About Us
Glad Tidings Assembly of God in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, is affiliated with the Assemblies of God on the national level and with the Pennsylvania-Delware District of the Assemblies of God on the state level.
Mission Statement
Glad Tidings Assembly of God is a Christ-Centered, Bible-Based church, providing a place for all people to come and Worship God. That together, we can be involved in service and ministry, striving to reach the lost at all cost, to see disciples made of all people, and to grow together in fellowship.
Our Motto:
“Declaring the Good News of Jesus Christ, from our heart to yours!”
Our Purpose:
Glad Tidings Assembly is committed to helping people learn to live the priority of God’s Word in every area of their life.
Means To Our Purpose: (Acts 2:42-47)
To DEDICATE ourselves to Worship, Prayer, and the Word. (Reach Up!)
To DEVELOP ourselves through Discipleship & Fellowship. (Reach In!)
To DECLARE Christ through Ministry & Evangelism. (Reach Out!)
Our Values & Goals:
To reach the lost for Christ; locally, regionally, and globally…(Acts 1:8)
To make disciples of all people; seeing that the Body would grow into the image of Christ…(Matthew 28:19)
To involve these Disciples of Christ’s in various forms of ministry and service; by being involved in ministry within the local Body, in local and world missions, and even seeing some fulfill a call to full-time ministry…(Isa. 6:8)
To develop unity in the Body of Christ; through fellowship, acceptance of one another, and a celebration of our life in Christ together…(Ps. 133:1)
To provide a place for the corporate worship of God; and seeing that it continues in our private lives through prayer, fasting, music, giving, teaching, and with the expression of the Gifts of the Holy Spirit…(Jude 1:20-21)
To be continually conformed into the image of Christ; like clay on the potter’s wheel…(Rom. 8:29 & Jer. 18:3-6)
To love God with all that is within us; which involves all that we are, have, and do…(Matt. 22:37 & Col. 3:23)
Quotes from Pastor Ken:
"Our senior citizens should be treasured. They are full of wisdom. We should all spend more time with them. We can learn a lot."
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.
