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Originally Posted by bamomx2  Hmmm. I grew up in an Assembly of God church. There was a college within the Assembly denom called "Evangel". I don't know the meaning behind those words. I can say that I am a God fearing, born-again, Christian woman who believes in Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior and I don't follow anyone but HIM! |
Welcome! The basic belief of Evangelical is just that you believe in telling others about the Gospel. It can also mean a set of beliefs beyond that, but when people say Evangelical, often they just mean they believe in spreading the Gospel and Evangelizing.
There are some cysters on this board who are Assembly of God. In our area is seems to be very close to Church of Christ, which in some churches is Pentecostal. I know that denoms are different in different areas, but that's what it's like here. My Dad's side of the family goes to or have gone to AOG, same with DH's Dad's side of the family. My brother did, and my cousin right now goes to an AOG church and it seems close to Baptist except for their view of gifts. If you went to a regular service it would seem like a contemporary Baptist service. My cousin grew up in a Church of Christ (not Pentecostal), and other than the weekly Communion, the beliefs and messages were the same as in our Baptist church.