摘要：The Assemblies of God is one of the fastest growing Pentecostal groups in the Philippines today. In its June 4, 2000 issue, the Pentecostal Evangel reports that the Philippines General Council of the Assemblies of God (PGCAG) has "1,230 churches with 198,000 members and adherents to 2,600 churches attended by 420,830 people."2The following article traces the growth of the PGCAG from its humble beginnings back in the 1900s. It discusses the background of six Filipinos and one American who pioneered the movement. It highlights the contributions of these seven men to the growth of the denomination. The author was an eyewitness of what the Lord did to make the PGCAG grow. Rev. Trinidad Esperanza Selekey was the sister of Rodrigo Esperanza, the first general superintendent of the PGCAG. She was a veteran Filipino educator who earned her Master of Religious Education from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where she wrote a thesis, perhaps the very first scholarly attempt to present an early history of the denomination. She was considered an exemplary educator, administrator and scholar in Philippines Evangelicalism and Pentecostal churches
