Church of God Mountain Assembly
The Church of God of the Mountain Assembly is a Holiness Pentecostal Christian denomination. It was formed as a Christian body in 1906 and came from the Holiness Movement.
Their headquarters are in Jellico, Tennessee where they hold camp meeting conventions in the first week in August. They are members of the Pentecostal Charismatic Churches of North America as well as the National Association of Evangelicals.
History
Ministers of the South Union Association of United Baptists became involved in the Holiness Movement in 1895. All ministers who preached that there was a possibility of believers losing salvation were excluded from their annual session held in 1903. Because of this exclusion, there were several churches which withdrew from the South Union Association. Those representatives of the churches who withdrew met in August 1906 at Jellico Creek church in Whitley County, Kentucky to form a new association. The name of they chose for their congregation was the Church of God.
Their minister leaders accepted the Pentecostal revival. Steve Bryant, William O. Douglas, Tom Moses and J. H. Parks were credited as being the main ministers and leaders of this new association. Because there were already others who claimed the name Church of God, this new association added the name Mountain Assembly to better identify their church. This new association was incorporated and the headquarters set up at Jellico, Tennessee in 1918.
Belief
The Church of God Mountain Assembly believes the Bible is the inspired, only infallible authoritative Word of God. They believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. They believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His atoning sacrifice through His shedding of blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
They believe it is essential for salvation of the lost and sinful men that they are regenerated by the Holy Ghost. They believe that justification, regeneration and a new birth are by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ. They believe sanctification follows the new birth through faith in the blood of Christ through the word, and by the Holy Ghost.
The Church of God Mountain Assembly believes the full Gospel includes holiness of heart and life, healing for the body and the baptism in the Holy Ghost which is evident in the speaking of tongues as the Spirit gives utterance. They believe it is the Holy Ghost by whose indwelling gives the Christian the ability to live a Godly life.
They believe in water baptism by full immersion. They believe all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. They also believe in the Lord’s Supper and washing of saint’s feet. They believe in the Premillennial second coming of Jesus, who will first resurrect the righteous dead, and then catch away the living saints to Him in the air, to reign on the earth one thousand years. They believe in the bodily resurrection the eternal life for the righteous and eternal punishment for the wicked.
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MLA Style Citation:
Holstein, Joanne “Church of God Mountain Assembly:.” Becker Bible Studies Library Jan 2006.<https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2642,>.
APA Style Citation:
Holstein, Joanne (2006, January) “Church of God Mountain Assembly:.” Becker Bible Studies Library. Retrieved from https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2642,.
Chicago Style Citation:
Holstein, Joanne (2006) “Church of God Mountain Assembly:.” Becker Bible Studies Library (January), https://guidedbiblestudies.com/?p=2642, (accessed).
