Spain
History of the Assemblies of God in Spain The first known Pentecostal work in Spain was established in the early 1920Ős. During the 1930Ős Swedish missionaries pioneered a Pentecostal church in Madrid and soon after missionaries from England established a work in the city of Ronda. After the outbreak of civil war in 1936, missionaries were forced to leave Spain. Meetings outside of Catholic churches were outlawed, and Protestants had to gather secretly for worship. Anti-evangelical sentiments continued after the war. But through home prayer meetings started by local people, an Assemblies of God church was established. Eventually this group of believers grew to a congregation of more than 100 members. As the ministry in Spain expanded, an intensive training course for pastors was implemented in 1962, which later became a full-time Bible institute. In 1963 a group of missionaries and Spanish believers met in Madrid to form the Assemblies of God of Spain. Map of Spain |
