Cut Bank Assembly of God

 

The History of Cut Bank Assembly of God

Cut Bank Assembly of God had its beginning in 1935, the result of the efforts of Inga Johnson.  The first church building was on the corner of Main and Second Avenue SW.  In 1935 the church purchased lots and moved their building to Second Avenue and Second Street SW which was their church home until 1954.The church was officially incorporated in 1938 as the Full Gospel Tabernacle.  In 1946 the name was changed to Assembly of God Tabernacle of Cut Bank, Montana.  Then in 1962 the name was changed to Cut Bank Assembly of God.In 1954 the church, under the leadership of Pastor Eugene Malvaney, acted to buy the Lutheran Church building and parsonage located at First Street and Second Avenue SE.  This is the present location.As the church continued to grow, plans were drawn up under the ministry of Jack Rozell in 1965 to remodel and build an addition.  Construction began in 1970 and was completed in 1973.In 1990, under the direction of Pastor Alan Boyles, the church hired their first youth pastor.  As the youth ministry expanded, the church was given use of a building on West Main to use as a youth center.  Today Reality Youth Ministry is thriving.In 2005 the church brought in a children's pastor to coordinate and increase the church's ministry to children.Cut Bank Assembly of God has always been committed to reaching out to the community around us.  We want to minister to children, youth and adults and bring the message of hope in Jesus Christ to every individual in the Cut Bank area.

 

 

 

 

 


History of the Assembly of God Church

The Assemblies of God grew out of the Pentecostal revival, which began in the early 1900s in places such as Topeka, Kansas, and the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles. During times of prayer and Bible study, believers received spiritual experiences like those described in the book of Acts. Accompanied by “speaking in tongues,” their religious experiences were associated with the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Jewish feast of Pentecost (Acts 2), and participants in the movement were dubbed “Pentecostals.” The Pentecostal movement has grown from a handful of Bible school students in Topeka, Kansas, to an estimated 600 million in the world today.

Many participants who were baptized in the Holy Spirit during revivals and camp meetings in the early 1900s were not welcomed back to their former churches. These believers started many small churches throughout the country and communicated through publications that reported on the revivals. In 1913, a Pentecostal publication, the Word and Witness, called for the independent churches to band together for the purpose of fellowship and doctrinal unity. Other concerns for facilitating missionaries, chartering churches and forming a Bible training school were also on the agenda.  

Some 300 Pentecostals met at an opera house in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1914, and agreed to form a new fellowship of loosely knit independent churches. These churches were left with the needed autonomy to develop and govern their own local ministries, yet they were united in their message and efforts to reach the world for Christ. So began the General Council of the Assemblies of God.  

Assemblies of God churches form a cooperative fellowship. As a result, the organization operates from the grass roots, allowing the local church to choose and develop ministries and facilities best suited for its local needs.