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What did it mean to early Pentecostals to live a life fully consecrated to God?
E.S. Williams led the Assemblies of God in roughly doubling in size during the Great Depression while urging unity through Christian fellowship, love, and worship.
With more than 69 million people worshipping in nearly 371,000 churches globally, the Assemblies of God is part of the fasting-growing movement in the history of Christianity: the Pentecostal movement.
E. S. Williams, AG general superintendent during the Great Depression and through WWII, urged the Fellowship to remain sound in its doctrine and strong in evangelism at home and on foreign fields throughout the coming year.
While the Great Depression of the 1930s devastated many segments of American Christianity, the Assemblies of God saw significant growth.
General Superintendent Ernest S. Williams did not accept Christ until he was 19, but he was ordained three years later under the ministry of William J. Seymour, later identifying the experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit as a defining moment in his life.