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This Week in AG History -- Dec. 28, 1918
Missionary Henry C. Ball's efforts to develop indigenous spiritual leaders among Hispanics in the early 1900s helped create a strong Hispanic presence in the U.S. Assemblies of God today.
This Week in AG History -- Dec. 19, 1936
Joe Conlee went from Methodist minister to an atheist alcoholic before having a real encounter with God in an Alaskan cabin.
This Week in AG History -- Oct. 14, 1916
The ministry of famed evangelist Maria Woodworth-Etter over a century ago laid the groundwork for the 15 Assemblies of God churches that now proclaim the gospel in Salt Lake City.
This Week in AG History -- Sept. 8, 1928
He was a German Lutheran minister who had an encounter with the Holy Spirit and became convinced that faith and humility go hand in hand.
This Week in AG History -- Sept. 2, 1962
Educator Alexander Vazakas, although not a minister or missionary, experienced the baptism in the Holy Spirit in the 1890s — well before the Azusa Street revival — and influenced countless lives for Christ.
This Week in AG History -- Aug. 19, 1916
Missionary Andrew Urshan's Pentecostal ministry in Persia (Iran) was filled with the miraculous as well as persecution, surprisingly by those who called themselves "Christians."
This Week in AG History -- Aug. 11, 1923
A swarm of locust turns out to be a blessing, not a curse, for the native people and missionaries in this historic article.
This Week in AG History — July 14, 1957
A timely warning about compartmentalizing religious beliefs.
This Week in AG History -- June 16, 1934
In the 1930s, P. C. Nelson recognized the importance of the Assemblies of God helping Pentecostal young people fulfill God's calling on their lives — even if it wasn't into the ministry.
This Week in AG History -- May 23, 1954
James Stewart urged believers to each take personal responsibility for the Great Commission, stating that mass evangelism will never be a substitute for personal evangelism and that a true move of God must catch fire at the grass roots.
