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The Assemblies of God (Romanian: Adunările lui Dumnezeu) is a pentecostal Christian denomination in Romania.

History

The church has its origins in the 1920s with Assemblies of God USA missionaries from the United States coming to Romania to spread the Gospel. The Romanian organization was first known as Christians Baptised with the Holy Spirit (Romanian: Creștinii botezați cu Duhul Sfânt) and was recognized as a religious association. In 1950 the communist government dissolved all particular pentecostal organizations and forced them to merge into a single body known as the Apostolic Church of God. In 1980 the Apostolic Church cut all ties with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. Following the Romanian Revolution, in 1996, the church separated itself from the Apostolic Church and became a distinct organization affiliated with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship.

The church has applied for an official recognition from the state. which was granted in 2024.

Notes

1. "ORGANIZAȚIA (CULTUL) ADUNĂRILE LUI DUMNEZEU DIN ROMÂNIA" (PDF) (in Romanian).
2. "România va avea un nou cult religios, cu peste 100 de biserici. Organizația are 70 de milioane de membri în toată lumea" (in Romanian).
3. "Un nou cult religios va fi recunoscut oficial în România. Cine sunt 'Adunările lui Dumnezeu din România'" (in Romanian). 16 March 2022.
4. "Adunările lui Dumnezeu din România" (in Romanian).

v t e Principal religions of Romania
State-recognised	Armenian Apostolic Church Baptist Union of Romania Convention of the Hungarian Baptist Churches Christian Evangelical Church Evangelical Church Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession Evangelical Lutheran Church Islam Jehovah's Witnesses Association of Romania Judaism Lipovan Orthodox Old-Rite Church Pentecostal Union of Romania Reformed Church Roman Catholic Church Armenian Catholic Vicariate Romanian Greek Catholic Church Romanian Orthodox Church Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Army of the Lord Romanian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Timișoara Unitarian Church of Transylvania
Semi-recognised (as a religious association, but not a denomination)	Assemblies of God Baháʼí Faith Harvest Nazarene New Apostolic Church Old Calendar Orthodox Church Pentecostal Church of God Renovatio Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement
Not state-recognised	Anglicanism Hinduism Inochentism Mormonism Zalmoxianism
Others	Irreligion in Romania

• Evangelicalism in Romania
• Religious organizations established in the 1990s
• Pentecostal denominations established in the 20th century
• Pentecostal denominations in Europe
• Religious organizations based in Bucharest