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New Life in the Spirit: How Two Presbyterian Missionaries Became Assemblies...
This Week in AG History — October 14, 1962 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on PE-News, 12 October 2017 Robert Cummings (1892-1972) and his wife Mildred (1892-1981) originally were sent out by the...
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T. B. Barratt: Norwegian Pentecostal Pioneer
T. B. Barratt with his wife, Laura; circa 1928. This Week in AG History — October 20, 1957 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 19 October 2017 Thomas Ball Barratt (1862-1940), born to...
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Three Temptations for Pentecostals: Donald Gee’s Warning from 1929
This Week in AG History — October 26, 1929 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on PE-News, 14 September 2017 In 1929, noted British theologian and church leader Donald Gee warned Assemblies of...
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Yoido Full Gospel Church: How Women Ministers Fueled the Growth of the...
Deaconesses who helped pioneer Yoido Full Gospel Church, 1960s. This Week in AG History — November 4, 1979 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 02 November 2017 Yoido Full Gospel...
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The Story Behind Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge (BGMC)
This Week in AG History — November 12, 1967 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on PE-News, 09 November 2017 BGMC is a vibrant Assemblies of God missions program for kids that has a rich history....
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C. H. Austin: From the Saloons to Assemblies of God Railroad Evangelist
This Week in AG History — November 16, 1929 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 16 November 2017 Clement Henderson Austin (1889-1973) knew railroads almost as well as he knew the...
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Ruth Garlock, Unsung Hero: A Female Missionary’s Forgotten Call and Legacy
This Week in AG History — November 24, 1945 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on PE-News, 20 November 2017 Ruth Trotter Garlock (1897-1997) and her husband, Henry B. Garlock, were Assemblies...
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William F. P. Burton: Pioneer Pentecostal Missionary, Author, and Artist in...
This Week in AG History — December 1, 1968 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 30 November 2017 William Frederick Padwick Burton (1886-1971) was an unlikely pioneer Pentecostal...
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Secret Police Dossier on Persecuted Bulgarian Pentecostal Leader Deposited at...
Stefan Stefanov (1948-1988), a deacon in the Assemblies of God church in Shumen, Bulgaria, was persecuted by the communist government in the 1970s and 1980s. Stefan’s father, Nikola, had started the...
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Mildred Whitney: The Housewife Who Started Assemblies of God Ministries for...
This Week in AG History — December 8, 1957 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on PE-News, 07 December 2017 Mildred Whitney (1910-1994) almost single-handedly founded ministries for the blind in the...
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Nine Trends in Pentecostal Churches: An Observation and Warning from 1973
This Week in AG History — December 16, 1973 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 30 November 2017 British Pentecostal leader and theologian Percy Brewster, in a 1973 Pentecostal...
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Ambassadors in Mission: The Origin of the Short-term Missions Program for...
This Week in AG History — December 22, 1968 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on PE-News, 21 December 2017 AIM (Ambassadors in Mission) is the missions-sending arm of the Assemblies of God...
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2018 Marks the Centennial of the First Organization for Hispanic Assemblies...
This Week in AG History — December 28, 1918 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 28 December 2017 The first organization for Hispanic Assemblies of God churches and ministers in the...
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Assemblies of God Missionaries Ralph and Frances Hiatt: Pioneering a Church...
This Week in AG History — January 7, 1968 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on PE-News, 04 January 2018 Ralph and Frances Hiatt were appointed missionaries to Argentina in March 1964. Three years...
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George and Margaret Kelley: Pioneer Pentecostal Missionaries to China
This Week in AG History — January 12, 1918 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 11 January 2018 George (1888-1975) and Margaret Kelley (1889-1933), two young pioneer Pentecostals,...
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Gustav Kinderman: The Faith and Persecution of Eastern European Pentecostals...
Students and professors, Danzig Bible Institute, circa 1930 This Week in AG History — January 20, 1940 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on PE-News, 18 January 2018 Gustav Kinderman...
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“This Gospel Means a Crucified Life”: A Timely Message from Azusa Street from...
William Seymour, pastor of the Azusa Street Mission By Darrin J. Rodgers In January 1908 — 110 years ago — the newspaper published by the Azusa Street Mission included the following encouragement to...
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Briggs Dingman: How an Evangelical Pastor Overcame Prejudice Against...
This Week in AG History — January 24, 1948 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 25 January 2018 Briggs P. Dingman (1900-1968) was a renaissance man – he served as a minister,...
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E. L. Newby: How the Baptism in the Holy Spirit Launched This Assemblies of...
This Week in AG History — February 5, 1967 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on PE-News, 01 February 2018 Edgar Lee “E. L.” Newby (1889-1978) was an Assemblies of God pioneer in Oklahoma, Texas,...
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Did French Theologian Jacques Ellul Express Interest in Becoming a Pentecostal?
According to longtime Assemblies of God educator and missionary Dr. George R. Stotts, leading French Reformed theologian Dr. Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) inquired about becoming a member of the French...
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