Rolf K. McPherson, at 96; Pentecostal movement figure May 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES - Rolf K. McPherson, a major figure in the Pentecostal movement who for 44 years guided the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel founded by his mother, charismatic evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, died of natural causes May 21 at his home here, according to a church spokesman. He was 96. (Boston Globe)
Learn to Distinguish Cults From Religions -- New Stirring Book Explores the History and Truths Behind Today's Religious Groups Feb 14, 2009
Dale A. Scadron is an ordained minister with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and has his Ecclesiastical endorsement as a chaplain. He has a Doctorate degree in Theology, and a Master degree in Divinity. (Primezone Releases)
Shower of Stoles presents stories of gay, transgendered churchgoers Nov 15, 2007
"I was a licensed minister for 15 years in the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. ... The day after coming out as a lesbian to the senior pastor, I was asked to not be alone with or teach the children. I left two weeks later and my standing in the denomination was expired shortly thereafter," the story read. This happened in 1994, and in 2004, the author was ordained in the Christian Church Disciples of Christ. (Carroll County Times)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Support group for military officers Sep 4, 2007
"The Poway series, "Your Heart's Desire: Sex and Love in Jewish Literature," will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in the Community Room adjacent to the Poway branch of the San Diego County Library, 13137 Poway Road. To register, call Ellen Zyroff at (858) 694-2484 or the Poway Library at (858) 513-2939.The La Jolla series, "Demons, Golems and Dybbuks: Monsters of the Jewish Imagination," will begin at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at the City of San Diego Public Library, La Jolla Riford branch, 7555 Draper St.... (North County Times)
A pre-TV televangelist May 14, 2007
" By the 1920s, she was a famous faith healer filling auditoriums in Denver, San Diego and other cities. Her giant Angelus Temple soon rose at Sunset and Glendale boulevards, just down the road from the bright lights of Hollywood. It was the Roaring Twenties and Los Angeles was booming. The huge church, described by one visitor as "half like a Roman Coliseum, half like a Parisian Opera House," became one of the city's premier tourist attractions. It was also topped with a giant radio tower that... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Seizing a second chance: Ramona woman brings back old-fashioned tent revivals Feb 16, 2007
In ministry for more than 25 years, Stines received a district ministerial license from LIFE Bible College of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Los Angeles and has a teaching certificate from Oral Roberts University. She has also taken her message all over the world, visiting Malawi, the Czech Republic and South Korea as well as planning a series of tent revivals across the country that she calls Mission America. (North County Times)
U.S. Military Courting American Muslims Feb 8, 2007
22 million Christians of a wide array of denominations, including little-known groups such as the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel or the Pentecostal Holiness Church International. The statistics are drawn from personnel records that include a "religious faith code," a rubric soldiers are asked, but not obliged, to complete. (Newsmax)
Roberta Semple Salter, 96; daughter of L.A. evangelist Feb 4, 2007
Salter was one of two children of the charismatic and controversial revivalist and faith healer who founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel and built Angelus Temple, the white-domed landmark in Echo Park. The temple, with its 5,000-seat auditorium, was the site of boisterous revival meetings led by McPherson in the 1920s and '30s. (Los Angeles Times)
