When the Spirit Fell on Azusa Street
In April 1906, William Joseph Seymour — the son of formerly enslaved parents, blind in one eye, once forced to listen to Bible school lectures...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Joel 2:23-32.
In April 1906, William Joseph Seymour — the son of formerly enslaved parents, blind in one eye, once forced to listen to Bible school lectures from the hallway because of his skin color — began leading prayer meetings in a small home on Bonnie Brae Street in Los Angeles. The crowds quickly outgrew the house, and Seymour moved to a dilapidated former stable at 312 Azusa Street.…
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