The Azusa Street papers were published to herald the miraculous events that took place in Los Angeles. This great revival was led by a one eyed black man by the name of William Seymour who had a passion to see the bible come alive. People of all races worshipped together in the Spirit of unity. The Holy Spirit was poured out and many were saved, spoke in tongues, prophesied, healed, and sent out to the nations of the earth to spread this full gospel. This modern day pentecost would shake not only the church of the early 20th century but has touched generations of believers. GET MORE BOOKS AT REVIVALPRESS.NET
William Seymour (1870 - 1922)
Was an American Methodist born in Indiana who joined the Salvation Army in the 1890s. From his base on Azusa Street he began to preach his doctrinal beliefs. Seymour not only rejected the existing racial barriers in favor of "unity in Christ", he also rejected the then almost-universal barriers to women in any form of church leadership. This revival meeting extended from 1906 until 1909, and became known as the Azusa Street Revival. It became the subject of intense investigation by more mainstream Protestants. Some left feeling that Seymour's views were heresy, while others accepted his teachings and returned to their own congregations to expound them. The resulting movement became widely known as "Pentecostalism", likening it to the manifestations of the Holy Spirit recorded as occurring in the first two chapters of Acts as occurring from the day of the Feast of Pentecost onwards. It is believed, Charles Harrison Mason, founder of the Church of God in Christ, received the Holy Spirit at the revival.While there had been similar religious movements in the past (the Cane Ridge, Kentucky, religious movement a century before in the Second Great Awakening being one such example), the current worldwide Pentecostal and charismatic movements are generally agreed to have been in part outgrowths of Seymour's ministry and the Azusa Street Revival.
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