USA: The Assemblies of God is now a member group of the Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals, an affiliate group of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE). NAE is an association that includes 60 denominations with about 45,000 churches.

Dr. George O. Wood, as general superintendent of the Assemblies of God, serves on the Board of Directors of NAE. He will also serve on the advisory board of the Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals.

The Hispanic National Association of Evangelicals is also known as the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference with Rev. Sammy Rodriguez serving as president. NHCLC is recognized as the largest Hispanic Christian organization in America.

“It is a natural fit for the Assemblies of God, already the largest Hispanic member denomination to fully join the Hispanic NAE,” states Dr. Jesse Miranda, executive presbyter of the Assemblies of God and CEO of NHCLC. “What is historic of this membership and partnership agreement is that we will serve all 12,000 churches as it relates to Hispanic American Christian values, priorities and representation as we defend life, marriage and our biblical world view.”

NHCLC President Rodriguez says that, “With the recent launch of the National Hispanic Pentecostal Congress, in addition to this historic membership/partnership agreement with The General Council of the Assemblies of God, we are demonstrating our commitment to serve a vibrant and powerful emerging community. The relationship between the Assemblies of God and Hispanics can be traced to the early 20th century when AG missionaries began an outreach to Hispanics in American and abroad resulting in the Pentecostal explosion both domestically and abroad.”