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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 -- June 9, 1968
The Pentecostal message isn't just for adults — it touches the hearts of children and young people just as well!
This Week in AG History -- June 5, 1948
Missionary to Africa H.B. Garlock vigorously condemned racial discrimination and segregation, calling racial discrimination "inhuman, un-Christian, and unpardonable."
This Week in AG History -- May 5, 1963
Lowell Lundstrom had turned his back on God and pursued fame and glory as a rock and roll star, but God never gave up on him.
This Week in AG History -- April 24, 1960
An award-winning artist, Native American Charlie Lee chose instead to become an AG minister and witness God take messed up lives and turn them into masterpieces for His glory.
This Week in AG History -- April 19, 1964
Many may not know that Ann Wilkerson, the mother of famed AG evangelist David Wilkerson, had a ministry outside of assisting her son — to the beatnik community of New York City.
This Week in AG History -- March 29, 1959
Incredibly, a single issue of the Pentecostal Evangel is credited in part for the creation of the Nigerian Assemblies of God.
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?"
