After the 2008 nomination of Sarah Palin for Vice President of the United States, senior pastor Ed Kalnins' preaching was scrutinized by the media.

USA Today reported the Huffington Post assertion that "Kalnins has preached that critics of President Bush will be banished to hell; questioned whether people who voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 would be accepted into heaven; and preached that the Sept. 11 attacks and the war in Iraq were part of a world war over Christianity".

[7] Guest speaker Thomas Muthee's background, especially his accusations of witchcraft against a woman known as "Mama Jane", received a great deal of media attention.

[9] The Boston Herald described it as "all smoke and no fire",[10] pointing out that some religious experts believed that, in light of Muthee's cultural background, there was nothing strange about the prayer.

[6] Wasilla Assembly of God sponsors a youth group for girls in Kindergarten to 8th grade called the Missionettes.

[11] The church hosts an annual Christian music concert called "Winter Rock Fest", which began in 2005, and now attracts over 1,000 youth each year.

The church also supplies food to the annual free Thanksgiving meal hosted by Shema Christian Ministries.