We'd like to give special tribute to the
founder of the Metropolitan
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, the late
Bishop Benjamin J. Crouch, and the
late, Int'l Evangelist, Mother Reatha
Herndon.
founder of the Metropolitan
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, the late
Bishop Benjamin J. Crouch, and the
late, Int'l Evangelist, Mother Reatha
Herndon.
| Effect of Azusa Street on The Church of God in Christ |
In 1906, Charles Harrison Mason journeyed to Azusa Street and returned to Memphis,
Tennessee to spread the Pentecostal fire in the Church of God in Christ. Mason and the
church he founded were made up of African-Americans only one generation removed
from slavery. (The parents of both Seymour and Mason had been born as southern
slaves).
Tennessee to spread the Pentecostal fire in the Church of God in Christ. Mason and the
church he founded were made up of African-Americans only one generation removed
from slavery. (The parents of both Seymour and Mason had been born as southern
slaves).
Although tongues caused a split in the church in 1907, the Church of God in Christ
experienced such explosive growth that by 1993, it was by far the largest Pentecostal
denomination in North America, claiming some 5,500,000 members in 15,300 local
churches.
experienced such explosive growth that by 1993, it was by far the largest Pentecostal
denomination in North America, claiming some 5,500,000 members in 15,300 local
churches.
Another Azusa pilgrim was William H. Durham of Chicago. After receiving his tongues
experience at Azusa Street in 1907, he returned to Chicago, where he led thousands of
mid-western Americans and Canadians into the Pentecostal movement. His "finished
work" theology of gradual progressive sanctification, which he announced in 1910, led
to the formation of the Assemblies of God in 1914.
experience at Azusa Street in 1907, he returned to Chicago, where he led thousands of
mid-western Americans and Canadians into the Pentecostal movement. His "finished
work" theology of gradual progressive sanctification, which he announced in 1910, led
to the formation of the Assemblies of God in 1914.
Since many white pastors had formerly been part of Mason's church, the
beginnings of the Assemblies of God was also partially a racial separation. In time the
Assemblies of God church was destined to become the largest Pentecostal
denominational church in the world, claiming by 1993 over 2,000,000 members in the
U.S. and some 25,000,000 adherents in 150 nations of the world
beginnings of the Assemblies of God was also partially a racial separation. In time the
Assemblies of God church was destined to become the largest Pentecostal
denominational church in the world, claiming by 1993 over 2,000,000 members in the
U.S. and some 25,000,000 adherents in 150 nations of the world
Since March
2004
2004
Visitor Number
