In November 1914, our early leaders met at Stone County Church in Chicago and made an astounding declaration: “As a Council, ... we commit ourselves and the Movement to Him for the greatest evangelism that the world has ever seen.”

How could such a small group of Christians even consider such a daunting task? Because their vision had been forged in the fires of Pentecostal revival! They believed Christ truly meant “ ... go into all the world and preach the gospel” (Mark 16:15, NKJV), and that the power of the Holy Spirit would enable them to do it. (Acts 1:8). From the outset, our Fellowship has been marked by a vision to reach all the world and a dependence on the Holy Spirit to do supernatural works.

One of the resolutions of the same meeting led to the creation of a missionary-sending agency. “Whereas, there have sprung up spontaneously ... Pentecostal centers, ... and ... moneys for missionary purposes are being sent to these several centers and distributed upon the missionary field, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Presbytery be instructed to seek to bring about a more perfect cooperation among these centers, in the matter of distribution of missionary funds and the sending out of missionaries, with a view to greater efficiency.”

The agency, now Assemblies of God World Missions (AGWM), is engaged in missionary endeavor in many lands in pursuit of the original, audacious commitment of the Assemblies of God to unprecedented world evangelism. That commitment, the mission of AGWM, stands on four biblical pillars.