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Evangelism is not Optional: Christians will either Evangelize or Apostatize
This Week in AG History–May 23, 1954 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 21 May 2015 Could there be a task that is more important or more daunting than the evangelization of the world? James...
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Early Church of God of Prophecy Periodical Now Online – White Wing Messenger...
The early history of the Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) is now easier to access than ever! The Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center recently completed digitization of the COGOP’s flagship periodical,...
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Elizabeth Sisson’s 1905 Vision of a Worldwide Revival
This Week in AG History–May 30, 1925 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 28 May 2015 Elizabeth Sisson (1843-1934), a prominent evangelist, church planter, and writer, recalled that she “wept...
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Missionary H.B. Garlock’s 1948 Eloquent Condemnation of Colonialism and...
This Week in AG History–June 5, 1948 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 4 June 2015 H. B. Garlock, a long-time Assemblies of God missionary to Africa, reported on his extensive travels...
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Hans Nielsen Hauge: The Persecuted Lay Preacher Who Saved Christianity in Norway
This Week in AG History–June 14, 1947 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 11 June 2015 Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824), a lay preacher who spent decades promoting revival in Norway, helped to...
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Descendants of Swedish Pentecostal Missionary to South America Deposit Rare...
Descendants of Carlos R. Fredrikson, the pioneer Swedish missionary to South America, have deposited 90 pounds of rare Pentecostal publications in Swedish and Spanish at the Flower Pentecostal...
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How Compassion Ministries and Miracles Fueled Growth in the Assemblies of God...
This Week in AG History–June 20, 1925 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 18 June 2015 The Assemblies of God, from its earliest years, has been ministering the gospel in word and deed around...
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Assemblies of God 2014 Statistics Released, Reveals Ethnic Transformation
Advertisement for the 2012 annual meeting of the Southern Pacific District Council, which serves Hispanic Assemblies of God churches in Southern California. The Assemblies of God is one of the few...
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From Buddhism to Christ: Yonggi Cho’s Healing and His Father’s Conversion
This Week in AG History–June 28, 1959 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 25 June 2015 When Yonggi Cho began holding services in May 1958 in Seoul, South Korea, he couldn’t have known what...
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Edith Mae Pennington: The Beauty Queen Who Traded Hollywood for a Pentecostal...
This Week in AG History–July 4 and 11, 1931 By Darrin Rodgers Also published in PE News, 02 July 2015 Edith Mae Pennington (1902-1970) traded the glamour and fame of Hollywood for a Pentecostal...
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Miracles, Growth, and Persecution: Bulgarian Pentecostalism in the 1930s
Bulgarian Pentecostal leader Nicholas Nikoloff, with wife Martha, son Paul, and daughter Ruth-Marie Nikoloff, 1937. This Week in AG History — July 9, 1932 By Darrin Rodgers Originally published on...
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Pentecostal Evangel Celebrates 102nd Anniversary – First Issue Featured...
This Week in AG History — July 19, 1913 By Darrin Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 16 Jul 2015 The Pentecostal Evangel, now known as PE News, is 102 years old this week. The magazine, launched...
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Uncovering the Assemblies of God’s Black Heritage: Ellsworth S. Thomas...
This Week in AG History — July 25, 1936 By Darrin Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 23 July 2015 One hundred years ago, the Assemblies of God ordained its first African American minister,...
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A Warning for Pentecostals from 1942: “Is Our Modern Revival Deep Enough?”
This Week in AG History — August 8, 1942 By Darrin Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 30 July 2015 “Is our modern revival deep enough?” Noted British Assemblies of God leader Donald Gee...
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Important COGIC Collection: Nearly 500 Early Photographs Now Online at iFPHC.org
FPHC Director Darrin Rodgers with Rev. Elijah L. Hill, displaying the collection. An important collection of almost 500 historic photographs relating to the Church of God in Christ is now accessible...
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Confronted by 1960s Racial Tensions, Ohio AG Church Grew by Reaching out to...
Pictured are pastors of the new churches and the mother church (left to right): S. R . Nodal (Templo Betel); Dana Dickson (Evangel Assembly, Sandusky); Keith Smith (Broadway Assembly); and R. E. Burel...
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1931 Prophecy Chart by Finis Jennings Dake Deposited at Heritage Center
A prophecy chart created by Pentecostal Bible teacher Finis Jennings Dake (1902-1987) has been deposited at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center. Dr. Don L. and Lavern Love of Tulsa, Oklahoma,...
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C. M. Hanson and the Pre-Azusa Pentecostal Revival among Scandinavian-Americans
This Week in AG History — August 22, 1954 By Darrin Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 20 August 2015 Carl M. “Daddy” Hanson (1865-1954), a spiritual father to many early Pentecostals on the...
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From Azusa Street to Phoenix: The Methodist Pastor Who Pioneered Pentecost in...
Samuel Scull (center), 1956 This Week in AG History — September 6, 1947 By Darrin Rodgers Originally published on PE-News, 3 September 2015 Samuel S. Scull (1863-1964), sometimes called “the father of...
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State Historical Marker to be Dedicated October 16, 2015, in Lexington, MS,...
The Church of God in Christ Board of Bishops, chaired by Bishop John H. Sheard, has sponsored the placement of a state historical marker in Lexington, Mississippi, the city where Charles H. Mason...
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