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This Week in AG History -- Sept. 7, 1969
Born into a Buddhist family, David (Paul) Yonggi Cho turned to Christ and through him, God brought about the world's largest church.
This Week in AG History -- Aug. 10, 1980
In 1980, tens of thousands of Cubans fled communist Cuba to the United States, creating a unique opportunity for the Assemblies of God to assist and minister to Cuban immigrants.
This Week in AG History -- July 13, 1975
C.M. Ward interviewed many famous individuals for the Revivaltime radio program, including a governor known for his integrity and faith during the days of the Watergate scandal, Reubin Askew.
This Week in AG History -- May 21, 1961
Owen Carr began his string of successful ministries in the early 1940s by relying on and preaching God's Word, which he still does today.
This Week in AG History -- April 12, 1930
God answered Ralph Darby Williams' prayer for more missionaries in El Salvador by revealing how the missionaries were already there.
This Week in AG History -- March 22, 1965
Robert K. Ware used his home as a refuge for Jews in WWII, translated U.S. AG Sunday School materials into French and printed them for the French AG, and ministered in countless other ways for the cause of Christ in France.
This Week in AG History -- March 2, 1946
Although Thomas King Leonard's name isn't as well known as some of the other early leaders of the Assemblies of God, it should be.
This Week in AG History -- Feb. 24, 1940
Vaughn Shoemaker, a member of the Stone Church in Chicago, became a renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, but gave God the credit for all his successes.
This Week in AG HIstory -- Jan. 21, 1928
She was the only AG missionary remaining in Japan during World War II, but prior to, during, and following the war, God proved faithful to Jessie Wengler.
This Week in AG History -- Nov. 19, 1950
Pentecostals in the United States rejoiced at hearing of revivals taking place elsewhere — this is one such story of a revival breaking out in the Hebrides Islands.
