Christ's Ambassadors had its origin in 1925, when Assemblies of God young people in America formed the Pentecostal Ambassadors for Christ. Similar groups existed in Fresno and Los Angeles under the names Christian Crusaders and Christ's Ambassadors. Ultimately, the three groups merged under the name Christ's Ambassadors.
The idea of organizing Assemblies of God youth into a national organization quickly gained momentum. The September 25, 1926, issue of the Pentecostal Evangel included "an appeal to the young people" to begin new a new national youth organization, patterned after the groups pioneered in California.
Earlier in 1926, the name Christ's Ambassadors had been adopted as the title of a new weekly Assemblies of God young people's periodical. When the national organization was formed, it seemed fitting to name the group Christ's Ambassadors. The name stuck, and Assemblies of God young people's groups across the United States were known as Christ's Ambassadors for the next 50 years.
THE AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (formerly called Assemblies of God in Australia) was formed in 1937. It is unique among Christian movements in the world in that we are unable to trace our origins to any human leader. Australian Pentecostalism in the early decades of the 20th century was greatly influenced by such figures as Mrs. Janet Lancaster, AC Valdez, Smith Wigglesworth, C L Greenwood and P B Duncan but none of these were individually responsible for the formation of the Assemblies of God in Australia.
The Assemblies of God in Australia formed out of a conference of the Assemblies of God - Queensland and the Pentecostal Church of Australia in Sydney, Easter 1937. It was recognised by the leaders of both movements that a more harmonious, co-operative and unified relationship was needed. C.L Greenwood was elected the first Chairman of the Assemblies of God in Australia and every state was granted autonomy in its own affairs as was each registered assembly. In the early years of the movement growth was very slow but firm foundations were set in place.
The Australian church adopted the name of Christ Ambasadors for its emerging youth and in later years changed it to Youth Alive.
In 1948, the Commonwealth Bible College was established in order to train men and women for ministry. Various leaders also arose to bring leadership and direction to the movement such as Henry Wiggins, Philip Duncan, Edward Irish, James Wallace, Alec Davidson and Ralph Read.
In 1977, when Pastor Andrew Evans became the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in Australia, the movement experienced great growth, multiplying by over 13 times in the number of members and adherents and planting over 700 churches.
In 1997, Pastor Brian Houston was elected the new National President of the Assemblies of God in Australia, and under his leadership, the movement continued to grow and expand its influence into the 21st century. It was renamed the Australian Christian Churches in April 2007.
Pastor Wayne Alcorn was elected the new National President by the National Conference in April 2009. Today, the ACC represents over 1,100 churches and more than 385,000 believers across Australia.
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