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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 -- Feb. 22, 1919
Early AG missionary Albert Norton was bold in his belief that compassion and preaching the Word of God must go hand-in-hand.
This Week in AG History -- Feb. 8, 1930
Aunt Fanny Luck was 100 years old when she was healed and became a Christian, and for the next decade she shared her testimony wherever she went.
This Week in AG History -- Jan. 31, 1931
Samuel A. Jamieson was a non-Pentecostal minister and church planter who encountered the Holy Spirit and became one of the Assemblies of God's founding fathers.
This Week in AG History -- Jan. 14, 1928
Early Pentecostal missionary Jacob Mueller lost his wife, Isabelle, to typhoid fever just a few months after arriving in India, prompting him to later write an article titled, "Do Missions Cost?"
This Week in AG History -- Jan. 3, 1965
José Galdámez, disillusioned while training for the Catholic priesthood, turned to worldly living, but when his wife gave her life to Christ and God began to heal her of a tumor, he also accepted Christ and ultimately became an Assemblies of God leader in El Salvador.
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.
