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On May 18, 1926, Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers there. Allegations arose that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover, leading to court inquiries.
Aimee Semple Mcpherson dies. 1949. Los Angeles Crusade catapults Billy Graham. While she continued to preach "the four-square Gospel" (Jesus as the Only Savior, the Great Physician, the...
Sep 8, 2023 · Annette Griffin. Contributing Writer. Updated Sep 08, 2023. Aimee Semple McPherson was not the first female evangelist to step into the pulpit, but she’s by far the most famous—and perhaps the most infamous. During the onset of Hollywood’s golden age, she amazed audiences by co-opting Tinseltown-style theatrics to flesh out her sermons.
Oct. 9, 1890 – Sept. 27, 1944. Evangelist, Founder of The Foursquare Church. The Foursquare Church’s Founder Aimee Semple McPherson was a woman of intense passion, creativity and energy. She led an incredible life that exemplified God’s miraculous mercy.
The Life and Ministry of Aimee Semple McPherson. Aimee Semple McPherson was born on Oct. 9, 1890, on a farm in Salford Ontario, Canada. Her father, James Kennedy, was a farmer and came from a Methodist background. Her mother, Mildred, known as “Millie,” came from a Salvation Army background.
May 18, 2017 · Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) was a flamboyant, controversial, immensely popular preacher who the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel—a Pentecostal denomination which still exists today (with 1,600 churches and a quarter of a million members and adherents in the U.S.; and 75,000 churches with 8.7 million members and adherents in 1...
Nov 25, 2014 · Aimee Semple McPherson was one of the most glamorous women in the US in the 1920s. The evangelical preacher put on theatrical church services and used ground-breaking radio broadcasts to...
