Trask elected chair of World Assemblies

Trask elected chair of World Assemblies

INDIANAPOLIS — Thomas E. Trask, U.S. general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, has been elected the new chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship.

Trask was elected during the third triennial congress of the world’s largest Pentecostal denomination, which ended Aug. 10.

“Less than 90 years ago, the Lord raised up this fellowship with a group of 300 leaders,” the statement reads. “But consider what God has done. Together with our fraternal fellowships abroad, we have become a worldwide communion of 35 million people. We gather each week in more than 175,000 congregations. Who can forecast how greatly the Spirit will multiply this church in the years ahead, should Jesus tarry?”

Of the denomination’s 35 million members, about 2.5 million live in the United States. Almost half of the church’s membership — 17.2 million — live in Brazil.