Chronicler of Azusa Street Mission Pentecostal movement. Converted in the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia in 1893 at the age of 22. Became a minister, ordained at Temple Baptist Church and for a time lived “a humble walk of poverty and suffering” by assisting others living on the streets and in skid row. He left the Baptist ministry in 1892, joining up with the Holiness Movement and the Salvation Army, Wesleyan Methodists and the Penial Missions, living a wandering existence. Moved to Sacramento, California in 1904 in a Holiness rescue mission. In December moved to Los Angeles, favoring the New Testament Churches. He then attended the Azusa Street Mission, a new Pentecostal movement church, in downtown L.A. (now in today’s Little Tokyo). He authored over 550 articles, 100 tracts and 6 books, recording the revival at Azusa from 1905 until 1911, being one who advocated increased unity and spiritual revival amongst Pentecostals. A book he wrote on Azusa Street is still in publication today.
Chronicler of Azusa Street Mission Pentecostal movement. Converted in the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia in 1893 at the age of 22. Became a minister, ordained at Temple Baptist Church and for a time lived “a humble walk of poverty and suffering” by assisting others living on the streets and in skid row. He left the Baptist ministry in 1892, joining up with the Holiness Movement and the Salvation Army, Wesleyan Methodists and the Penial Missions, living a wandering existence. Moved to Sacramento, California in 1904 in a Holiness rescue mission. In December moved to Los Angeles, favoring the New Testament Churches. He then attended the Azusa Street Mission, a new Pentecostal movement church, in downtown L.A. (now in today’s Little Tokyo). He authored over 550 articles, 100 tracts and 6 books, recording the revival at Azusa from 1905 until 1911, being one who advocated increased unity and spiritual revival amongst Pentecostals. A book he wrote on Azusa Street is still in publication today.
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