the Assemblies of God.
| Name | Role | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. A. Allen | Preacher active in the 1950s and 1960s | United States of America | Known for his "raise the dead" campaign |
| John Ashcroft | Former U.S. attorney general, Missouri senator (1995), and Missouri governor (1985–93) | United States of America | Known as the first Assemblies of God congressman |
| Carlos Avendaño | Founder of the National Restoration Party, a member of the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica from 2002 to 2006 and 2010 to 2014. Was a presidential candidate in the 2014 election. Also a pastor.[1] | Costa Rica | |
| Jim Bakker | Founder of The PTL Club | United States of America | |
| Tammy Faye Bakker | Ex-wife of Jim Bakker and PTL co-leader | United States of America | Subject of film "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" |
| Daniel Berg | Founded the Assembly of God in Brazil with Gunnar Vingren in 1911 | Sweden | |
| Moya Brennan | Grammy Award-winning Irish singer | Ireland | |
| Johnny Cash | Singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. | United States of America | |
| João Campos de Araújo | Politician and Pastor, member of chamber of deputies | Brazil | |
| Silas Câmara | Politician and Pastor, member of chamber of deputies | Brazil | |
| Lazarus Chakwera | Politician and since 2013 head of the Malawi Congress Party. Also former president of Malawian division of the Assemblies of God. | Malawi | Resigned as preident of the Assemblies of God in Malawi in 2013 to focus on political career.[2] |
| Alan Chambers | Former president of Exodus International, the largest ex-gay organization in the world | United States of America | |
| Gary Chapman | Singer-songwriter | United States of America | Parents were ordained Assemblies of God ministers and pastored an A. of G. in Texas; once married to Amy Grant (m. 1982–97) |
| Toni Childs | Pop singer, raised in the Assemblies of God | United States of America | |
| David Yonggi Cho | Senior Pastor of the largest church in the world, Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea | Korea | |
| Vern Clark | Admiral (United States Navy, Retired) – Former Chief of Naval Operations, graduate of Evangel College Springfield, Missouri | United States of America | |
| Bruce Cozart | member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from Hot Springs | United States of America | [3] |
| Jan Crouch | co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network | United States of America | |
| Paul Crouch | co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network | United States of America | |
| Nicky Cruz | Former gang member; now Assemblies of God minister. Author of autobiography Run Baby Run | United States of America | |
| Richard Dortch | Illinois District Superintendent (1971–83) when he joined PTL; the 2nd PTL executive to spend time in federal prison for his crimes related to the PTL scandal | United States of America | |
| Iliafi Esera | Senior Pastor of Faith City Church in Wanganui, NZ.; currently General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand and Assistant Superintendent of the AGNZ (2003–11) | New Zealand | |
| Andrew Evans | Previously Senior Pastor of Paradise Church; founder of the Family First Party and Member of the South Australian Legislative Council | Australia | |
| John Wesley Fletcher | Oklahoma City-based pastor | United States of America | Defrocked twice and convicted of perjury in charges stemming from the PTL scandal. |
| Israel Folau | Rugby league, rugby union, and Aussie rules footballer. Was raised Mormon,[4] but converted to being an active member of an Assemblies of God fellowship in 2011.[5] | Australia | Folau was criticized in the Australian media for faith-inspired anti-gay social media post.[6] |
| Jason Frenn | Missionary-evangelist and author who holds citywide crusades throughout Latin America and the United States; an honorary member of the Luis Palau Evangelistic Alliance and hosts a daily live radio program with a million listeners on Radio Nueva Vida | Latin America and The United States | Has spoken to over 4.5 million people in live events and has seen more than 450,000 first-time decisions for Christ |
| Mickey Gilley | Rock-n-Roll and Country star, singer, pianist, guitarist | United States of America | Performed with cousins Jerry Lee Lewis and Jimmy Swaggart at the Ferriday First Assembly of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana) |
| Richard Grenell | Political commentator, Diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Germany (2018–present) | United States of America | |
| Jessica Hahn | Church Secretary whose sexual involvement with Jim Bakker was one factor that triggered the PTL Ministry scandal and subsequent investigation | United States of America | |
| Steve Hill | Evangelist who led the Brownsville Revival in Pensacola, Florida in the 1990s | United States of America | |
| Benny Hinn | Televangelist, host of This Is Your Day on TBN; was ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1994, and subsequently resigned his ordination in 1996 | United States of America | |
| Brian Houston | Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church | Australia | |
| Ben Hoyle | Current National Youth Facilitator A/G NZ and Director of Youth of the Nation NZ | New Zealand | |
| Tim Johnson | Politician, attorney, and real estate broker. Served in the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 15th district from 2001 to 2013. |
United States of America | |
| Jonas Brothers | Pop rock boy band | United States of America | Father Paul Kevin Jonas, Sr. is an ordained Assemblies of God minister and former pastor in Wyckoff, New Jersey |
| Johnny Key | Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate from Mountain Home in Baxter County | United States of America | [7] |
| Phil Keaggy | Guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of rock band Glass Harp | United States of America | Two weeks after Keaggy's mother died in 1970 he became a Christian and attended a small Assembly of God Church in Boardman, Ohio |
| Sam Kinison | Controversial comedian in the late 1980s and early 1990s; before becoming a comedian, he was an Assembly of God evangelist | United States of America | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | Rock-and-roll pianist, singer; at age 8 sang for Ferriday First Assembly of God Church (Ferriday, Louisiana), played at tent revivals | United States of America | Cousin to Jimmy Swaggart and Mickey Gilley |
| Linda Gail Lewis | Singer | United States of America | Sister to Jerry Lee Lewis, began performing with him at the Ferriday First Assembly of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana) |
