The Assemblies of God is in a unique position to present the authentic gospel that will stem the tide of the nation’s moral collapse, retiring General Superintendent Thomas E. Trask told the Fellowship Wednesday night in the opening keynote speech at the 52nd General Council in Indianapolis.

More than 18,000 people gathered at the Pepsi Center on Friday night to celebrate the Fellowship’s youth, their achievements and more importantly their Lord and Savior.

Maintaining and birthing vibrant, creative churches is one of the greatest ways to pay tribute to the ministers who have blazed a trail for today’s leaders.

Delegates to the 51st General Council of the Assemblies of God re-elected General Superintendent Thomas E. Trask on Wednesday to another four-year term.

The General Superintendents Medal of Honor, the Assemblies of God’s highest award for lay people, was bestowed upon Marilyn Musgrave and Wil Balch during the Wednesday morning business session held in the Colorado Convention Center.

The Assemblies of God may need to rethink long-held traditions regarding church practices, General Superintendent Thomas E. Trask said in a passionately delivered opening keynote rally Tuesday night at the Pepsi Center in laying out the challenges—and opportunities facing the Fellowship.