When William Seymour Opened the Doors on Azusa Street
In April 1906, William J. Seymour — a one-eyed African American preacher, the son of formerly enslaved parents — began holding prayer meetings in a...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Acts 11:1-18.
In April 1906, William J. Seymour — a one-eyed African American preacher, the son of formerly enslaved parents — began holding prayer meetings in a rundown former stable on Azusa Street in Los Angeles. What happened next scandalized respectable churches across the city. Black and white worshippers knelt side by side. Mexican immigrants prayed alongside Swedish Lutherans. Chinese laborers wept next to wealthy Anglo matrons.…
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