Pentecostal Assemblies of God of America
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The Pentecostal Assemblies of God of America (PAGA) is a Pentecostal Fellowship founded by Rev. Josiah Drawhorn in San Jacinto, California
San Jacinto, California
San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California, U.S.A. It was named after Saint Hyacinth and is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south. The mountains associated with the valley are the San Jacinto Mountains. The population was 44,199 at the 2010...

 in 1982.
It has today 25 churches, most of them in the West coast, and with some affiliated congregations in India, South Korea, Germany, Canada, and Nepal. The US churches are composed by mostly white members. The current president is Rev.Richard E. Anderson.
It is Trinitarian and Fundamentalist. Along the celebration of water baptism
Baptism
In Christianity, baptism is for the majority the rite of admission , almost invariably with the use of water, into the Christian Church generally and also membership of a particular church tradition...

 and holy supper, the PAGA also observes feet washing
Feet washing
Foot washing or washing of feet is a religious rite observed as an ordinance by several Christian denominations. The name, and even the spelling, of this practice is not consistently established, being variously known as foot washing, washing the saints' feet, pedilavium, and mandatum.For some...

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