| John Mahama | President of Ghana from 2012 to 2017[8] Reported to be raised Presbyterian, but is now an active member of the Assembly of God/[9] | Ghana | |
| Silas Malafaia | Pastor, author, and televangelist | Brazil | |
| Aimee Semple McPherson | Former Assemblies of God church planter and evangelist who later became the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | United States of America | |
| Lemma Megersa | Minister of Defense | Ethiopia | Also a board member of the Assemblies of God in Ethiopia.[10] |
| Scott Morrison | 30th Prime Minister of Australia | Australia | |
| Marilyn Musgrave | Politician, attorney, and real estate broker. Served in the U.S. House of Representatives
from Colorado's 4th district from 2003 to 2009. |
United States of America | |
| Danny Nalliah | Pastor of The Fire Ministries in Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | |
| Ronaldo Nogueira | Pastor and politician, member of chamber of deputies | Brazil | |
| Sarah Palin | Former Governor of Alaska and GOP Vice President Candidate; attended Assembly of God Church for two decades until 2002 | United States of America | |
| Everaldo Pereira | Pastor, businessman, and politician. President of the Social Christian Party (Brazil), candidate in the 2014 election.[11] | Brazil | |
| Scott Perkins | Radio personality; known as the "Country Parson" to country music listeners in the Topeka, Kansas market; founding pastor of the FarmHouse Cowboy Church in Topeka. | United States of America | |
| David du Plessis | One of the founding fathers of the charismatic movement outside of the traditional Pentecostal churches | South Africa | |
| Elvis Presley (1935–1977) | "King of Rock & Roll," singer, actor, born in Tupelo, Mississippi; sang in choir at First Assembly of God (Tupelo) and at camp meetings | United States of America | |
| Samani Pulepule | Former Chief Apostle and General Superintendent of the World Samoan AOG Fellowship (1966–2011); also Senior Pastor of the largest Samoan congregation in the world, Auckland Samoan Assembly of God, NZ | Samoa, based in New Zealand | regarded as one of the eldest serving pastor and superintendent in the Assemblies of God |
| Jane Russell | Hollywood actress | United States of America | Funeral was conducted by the Pacific Christian Center, an Assemblies of God congregation in Santa Maria, California |
| Gene Scott | Internationally known preacher, former president of University Network and helped found Oral Roberts University | United States of America | |
| Guy Sebastian | Pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who attended Paradise Community Church; the first winner of Australian Idol (2003) and is a judge on the Australian version of The X-Factor[12] | Australia | Has sung with the then Paradise Community Church Youth Conference Planetshakers[12][13] |
| Marina Silva | activists and politician, presidential candidate in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 elections. | Brazil | Silva has been at times criticized by the church leadership for her leftist stance on many issues such as drug reform.[14] |
| Kristy Starling | Contemporary Christian music artist; participant in Assembly of God National Fine Arts Festival competition | United States of America | |
| Jimmy Swaggart | Former Assemblies of God evangelist; televangelist, founder of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, and gospel music artist | United States of America | Cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis and Mickey Gilley, began performing at the Ferriday First Assembly of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana) |
| Hidekazu Takayama | Pastor and politician, member of chamber of deputies | Brazil | |
| Todd Tiahrt | U.S. Representative from Kansas 4th District, graduate of Evangel College Springfield, Missouri | United States of America | |
| Gunnar Vingren | Founded the Assemblies of God in Brazil with Daniel Berg in 1911 | Sweden | |
| Doug Wead | Former special assistant to George H.W. Bush and author; was once an Assemblies of God evangelist | United States of America | |
| José Wellington Bezerra da Costa | Current President of the Assemblies of God in Brazil | Brazil | |
| Smith Wigglesworth | Healing Evangelist, the "Apostle of Faith," instrumental in founding future Elim and Assemblies of God national fellowships; spoke at Assemblies of God conferences but never joined the organization | England | |
| David Wilkerson | Former Assemblies of God evangelist; founder of Teen Challenge, founder and pastor of independent Times Square Church in New York City from 1987 until the time of his death on 27 April 2011; famous for the book The Cross and the Switchblade, instrumental in conversion of Nicky Cruz | United States of America | |
| Bill Wilson | Leader of Metro Ministries International | United States of America | |
| George O. Wood | General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God (2007–2017) | United States of America | |
References
- "Carlos Luis Avendaño Calvo Profile" (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- Politics. "Chakwera steps down as Malawi Assemblies of God president: To concentrate on front-line politics | Malawi Nyasa Times – Malawi breaking news in Malawi". Nyasa Times. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- "Bruce Cozart's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- Webster, Andrew (19 September 2007). "Storm mates won't stop Israel if he wants to follow his faith: Geyer". Archived from the original on 19 November 2007.
- "Folau content after ditching Mormonism". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 November 2011.
- "Israel Folau: Rugby Australia 'intends' to sack full-back after social media post". BBC. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Johnny Key's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- "John Mahama Biography". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
- "John Mahama preaches about favour of God in Church". Ghana Web. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "God wants Ethiopians to prosper: The prime minister and many of his closest allies follow a fast-growing strain of Christianity (Pentecostalism in Ethiopia)". The Economist. 24 November 2018.
- Albuquerque, Flávia (14 June 2014). "PSC anuncia Pastor Everaldo como candidato a presidente da República" (in Portuguese). Agência Brasil. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- Bermingham, L. B. (2004). Guy Sebastian Angels Brought Me Here: The Official Biography, Funtastic, Victoria. ISBN 1-74150-055-9
- Cheah, Jason (22 December 2003). Nice guys do win. Allmalaysian. info. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- "Pastor Silas Malafaia critica Marina Silva e vira destaque no Twitter" (in Portuguese). 28 September 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
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