Organization Chart of The Assemblies of God

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Organizational chart of the Assemblies of God.

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA

ALFA AND OMEGA BIBLE INSTITUTE

SUBJECT: ASSEMBLIES OF GOD.

Organizational chart of the Assemblies of


God.

Professor: Fernando González

Student: Pedro Lozada

CI 6,316,505

national organization
In each country the Assemblies of God churches are represented by a General Council or
National Council, named after the sessions of the corporation 5 and which is normally divided
into districts, regions and sections or zones. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asambleas_de_Dios - cite_note-autogenerated3-2422
The General Directive of the Assemblies of God of each country is made up of:

 General Superintendent: in charge of carrying out annual regulation plans; He is elected in


the conciliar assemblies, normally held every two years.
 General Secretary: in charge of presiding over all Council meetings, as well as keeping
their minutes.
 General Treasurer: in charge of keeping the Council's accounting and making budgets for
regulatory plans.
 Deputy Superintendents or Zone Executives: help the General Superintendent to direct the
zones into which the districts are divided. Each Deputy Superintendent organizes a certain
group of districts.
The District Board is made up of:

 District Superintendent: in charge of managing the local churches belonging to their


districts, as well as guiding their ministers or pastors. Controls the inventories of the
Council's assets, and intervenes in difficulties that exist in local churches that request it.
 District Secretary: in charge of keeping the archive of the Council's assets and the
correspondence of its jurisdiction, among other activities.
 District Treasurer: in charge of managing the finances of the corresponding district.
Finally, the Region Priest and the Section Presidency are made up of:
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 Region President: Responsible for visiting the region on a scheduled basis, presiding over
pastoral elections in local churches, and sovereignting churches and ceremonies as
requested.
 Region Secretary-Treasurer: in charge of helping with the finances and minutes of regional
meetings.
 Section President: in charge of carrying out activities and managing the local churches in
his section.
 Section Secretary-Treasurer: in charge of supporting the president in the execution of his
activities.
Local organization
Each local church officially belongs to a Council and is congregational , representative and
independent of the others, it can create "missions", small churches located no less than a
kilometer away, which strictly depend on it. Local churches only report to The Assemblies of
God, Dispense, nominate and elect their pastor , prior justification of the circumstances and
approval of their district leaders.

 Elect your deacons and departmental presidents, as well as develop your own work plans.
 Discipline its members according to the regulations of the local church.
 Conduct plenary assemblies and business sessions with departmental leaders and
deacons.
 Suggest changes or initiatives to the district or general presbytery and expand its
regulations.
 Send delegates to the Conciliar Assembly or District Conventions.
 Manage your finances in accordance with the Bylaws of the Assemblies of God.
The authorities of each local church must be baptized according to the doctrine of the Baptism
in the Holy Spirit . The Executive Body of each church is generally made up of the following
positions:

 Senior pastor , sometimes called minister of worship, priest or reverend : he is the highest
authority of the church. He works full time and generally permanently until his eventual
resignation.
 Secretary General: elected in a plenary assembly at the end of the year to begin his duties
at the beginning of the following year. You must have the Baptism in the Holy Spirit .
 General Treasurer: elected at an annual plenary assembly, controls finances and the
receipt of tithes and offerings.
 Deacons: elected at an annual plenary assembly, they must be over twenty years old and
support the pastor in his projects. Their number is established by the assembly, according
to their needs.
 The so-called Administrative Government Board is made up of this executive body,
together with the presidents, vice presidents, secretaries and treasurers of the societies
and departments of the church,
 Honorary Members: Children, teens, and adults who attend regularly but are not water
baptized.
 Passive members: water baptized believers who do not follow the local church policy, or
members of another assembly who do not have a letter of transfer.
 Active members: water-baptized believers under 18 years of age who follow the
regulations of the local church.
 Members in full communion: water-baptized believers over 18 years of age who comply
with the regulations of the local church.
Organizational models Churches or local assemblies can be organized into societies and
departments, into ministries or into cells. Among the companies are:

 Men's Society: for married men.


 Ladies Society: for married women.
 Youth Society or Christ Ambassadors: for single young people of both sexes.
 Children's Society: for children up to 12 years old.
 Society of King's Explorers: for children and adolescents from 5 to 17 years old.
 Society of Missionaries: for girls and adolescent women between 5 and 17 years old.
As for the departments, there are: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asambleas_de_Dios - cite_note-autogenerated3-2422

 Sunday School Department: biblical teaching and religion.


 Department of Evangelism and Missions: planning and financial support of mission trips.
 Department of Christian Education: brings together the previous two to carry out training
courses for evangelizers and teachers.
 Other departments: for specific use for each church, such as Vacation Bible School (VBS)
departments.
 The cell model consists of holding parishioner meetings in the cell leaders' homes, instead
of in the temple, on specific days, which can be two days a week.

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