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In Chicago she discovered Pentecostalism, and by 1912 was attending Stone Church, a Pentecostal assembly. She believed she had a gift for faith healing, and in 1916, she started prayer meetings in her home with two other women. As the meetings grew, Elder Smith established the Langley Avenue All Nations Pentecostal Church in 1920. [1]
She also had a 30-minute nationwide radio program, which featured sermons and frequent excerpts from her healing services in music and message. Her foundation was established in 1954, and its Canadian branch in 1970. Late in her life she was supportive of the nascent Jesus movement. [7]
Charles Fox Parham (June 4, 1873 – January 29, 1929) was an American preacher and evangelist.Together with William J. Seymour, Parham was one of the two central figures in the development and initial spread of early Pentecostalism, known as Holiness Pentecostalism.
Maria Woodworth-Etter in her later years. Maria Beulah Woodworth-Etter (July 22, 1844–September 16, 1924) was an American healing evangelist.Her ministry style was a model for Pentecostalism [1] and the later Charismatic movement, earning her the title "Mother of Pentecost" in some circles.
Holiness Pentecostalism is the original branch of Pentecostalism, which is characterized by its teaching of three works of grace: [1] the New Birth (first work of grace), [2] entire sanctification (second work of grace), and [3] Spirit baptism evidenced by speaking in tongues (third work of grace).
In 1967, an affiliation was formed with the Pentecostal Methodist Church of Chile, one of the largest national Pentecostal churches in the world and the largest non-Catholic church in Chile. [30] At the time, the Jotabeche Pentecostal Methodist congregation was the largest church in the world with over 60,000 members.
William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was a Holiness Pentecostal preacher who initiated the Azusa Street Revival, an influential event in the rise of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, particularly Holiness Pentecostalism. He was the second of eight children born in an African-American family to emancipated slaves.
Healing testimonies regularly appear in the official publication, the Pentecostal Evangel, and prayer for healing and testimony commonly occur in church services. [102] While adamant that divine healing is a reality, the AG is not dogmatic on the subject of how one is healed.