Percy S. Brewster: Visionary British Pentecostal Leader
This Week in AG History — November 11, 1973 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 09 November 2023 Percy Stanley Brewster (1908-1980) was an influential British Pentecostal leader, an...
View ArticleClement H. Austin: From the Saloons to Assemblies of God Railroad Evangelist
This Week in AG History — November 16, 1929 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 16 November 2023 Clement Henderson Austin (1889-1973) knew railroads almost as well as he knew the...
View ArticleJ. W. Tucker, Assemblies of God Martyr: How a Thanksgiving Tragedy Sparked...
This Week in AG History — November 21, 1965 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 22 November 2023 Thanksgiving 1964 was a day of mourning for Angeline Tucker. The previous day, she learned...
View ArticleJ. Philip Hogan: From Rural Colorado to Assemblies of God World Missions Leader
This Week in AG History–November 27, 1960 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 30 November 2023 James Philip Hogan (1915-2002) was deeply committed to fulfilling the Great...
View ArticleFrom Azusa Street to Canada: Robert E. McAlister, Canadian Pentecostal Pioneer
This Week in AG History–December 6, 1941 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 07 December 2023 Robert Edward McAlister (1880-1953) is considered by many to be the father of Canadian...
View ArticleAn Observation and Warning from 1973: Nine Trends in Pentecostal Churches
This Week in AG History — December 16, 1973 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 15 December 2023 British Pentecostal leader and theologian Percy Brewster, in a 1973 Pentecostal...
View ArticleErnest and Grace Lindholm: Pioneer Assemblies of God Missionaries to Congo
This Week in AG History–December 21, 1940 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 21 December 2023 Assemblies of God missionary Ernest Paul Lindholm (1907-1940) committed his life in...
View ArticleIn the Midst of Cultural Chaos, David Wilkerson Gave This Prophetic Message...
This Week in AG History — December 27, 1970 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 28 December 2023 It was 1970 and one of the most significant cultural transformations in American history...
View ArticleJohn Eric Booth-Clibborn: The Assemblies of God Missionary Who Gave His Life...
This Week in AG History — January 2, 1926 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 04 January 2024 John Eric Booth-Clibborn, a 29-year-old Assemblies of God missionary, laid down his life...
View ArticleAlva Walker and Louise Jeter Walker: Assemblies of God Missionary Educators
This Week in AG History–January 10, 1960 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 11 January 2024 Alva Walker (1895-1982) and Louise Jeter Walker (1913-1998) were born in different...
View ArticleGustav Kinderman: The Faith and Persecution of Eastern European Pentecostals...
This Week in AG History–January 20, 1940 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 18 January 2024 Gustav Kinderman (1892-1979) was a trans-Atlantic Pentecostal pioneer. He was ordained...
View Article“Fake News” and Antisemitism: A 1934 Warning about the Coming Jewish Holocaust
This Week in AG History — January 27, 1934 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 25 January 2024 The year was 1934, and a rising tide of anti-Semitism seemed to be sweeping the Western...
View ArticleRemembering Wayne E. Warner, Pioneer Assemblies of God Archivist
Wayne E. Warner (1933-2024), served as director of the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center (Assemblies of God archives) for a quarter century (1980-2005). He not only documented and shared Pentecostal...
View ArticleSullivan and Addie Chainey: Unsung Pioneers of Assemblies of God Deaf Ministry
This Week in AG History — January 29, 1961 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 01 February 2024 Sullivan (1889-1973) and Addie (1889-1964) Chainey are unsung pioneers of deaf ministry in...
View ArticleO.W. Eubanks: The Highway Patrolman Who Pioneered a Black Assemblies of God...
This Week in AG History — February 8, 1976 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 08 February 2024 Opal W. Eubanks joined the Mississippi Highway Patrol during the race riots of 1964. A...
View ArticleLilian Yeomans: From Physician to Drug Addict to Pentecostal Evangelist and...
This Week in AG History–February 17, 1923 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 15 February 2024 Lilian B. Yeomans (1861-1942), a Canadian physician, became one of the most prominent...
View ArticleLoren and Millie Triplett’s Legacy in Assemblies of God World Missions
This Week in AG History–February 18, 1979 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 22 February 2024 Loren Triplett, with his wife, Millie, invested their lives in ministry — first as...
View ArticleBeulah Buchwalter: Pioneer Assemblies of God Missionary and Linguist in Gold...
This Week in AG History–February 26, 1938 By Ruthie Edgerly ObergOriginally published on AG News, 29 February 2024 Beulah Buchwalter (1907-1942), an Assemblies of God missionary in Gold Coast (now...
View ArticleGiving out of their Poverty: Florence Steidel and the Lepers of New Hope...
This Week in AG History — March 4, 1951 By Darrin J. RodgersOriginally published on AG-News, 07 March 2024 In 1950, an Assemblies of God congregation of lepers in New Hope Town, Liberia, caught the...
View ArticleRaymond Hudson: From Ministry in Texas and New Mexico to Assemblies of God...
This Week in AG History — March 10, 1974 By Glenn W. GohrOriginally published on AG News, 14 March 2024 Raymond H. Hudson (1918-2010) is remembered as a faithful pastor, evangelist, district officer,...
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