Revising Assemblies of God History

A conversation with Daniel Isgrigg, Ph.D.

“History is, paradoxically, unalterable and in constant need of revision. The past does not change, after all, but we can change our understanding of it based on new facts or better interpretive frameworks. Daniel Isgrigg carefully examines stories (and myths) of Assemblies of God origins in this book, providing the kind of revision AG history needs today.”

That’s what I wrote in a back-cover blurb for Isgrigg’s forthcoming book, Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins. In this episode of the Influence Podcast, I talk with him about why it’s important to revisit what we think we know about the history of the AG. I’m George P. Wood, executive editor of Influence magazine and your host.

Daniel Isgrigg is associate professor of History of Spirit-Empowered Christianity at Oral Roberts University, an ordained AG minister, and a member of the denomination’s Commission on Doctrines and Practices. His forthcoming book is Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins, out later this month from Pickwick Publications. He is currently writing a popular history of the AG.

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P.S. This podcast is cross-posted from InfluenceMagazine.com by permission.