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Darrin J. Rodgers
Darrin J. Rodgers has served as director of the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center (FPHC) since 2005. He earned a master's degree in theological studies from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and a juris doctorate from the University of North Dakota School of Law. He previously served at the David du Plessis Archive and the McAlister Library at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Northern Harvest , a history of Pentecostalism in North Dakota. His FPHC portfolio includes acquisitions, editing Assemblies of God Heritage magazine, and conducting oral history interviews. His wife, Desiree, is an ordained AG minister.
This Week in AG History -- Dec. 2, 1916
Pastor Eddie Driver, a lawyer and then Baptist minister, later became a leader in the Pentecostal movement, and established the first Church of God in Christ in the Western United States.
This Week in AG History -- Nov. 29, 1930
Topeka and Azusa Street are well-known for the origins of the Pentecostal movement, but they weren't the only places where the Holy Spirit was evident.
This Week in AG History -- Nov. 14, 1914
The story behind the second General Council's resolution committing the new Fellowship to, “the greatest evangelism that the world has ever seen.”
This Week in AG History -- Oct. 29, 1949
Through the power of the Holy Spirit, God operated on Joseph Wannenmacher's diseased body, transforming him physically and spiritually.
Racial Reconciliation: The Memphis Miracle at 30
The 1994 Memphis Miracle gave many Assemblies of God leaders a heightened sense of urgency for racial reconciliation.
This Week in AG History — Oct. 20, 1957
When his former denomination revoked his ministerial credentials due to his newly experienced Pentecostal baptism, Thomas B. Barratt led the Pentecostal movement in becoming the second largest Protestant church in Norway.
This Week in AG History -- Oct. 2, 1955
J. Calvin Holsinger pioneered Chi Alpha, the Assemblies of God ministry to college students, because history showed students led many of the greatest revival movements.
This Week in AG History -- Sept. 18, 1960
Genoal Wright contracted polio as a young man, but when God answered his prayer to allow him to live, Wright kept his promise to continue to preach, even though it meant preaching from a wheelchair.
This Week in AG History -- Sept. 6, 1947
An ordained Methodist minister, a somewhat skeptical Samuel S. Scull visited Los Angeles in 1907 to check out the reported Pentecostal outpouring -- his life would never be the same!
This Week in AG History -- August 10, 1969
Without prayer, our lives will be empty and our testimony a hollow echo . . .
