"From Plow to Pulpit" tells the story of noted Azusa Street historian, Frank Bartleman, before the Pentecostal revival began in Los Angeles. This book, volume ten in the Complete Azusa Street Library, actually contains two of Bartleman's autobiographical works, "From Plow to Pulpit" and "My Story: the Latter Rain." The reader will learn of Bartleman's childhood, his conversion and his call to ministry. Bartleman faced many struggles as he preached the gospel under many severe circumstances. Through it all, Bartleman overcame to be an effective gospel preacher. Anyone interested in the Azusa Street revival will want to know the whole story of the author who faithfully reported the move of God to the whole world.
Frank Bartleman was was converted and became a preacher in 1892. In the year 1905 he became a prolific writer.
Bartleman wrote many daily articles for the Pentecostal magazines and documented the events that lead up to the revival and this helped him have many accomplishments during his lifetime. Bartleman wrote the famous book Azusa Street which was a major movement in the Pentecostal revival. He authored six books, four pamphlets, over five hundred and fifty published articles, and one hundred tracts. Bartleman is also best remembered for his chronicles of the 1906 Los Angeles revival, writing about all the events that happened before and after the revival. Azusa Street Mission by David Cloud.
As an Author, Evangelist, and Missionary, he was very influential in the early Pentecostal revival. After the Los Angeles revival, and his missionary work (ending with the start of World War One) he returned to evangelistic and street work until his death in 1936.
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