William Joseph Seymour (May 2, 1870 – September 28, 1922) was a Holiness Pentecostal preacher who initiated the Azusa Street Revival, an influential event in the rise of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, particularly Holiness Pentecostalism. He was the second of eight children born in an African-American family to emancipated slaves.

Bishop William J. Seymour . Pastor of the Apostolic Faith Mission . 312 Azusa Street - Los Angeles, CA. William Joseph Seymour was born May 2, 1870 in Centerville, St. Mary's Parish, Louisiana. His parents, Simon Seymour (also known as Simon Simon) and Phillis Salabar were both former slaves.

William Seymour will always be someone who stands out in church history for his victorious faith. Seymour stepped out to search for God and his experience of God was real and life-changing. God used this humble life in revival and Seymour’s life remains an example to all of us of what God can do through the surrendered lives of His servants.

2007年1月22日 · The Azusa Street Revival, beginning in the spring of 1906, largely spawned the worldwide Pentecostal movement. It commenced in a former African Methodist Episcopal church building located at 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles, California. The primary leader was evangelist William J. Seymour

Although Seymour was not primarily a "healing evangelist" he regularly taught on divine healing as the will of God. A September 1906 sermon listed the four foundational teachings of salvation, sanctification, physical healing based on the atonement, and being filled by the Holy Spirit.

Of all the outstanding black American religious leaders in the twentieth century, one of the least recognized is William Seymour, the unsung pastor of the Azusa Street Mission in Los Angeles...

2018年6月8日 · William Joseph Seymour (1870–1922) was a prominent African-American religious leader in the early twentieth century. An ordained minister and the son of freed slaves, he is regarded as one of the founders of modern Pentecostalism.

William J. Seymour (1870-1922) was an African American Pentecostal pastor and evangelist who played a key role in the early development of the Pentecostal movement. Born in Louisiana, Seymour was ordained as a Holiness minister and moved to Houston, Texas where he became associated with Charles Parham, an early leader

2023年2月25日 · William J. Seymour, the father of Pentecostalism, was a towering figure whose legacy and influence continue to reverberate across the world. Under Seymour's leadership, the Azusa Street Mission sent out evangelists like arrows from a quiver, piercing the heart of America with the Pentecostal message, and creating an explosive revival that would ...

It was led by William J. Seymour, an African-American preacher. The revival began on April 9, 1906, and continued until roughly 1915. Seymour was invited to Los Angeles for a one-month engagement at a local church, but found himself barred due to his controversial views on baptism with the Holy Spirit after his first Sunday. He continued his ...