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George O. Wood (September 1, 1941 – January 12, 2022) was an American Pentecostal minister. He served in executive leadership of the U.S. Assemblies of God for 24 years in the roles of general secretary and general superintendent. From 2007 until 2017, he served as General Superintendent of the General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America (AG) and had been Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world, since 2008. He previously served as General Secretary of the AG from 1993 to 2007. Wood served as Director of Spiritual Life and Student Life at Evangel University from 1965–71, Pastor of Newport Mesa Christian Center, now Mesa Church in Costa Mesa, California, for 17 years; and Assistant Superintendent of the Southern California Ministry Network from 1988-93. He held doctorates in both theology and law. Personal life and death Wood was born to missionaries in China on September 1, 1941. He received a B.A. from Evangel University, a J.D. from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California, and a Ph.D. degree in pastoral theology from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He died from cancer on January 12, 2022, at the age of 80. Ministry For 17 years he pastored Newport Mesa Christian Center in Costa Mesa, California. From 1965 until 1971, he was director of Spiritual Life and Student Life at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri. In 1988 until 1993, he was Assistant Superintendent of the Southern California District of the Assemblies of God (1988–93). From 1993 until 2007, he served as General Secretary of the General Council of the Assemblies of God in the United States of America (AG). From 2007 until 2017, he served as General Superintendent of the AG. In 2008, he became the Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship. Publications 1984 The Successful Life ISBN 0-930756-82-7 1986 Living Fully ISBN 0-932305-23-7 1998 A Psalm in Your Heart: Psalms 1-75 ISBN 0-88243-685-6 1999 A Psalm In Your Heart, Volume 2: Psalms 76-150 ISBN 0-88243-785-2 2008 Trusting God ISBN 188068909X 2009 Living in the Spirit 2009 Jesus and You ISBN 1880689154 2012 Acts of the Holy Spirit ISBN 1603820248 References External links Website Weekly podcast. Discover the George O Wood popular books. Find the top 100 most popular George O Wood books.

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  • Medea and Other Plays synopsis, comments

    Medea and Other Plays

    Euripides & Philip Vellacott

    Medea/Hecabe/Electra/HeraclesFour devastating Greek tragedies showing the powerful brought down by betrayal, jealousy, guilt and hatredThe first playwright to depict suffering with...

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    American Canopy

    Eric Rutkow

    This fascinating and groundbreaking work tells the remarkable story of the relationship between Americans and their trees across the entire span of our nation’s history. Like many ...

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    West Side Story

    Richard Barrios & Turner Classic Movies

    A captivating, richly illustrated full account of the making of the groundbreaking movie classic West Side Story (1961).A major hit on Broadway, on film West Side Story became immo...

  • Three Plays for Puritans synopsis, comments

    Three Plays for Puritans

    George Bernard Shaw

    Shaw believed that theatre audiences of the 1890s deserved more than the hollow spectacle and sham he saw displayed on the London stage. But he also recognized that people wanted t...

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    Incredible Baseball Stories

    Ken Samelson

    The works in Incredible Baseball Stories cover the full span of baseball’s rich history. Fans of all ages will enjoy recalling the great and notsogreat moments of the most popular ...

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    Farthing Wood Collection 3

    Colin Dann

    The Siege of White Deer Park: the animals are in danger and they need to make a plan fast! A killer beast is on the loose and the deaths are mounting up... In the Path of the Sto...

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    Cry Justice

    Colin Falconer

    'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVENMost ac...

  • Innocence Dies synopsis, comments

    Innocence Dies

    Colin Falconer

    'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVENHe love...

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    Harlequin Love Inspired November 2017 - Box Set 1 of 2

    Lee Tobin McClain, Arlene James, Lois Richer & Ruth Logan Herne

    Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. SECRET CHRISTMAS TWINS Christmas Twinsby Lee Tobin McClainEri...

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    Sondheim

    Stephen M. Silverman

    Lively, sophisticated, and filled with firstperson tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend. "Aside from ...

