About SoCal AG

The Southern California District Council of the Assemblies of God are one of approximately fifty-six geographical and non-geographical language districts, including Hispanic, Portuguese, German, and Korean, that comprise the General Council of the Assemblies of God (USA), a Pentecostal denomination with over 25 million members and adherents world-wide and nearly three million in the United States. Organizationally, District Council offices occupy a middle position between the denomination's national offices, located in Springfield, Missouri, and the approximately 12,000 local Assemblies of God churches in the United States.

The Southern California District Council, formed in 1919, and currently headquartered in Irvine, California, includes:

An area encompassing San Simeon, Fresno, and Bishop, south to the Mexican border
Over 440 churches, approximately 120,000 members and adherents, and over 1,400 credentialed ministers
Three executive officers elected at the annual district council meeting
Six executive and eighteen sectional presbyters, also elected
Six appointed area directors who assist in anglo and ethnic churches
Functional departments that specialize in support ministries of the local church.

The Southern California District Council also owns and operates:

Vanguard University of Southern California and graduate school in Costa Mesa (formerly Southern California College)
Seven Teen Challenge centers
Teen Challenge Ministry Institute for the training and development of inner-city workers
Pinecrest Christian Conference Center, a 162-acre camp conference facility in the San Bernardino mountains, near Blue Jay
Bethel Towers, an 18-story retirement center in Costa Mesa.