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Historical discovery! Did you know that the original church located at 312 Azusa Street had a pitched roof-line? The pictures below will detail this fact. The first picture is the Azusa Street Mission around 1906. The second picture is the Azusa Street church (circled) with a pitched roof. The third picture is the Azusa Street church when it was used by the AME congregation. Notice it has a pitched roof which is visible on the right side of the picture. After the AME congregation ceased to use the facility several modifications were made to the structure.
1. The Gothic windows in the front were squared up.
2. The pitched roof was removed and replaced with a flat roof.
3. The stairway in front where the AME congregation is standing was removed.
After the AME congregation moved out, the church was used as a storehouse and a livery stable.
When Seymour rented the building for church services, it was full of flies and had a terrible stench. It also had a dirt floor. The interior was around 40 x 60 feet in diameter. The upstairs was turned into a tarrying-room for those seeking the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and a living quarters for Bro. Seymour and his wife.
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Dale M. Coulter Roscoe Barnes III Bishop Bernie L Wade
Historical discovery! Did you know that the original church located at 312 Azusa Street had a pitched roof-line? The pictures below will detail this fact. The first picture is the Azusa Street Mission around 1906. The second picture is the Azusa Street church (circled) with a pitched roof. The third picture is the Azusa Street church when it was used by the AME congregation. Notice it has a pitched roof which is visible on the right side of the picture. After the AME congregation ceased to use the facility several modifications were made to the structure.
1. The Gothic windows in the front were squared up.
2. The pitched roof was removed and replaced with a flat roof.
3. The stairway in front where the AME congregation is standing was removed.
After the AME congregation moved out, the church was used as a storehouse and a livery stable.
When Seymour rented the building for church services, it was full of flies and had a terrible stench. It also had a dirt floor. The interior was around 40 x 60 feet in diameter. The upstairs was turned into a tarrying-room for those seeking the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and a living quarters for Bro. Seymour and his wife. David Bundy
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RE Rev. Fr. @Timothy Cremeens , PhD restated Just the other day I was wondering to myself if there would be any further historical information regarding the Azusa Street Mission. Fascinating new find. Personally, I think the General Presbytery of the Assemblies of God was “stupid” for not jumping at the chance to have the Azusa Mission building moved to Springfield, MO. It would have been a wonderful addition to the Flower History Center. I know that their response was that they didn’t believe in “relics” but as a Spirit-Baptized Orthodox Christian I believe “relics” are important if for no other reason than having a physical connection to historical reality of early Pentecostalism.
YES we have PLENTY of interesting INFO on #AZUSA just like this Bishop Bernie L Wade Roscoe Barnes III David Bundy https://www.pentecostaltheology.com/is-this-photo-of-william-seymour-spliced-with-larger-john-g-lake-on-top-the-moon-landing-photo-of-american-pentecostalism/
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Terry Wiles were you there WHEN General Presbytery of the Assemblies of God was “stupid” for not jumping at the chance to have the Azusa Mission building moved to Springfield, MO? — I personally think that would have been impossible to purchase since it was not theirs to start with but Bishop Bernie L Wade may correct me with his deeper wisdom on this 1
Terry Wiles
Troy Day lol. the power was not in the building…
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Terry Wiles but in its roof as it seems
Rev. Fr. Timothy Cremeens, PhD
Just the other day I was wondering to myself if there would be any further historical information regarding the Azusa Street Mission. Fascinating new find. Personally, I think the General Presbytery of the Assemblies of God was “stupid” for not jumping at the chance to have the Azusa Mission building moved to Springfield, MO. It would have been a wonderful addition to the Flower History Center. I know that their response was that they didn’t believe in “relics” but as a Spirit-Baptized Orthodox Christian I believe “relics” are important if for no other reason than having a physical connection to historical reality of early Pentecostalism.