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Pentecost Came to Madagascar in 1910 in a Revival of Signs and Wonders
Rev. Rasoamanana, president of the Assemblies of God of Madagascar, and his wife, 1978. This Week in AG History — November 15, 1930 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 14 November...
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Alice Reynolds Flower: Thanksgiving in the Life of a Pentecostal Pioneer
Flower family portrait at Scranton, Pennsylvania, December 1930. (L-r): Suzanne, George, J. Roswell, Joseph, David, Roswell, Alice R., and Adele Flower. This Week in AG History — November 22, 1964 By...
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Early Pentecostal Revivals Among Scandinavian Immigrants in Fargo-Moorhead
This Week in AG History — November 29, 1930 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 27 November 2019 Few Assemblies of God congregations in 1930 could boast an attendance of 1,000 people...
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James F. Linzey Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
James Franklin Linzey, namesake of his uncle, Pentecostal evangelist Franklin Hall, and son of Assemblies of God ministers Chaplain Stanford E. Linzey, Jr. and Dr. Verna M. (Hall) Linzey, has deposited...
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Robert E. McAlister: Canadian Pentecostal Pioneer
This Week in AG History — December 6, 1941 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on AG News, 05 December 2019 Robert Edward McAlister (1880-1953) is considered by many to be the father of...
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Revivaltime: How Radio Helped Shape Assemblies of God Identity
C. M. Ward at microphone, with Revivaltime Choir in background, 1958. This Week in AG History — December 11, 1960 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 12 December 2019 Revivaltime, the...
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Morris O. Williams: Assemblies of God Educator and Missionary to Africa
This Week in AG History — November 22, 1964 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on AG News, 19 December 2019 Morris Oliver Williams (1920-1991) is remembered for his faithful years of service as an...
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Hispanics in the Assemblies of God: Challenges and Growth in the Early Years
Photo caption: The first graduating class of Latin American Bible Institute, San Antonio, Texas; 1928. Front row (l-r): H. C. Ball, Sunshine Ball, and 2 unidentified. Back row (l-r) Benito Mendez,...
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John Eric Booth-Clibborn: The Assemblies of God Missionary Who Gave His Life...
This Week in AG History — January 2, 1926 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 2 January 2019 John Eric Booth-Clibborn, a 29-year-old Assemblies of God missionary, laid down his life...
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Robert and Doris Edwards: Assemblies of God Medical Missionaries, Educators,...
This Week in AG History — January 8, 1949 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on AG News, 09 January 2020 Robert Wade Edwards (1895–1961) became an Assemblies of God missionary when he was 51...
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Elva Stump: The Nurse Who Became an Assemblies of God Church Planter in West...
Elva K. Stump, age 98 This Week in AG History — January 18, 1936 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 2 January 2019 Elva K. Stump (1885-1985) was a trained nurse and a pioneer...
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The Legacy of Massimiliano Tosetto: Italian American Pentecostal Pioneer
By Paul J. Palma Pentecostal pioneer, Massimiliano Tosetto, was many things—a loving husband, devoted father, pastor, artist, writer, composer, Bible scholar, and church founder. Born in Campiglia dei...
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From FEAST to APTS: 55 Years of Assemblies of God Advanced Theological...
This Week in AG History — January 24, 1965 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on AG News, 23 January 2019 This week we commemorate the founding of Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS) in the...
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Samuel Jamieson: How a Presbyterian Minister was Baptized in the Holy Spirit
This Week in AG History — January 31, 1931 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 30 January 2019 Samuel A. Jamieson (1857-1933), one of the founding fathers of the Assemblies of God,...
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Opal Reddin Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center
Dr. Opal Reddin Jewel van der Merwe Grewe, president of Discernment Ministries, has deposited the Opal Reddin Collection at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center. Opal Reddin (1921-2005) was an...
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100-Year-Old Hoopa Indian Woman Accepted Christ and Healed in 1920; Still...
This Week in AG History — February 8, 1930 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 06 February 2020 When “Aunt” Fanny Lack, a 100-year-old Hoopa Indian woman, accepted Christ and was...
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Carrie Judd Montgomery: A Passion for Healing and Fullness of the Spirit
This Week in AG History — February 12, 1938 By Ruthie Edgerly Oberg Originally published on AG News, 13 February 2020 Carrie Judd Montgomery (1858-1946) experienced a physical healing in 1879 that led...
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Stephen and Joy Strang Deposit Charisma Media Archives at Flower Pentecostal...
By Darrin J. Rodgers Stephen and Joy Strang have deposited the archives of Charisma Media at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center. The Strangs founded Charisma in 1975, which has become the magazine...
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Large Norwegian Pentecostal Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal...
A few of the Norwegian Pentecostal and charismatic books deposited at the FPHC By Darrin J. Rodgers Norwegians have played an outsized role in the development of Pentecostalism, first in Europe, and...
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Pithy Sayings from Assemblies of God Pioneer “Daddy Welch”
This Week in AG History — February 18, 1939 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 20 February 2020 Long before Twitter, the Assemblies of God had “Daddy” Welch. John W. Welch...
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