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In 1964, Thomas F. Zimmerman Encouraged the Assemblies of God to Focus on...
This Week in AG History — December 30, 1956 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, 30 December 2021 In January 1964, General Superintendent Thomas F. Zimmerman encouraged Assemblies of God...
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How Should Christians Respond to Global Turmoil? Three Pentecostal Responses...
This Week in AG History — January 10, 1942 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 13 January 2022 The Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise military strike on the United States...
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Jessie Wengler: Prisoner of War and Pioneer Assemblies of God Missionary to...
This Week in AG History —January 21, 1928 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 20 January 2022 Jessie Wengler (1887-1958), veteran Assemblies of God (AG) missionary, served for 39...
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Briggs Dingman: How an Evangelical Minister Overcame Prejudice Against...
This Week in AG History — January 24, 1948 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 27 January 2022 Briggs P. Dingman (1900-1968) was a renaissance man — he served as a minister, musician,...
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Church Planting in the Assemblies of God: Cumberland, Maryland in the 1940s...
This Week in AG History — January 31, 1954 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 03 February 2022 Church planting has always been part of the DNA of the Assemblies of God. While...
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1927 Revival in China Sparked by Miracles, Including the Raising of a Dead Woman
This Week in AG History — February 12, 1927 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, 6 January 2022 Divine healing is one of the four cardinal doctrines of the Assemblies of God. The pages of...
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The First African-American Assemblies of God Minister: Ellsworth S. Thomas
From the Ellsworth S. Thomas ministerial file, FPHC by Darrin J. Rodgers Ellsworth S. Thomas (1866-1936) holds the distinction of being the first African American to hold Assemblies of God (AG)...
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The First African American Assemblies of God Missionaries: Isaac and Martha...
Isaac and Martha Neeley passport photos, 1919 By Darrin J. Rodgers Isaac and Martha Neeley were the first African Americans to be appointed as Assemblies of God (AG) missionaries. Isaac S. Neeley was...
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Elizabeth Sisson: Pioneer Pentecostal Missionary, Evangelist, Church Planter,...
This Week in AG History — February 18, 1922 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, 17 February 2022 Elizabeth Sisson (1843-1934) was an early missionary, itinerant evangelist, church...
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Vaughn Shoemaker: Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoonist and Assemblies of God Layman
This Week in AG History —February 24, 1940 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 24 February 2022 Vaughn Richard Shoemaker (1902-1991), an American editorial cartoonist, won the 1938...
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The Spiritual and Social Vision of T.K. Leonard: An Assemblies of God...
First executive presbytery of the Assemblies of God in front of a stone wall at the First General Council in Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 12, 1914. Seated in front (left – right): T.K. Leonard, E.N....
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Grace Agar: Linguist and Assemblies of God Missionary to China
This Week in AG History — March 12, 1967 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 10 March 2022 Grace Agar (1877-1966) was in high school when she sensed God telling her to prepare for...
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Herbert Edward Randall: Pioneer Canadian Pentecostal Missionary to Egypt
This Week in AG History — March 19, 1932 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, 18 March 2022 Herbert Edward Randall (1865-1938), an early Canadian Holiness missionary to Egypt, identified...
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Robert Kenneth Ware: Assemblies of God Missionary to French Jews, War...
This Week in AG History —March 22, 1964By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 24 February 2022 Robert Kenneth Ware (1917-2005) was born in the United States and raised in Switzerland,...
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Mark and Huldah Buntain: Helping the Poor of India
This Week in AG History — March 31, 1968 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, 18 March 2022 Mark Buntain (1923-1989), a longtime Assemblies of God (AG) missionary, is perhaps best known...
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From Norway to Nepal: Agnes Beckdahl, Pioneer Pentecostal Missionary
This Week in AG History — April 9, 1967 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, April 7, 2022 Agnes Nikola (Thelle) Beckdahl (1876-1968) was one of the first Pentecostal evangelists to...
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Ralph Williams, Assemblies of God Missionary to El Salvador: Pioneer of the...
This Week in AG History —April 12, 1930 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 14 April 2022 Ralph Darby Williams (1902-1982), his wife, Jewyl, and baby, Owen, arrived in El Salvador...
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Don and Sharon Kiser: Assemblies of God Missionaries to Florida’s Migrant...
This Week in AG History — April 20, 1975 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 21 April 2022 When Don Kiser and his wife, Sharon, graduated from Southeastern University (Lakeland,...
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Speed the Light Growth Marked by 1967 Parade of Vehicles in Springfield,...
This Week in AG History — April 30, 1967 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG-News, April 28, 2022 Fifty-five years ago, an unusual parade of vehicles drove past the AG national office. This was...
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Don and Virginia Corbin: Assemblies of God Missionaries to Africa
This Week in AG History —May 5, 1974 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 14 April 2022 Don and Virginia Corbin, Assemblies of God missionaries to Africa, both received a heritage...
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