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Harold and Beatrice Kohl: Pioneer Assemblies of God Missionary Educators
This Week in AG History — July 3, 1966 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, AG News, 2 July 2020 Harold Kohl (1923-2005) and Beatrice Wells Kohl (1926 – ) faithfully served the...
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Ethan Otis Allen: 19th Century Faith Healing Pioneer
This Week in AG History — July 8, 1939 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on AG News, 09 July 2020 Ethan Otis Allen (1813-1903) has been called the father of divine healing in America. After...
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J. Robert Ashcroft’s Remarkable Warning from 1957 about Secularism, Statism,...
This Week in AG History — July 14, 1957 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 16 July 2020 Sixty-three years ago, J. Robert Ashcroft delivered a remarkable address that encouraged the...
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Paul and Evelyn Derr: Eyewitnesses to the Sinking of the ZamZam
This Week in AG History — July 8, 1939 By Glenn W. Gohr Originally published on AG News, 09 July 2020 One of the gripping stories from World War II is the sinking of the ZamZam and the rescue of its...
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How Should Christians Respond to Cultural Chaos? Read Myer Pearlman’s 1932...
Myer Pearlman (1898-1943), Assemblies of God theologian This Week in AG History — July 30, 1932 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 30 July 2020 The year was 1932. The world’s...
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The Blessing of Fried Locusts: A 1923 Missionary Story from South Africa
This Week in AG History — August 11, 1923 By Darrin J. Rodgers Originally published on AG News, 06 August 2020 Many missionaries tell stories about seemingly bad circumstances that God turned into a...
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Azusa Street Participant George Studd: Seven Characteristics of Early...
This Week in AG History — August 11, 1945 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 13 August 2020 When the Pentecostal movement began to take root at the Azusa Street Mission in 1906...
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Andrew Urshan and the Persecution of Early Pentecostals in Iran
This Week in AG History — August 19, 1916 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 20 August 2020 Andrew D. Urshan (1884-1967), the son of a Presbyterian pastor in Persia (now Iran),...
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Lottie Riekehof and Assemblies of God Ministries to the Deaf
This Week in AG History — July 19, 1941 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 27 August 2020 Lottie Riekehof (1920-2020) was an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter, author, and a...
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Dr. Alexander Vazakas: Early Greek-American Pentecostal, Philosopher, Linguist
This Week in AG History — September 2, 1962 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 03 September 2020 Alexander Vazakas (1873-1965) began life in the Ottoman Empire, where his family...
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German Pentecostal Pioneer Martin Gensichen and His Theology of Humility
This Week in AG History — September 2, 1962 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 10 September 2020 Martin Gensichen (1879-1965), a prominent Pentecostal pioneer in Germany, encouraged...
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Esther Harvey: Pioneer Assemblies of God Missionary to India
This Week in AG History — September 17, 1938 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 17 September 2020 Esther Bragg Harvey (1891-1986) served Jesus Christ and the people of India for...
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William Upshaw’s Healing: Former Congressman and Presidential Candidate...
This Week in AG History — September 23, 1951 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 24 September 2020 U.S. Congressman William D. Upshaw (1866-1952), one of the best-known physically...
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Chi Alpha: Birthed with a Vision for Student-Led Spiritual Renewal
This Week in AG History — October 2, 1955 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 01 October 2020 College campuses birthed many of the world’s great Christian revival and reform...
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Charles Elmo Robinson: Early Assemblies of God Lawyer, Minister, and Author
This Week in AG History — October 09, 1926 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 08 October 2020 Charles Elmo Robinson (1867-1954) is one of the unsung leaders of the early Pentecostal...
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Maria Woodworth-Etter and the Salt Lake City Revival of 1916
This Week in AG History — October 14, 1916 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 15 October 2020 Few early Pentecostal evangelists were as widely known as Maria Woodworth-Etter...
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Cordas C. Burnett: Pioneer Assemblies of God Educator
Cordas C. Burnett, Wesley R. Steelberg, and J. Roswell Flower, circa 1950s. This Week in AG History — October 21, 1951 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 2 October 2020 Cordas C....
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Joseph Wannenmacher’s Healing: How a Gifted Violinist became an Assemblies of...
This Week in AG History — October 29, 1949 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 29 October 2020 As a young man, Joseph P. Wannenmacher (1895-1989) was a rising star in the Milwaukee...
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Kiyoma Yumiyama: Japan Assemblies of God Pioneer
Kiyoma Yumiyama and Thomas F. Zimmerman in the 1960s. This Week in AG History — November 01, 1970 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 05 November 2020 Kiyoma Yumiyama (1900-2002) is one...
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The Second General Council and the Story Behind the Assemblies of God’s...
Stone Church, Chicago, Illinois This Week in AG History — November 14, 1914 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG News, 12 November 2020 One hundred and six years ago, hundreds of Assemblies...
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