Most interesting. BTW, statistics say that many members of the Assemblies of God are former Catholics.
>> Most interesting. BTW, statistics say that many members of the Assemblies of God are former Catholics. <<
Makes sense. Assemblies of God hunt for people who have a faith, but are weak in it, as opposed to non-believers. A full one half of Americans who identify with a denomination identify with Catholicism. Therefore any fairly new, growing and sarcophagic religion like the Assemblies of God will have congregations that are about one-half Catholic.
Many "catch religion" with such churches and return home, which is why 99% of the theological content of such churches is simply denial of Catholic teachings or strawmen misrepresentations of Catholic teachings. For instance, what's the fixation on idolatry about? Are there that many Virginians sacrificing to Baal? No, there are simply myriad of subtle suggestions that Catholicism is idolatry: "worshipping" statues; confessing to a priest "instead of" to God; trying to "atone for our sins ourselves" rather than trusting in Christ. Of course, educated Catholics know none of these accurately describe Catholicism. Sadly, Protestant culture drowns out Catholic education so fantastically, that many Catholics actually adopt such beliefs coming to believe that they are what the Catholic church teaches through Protestant culture!