Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center

Frodsham, longtime editor of the Pentecostal Evangel, noted 77 years ago that the AG was founded as a fellowship united around a vision of cooperation in world evangelism a vision that continues today.

Marguerite Flint's mother dedicated her to God's service even before she was born -- she grew up and served as a missionary to India for more than four decades, including building a Pentecostal Bible school for girls and women.

Gypsies (Roma) were socially marginalized and few were Christians. This Assemblies of God pastor left his comfortable life to travel with the Gypsies and ended up leading thousands to faith in Christ!

An elderly Mossi pastor told the Weidmans, It was not in vain, missionary. There are now churches everywhere. Today, the Assemblies of God is the largest Protestant denomination in Burkina Faso, with more than 1,100,000 adherents and almost 5,000 churches and preaching points.

Bob Watters began preaching in 1950 at the age of 19 and has ministered in 64 countries. Well-loved in the AG and beyond, he celebrates his 90th birthday this month.

What would it have been like to be a part of the Azusa Street Revival? Frank Bartleman was and he shares his firsthand account of the experience!

Pastor Eddie Driver, a lawyer and then Baptist minister, later became a leader in the Pentecostal movement, and established the first Church of God in Christ in the western United States.

HOT OFF THE PRESS!! Betty Jeter Jernigan brought a copy of her long-awaited book, Jeter Women: Lives of Courageous Faith, Sacrifice, and Service, to the Heritage Center today. Betty spent years researching and writing about seven amazing Jeter family women, including Assemblies of God heroes of the faith. Anyone interested in puchasing a copy may contact Betty at [email protected]

Eberhardt was born into a Catholic family in Austria-Hungary, but spent 43 years as an Assemblies of God missionary to India. She said, I have never been sorry I said ‘Yes’ to the Lord."

This young Hungarian immigrant was a rising star in the Milwaukee musical scene. But a miraculous healing in a small storefront mission in 1917 changed his life.

Dr. Stanford Eugene Linzey, Jr. (1920-2010), the first Assemblies of God active duty Navy chaplain, also served as a pastor, educator, author, and evangelist during 65 years of ministry.

Billy Bray started life in a nondescript family of miners in England, but he ended life as a down-to-earth preacher who is remembered for bringing a joyful gospel message to countless thousands. Why should Christians praise the Lord? The answer to this question is illustrated in the life of Billy Bray: Praising God for our blessings extends them, Praising God for our troubles will end them.

On sale for $4.79 -- the lost sermons that helped prepare Los Angeles for the Azusa Street Revival!

In 2018, 11% of AG USA adherents were Black. Read about the AG’s Black Heritage in the 2019/2020 edition of AG Heritage magazine. Download the magazine for free or order a hardcopy: https://ifphc.org/Publications/AG-Heritage

Burnett believed that Pentecostal churches must prepare their young to answer to the questions of the age. A vibrant Pentecostal testimony, he asserted, provides an alternative to atheism, theological liberalism, and neo-orthodoxy, which were prevalent in many seminaries.

New at the archives: Correspondence and publications (1906-1910) from William F. Manley, a Holiness minister who identified with the Pentecostal movement at the Azusa Street Revival. A Manley family member deposited these treasures at the FPHC this week.

A deeply spiritual atmosphere pervaded the 1916 Salt Lake City revival. Some participants could sense the glory of God present in the auditorium. Others had visions of Jesus and angels. Bodily healings convinced many of the reality of the gospel.

This lawyer-turned-Assemblies of God minister was a prolific author. Zondervan published several of his books in the 1930s and 1940s, when it was unusual for evangelical publishers to promote Pentecostal authors.

Why should the Assemblies of God support ministries to college students? To Chi Alpha founder Calvin Holsinger, the answer to this question was obvious.

William Upshaw, one of the best-known physically disabled American politicians of his era, was healed in a 1951 Pentecostal revival meeting.

By age 29, Esther Harvey had buried her husband and three children in India. Despite incredible grief, she continued to lead the mission school and orphanage founded by her husband. She died at age 95, a hero of the faith. Her tombstone carried the name "Mama ji" -- the name given to her by the children of northern India.

Gensichen learned to value humility during personal crises and two world wars. He wrote, No one can soar into the heights of faith unless they have first had a broken and a contrite heart. Humility is the soil in which faith can grow.

Drs. Stephen and Donna Krstulovich stopped at the Heritage Center today and deposited Steve’s important research on the history of Chi Alpha’s outreach to international college students in America, which was the basis of Stephen’s dissertation at AGTS. The materials, meticulously organized in five volumes and a hard drive, include transcripts of Chi Alpha video blogs and 45 oral history interviews, among other resources. We are grateful for Steve's important research into this vital student ministry that has been discipling and training leaders for almost 70 years.

Vazakas received the gift of tongues in the 1890s in Greece, where his family was persecuted for their faith. He immigrated to America and earned multiple graduate degrees at prestigious schools, ultimately serving as a professor of Philosophy and Greek at Evangel College.

Assemblies of God missionary David Plymire has deposited this handwritten Chinese New Testament at the Heritage Center! During the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976), many churches were closed, pastors imprisoned, and Bibles and hymnbooks confiscated and destroyed. In order to preserve the Word, Chinese believers copied Bibles by hand. China Radio (an AG ministry) acquired several of them. This Bible was featured in a 2017 film about the history of China Radio, A Sound from Heaven.

Lottie Riekehof, one of the Assemblies of God's best-known pioneers of ministries to the deaf, went to be with the Lord earlier this month, just one week short of her 100th birthday.