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    In The Path Of The Storm

    Colin Dann

    'I mean to be not only the leadero f the deer herd but Lord of the Reserve. So you must stay in your corner of the Park, all of you... otherwise you'll be permitted here no longer....

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    Angels Weep

    Colin Falconer

    'Dripping with authenticity. Packed full of characters you genuinely care about . . . I didn't read the last few chapters, I devoured them. An absolute triumph' M. W. CRAVENThree c...

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    To Sing of War

    Catherine McKinnon

    From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War.December 1944: In New Guine...

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    Defying Gravity

    Roger McGough

    In this evocative and personal collection of poems Roger McGough comes to terms with painful memories as well as confronting fears that are universal. Here he remembers his father ...

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    The Radicalism of the American Revolution

    Gordon S. Wood

    In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prizewinning historian describes the events that made the American Revoluti...

  • The Poetical Works of John Keats. With a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes. Illustrated by 120 designs, original and from the antique, drawn on wood by George Scharf, Jun. synopsis, comments

    The Poetical Works of John Keats. With a memoir by Richard Monckton Milnes. Illustrated by 120 designs, original and from the antique, drawn on wood by George Scharf, Jun.

    John Keats & Richard Monckton Milnes

    The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging ...

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    Knight Errant

    J S Peters

    Durango, Colorado, and Farmington, New Mexico square off against each other in a fight to control the general area in this tale, based upon actual facts. Each side is busy rustling...

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    Cerys, Catatonia And The Rise Of Welsh Pop

    David Owens

    In the late nineties, Wales (is) the centre for guitar bands in the UK so says John Robb in THE NINETIES and with bands as strikingly fresh and individual as Catatonia Welsh denomi...

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    Secret Surrender

    Ann Summers

    Alice Daumier is an awardwinning film actress, envied by every woman she meets and desired by every man. But she tires of her sedate husband, Pierre, and the same people at the sam...

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    Robert Burns

    Patrick Scott Hogg

    Following the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (175996), Patrick Scott Hogg presents the greatest of Scotland's poets within the true context of his times. Exploding ...

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    Jolly Green Giant

    David Bellamy

    David Bellamy is a natural story teller whose memoir will be packed full of funny anecdotes and observations. It is the story of how a city boy, brought up in the middle of London,...

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    Best. Movie. Year. Ever.

    Brian Raftery

    From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999“a terrifically fun snapshot of American film culture on the brink of the Mil...

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    Gumption

    Nick Offerman

    The star of Parks and Recreation and author of the New York Times bestseller Paddle Your Own Canoe returns with a second book that humorously highlights twentyone figures from our ...

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    The Inner Light

    Susan Shumsky

    The hidden meanings of the Beatles’ most esoteric lyrics and sounds are revealed by a rare insider who spent two decades with the man who made “meditation,” “mantra,” and “yoga” ho...

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    Sanshiro

    Natsume Sōseki & Jay Rubin

    One of Soseki's most beloved works of fiction, the novel depicts the 23yearold Sanshiro leaving the sleepy countryside for the first time in his life to experience the constantly m...

  • The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose synopsis, comments

    The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose

    Oscar Wilde

    Selection includes The Portrait of Mr W.H., Wilde's defence of Dorian Gray, reviews, and the writings from 'Intentions' (1891): 'The Decay of Lying, 'Pen, Pencil, Poison', and 'The...

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    Into the Woods

    Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine & Hudson Talbott

    Finally Back in Print in Over a Decade, the Lavishly Illustrated Book of Into the Woods, One of the MostPerformed Musicals, by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awardwinning Stephen Sondheim...

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    Meet You At The Main Divide

    Justine Ross

    An inspirational memoir from the authors of Every Bastard Says No about the peaks and troughs of a life in the high countryIn 2017 the Ross family left behind their innercity lives...

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    The Tale of Genji

    Murasaki Shikibu & Royall Tyler

    The first complete new translation for 25 years of the acknowledged masterpiece of Japanese literature. Lady Murasaki's great 11th century novel is a beautifully crafted story of l...