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He has maintained his innocence and because he has never admitted to attempted murder and expressed his regrets in a parole hearing, he remains in prison. His time in prison has been a model a s he has learned skills that allow him to be certified as a Braille translator. He knows that if he gives in and states his guilt and remorse that he will have to spend even more time b ecause, as the system works, the parole board would state that he was just trying to please them by saying what they want to hear, so he could b e found suitable for parole.
How many times has something happened to you or your family that could only be explained as the work of God or an angel? True stories of neighbors about a stranger's visit acquire that explanation. Born on Welford Street in Port Arthur, Texas, Richard grows up learning life lessons from neighbors who were visited in the s. He is brainwashed into believing that the president of a Christian-oriented insurance company is second to God.
He becomes the company's top producer even though he is secretly being treated for a cancer that is scheduled to take his life. Will he learn that a false idol should not be thought of as God-like? Merial Martin and Richard as he works to create a financial legacy for his children before the cancer takes hold. Watch as past miracles on Welford Street influe nce his life's work.
Walk with Richard and witness the greatest Welford Street Miracle. There are three mysterious attempts to assassinate the president. Unfortunately, the Maryland governor and close friend of the president is framed and brought to trial. The president's testimony convicts his friend and causes him to have a major stroke, which ultimately results in his resignation. Mokski becomes president and orders the building of a compound that will be a deterrent to crime. Governor Booth is placed in the Compound before he can be cleared by his attorney friend, Webb.
All jails and prisons are emptied and shut down as all l ong-term prisoners are transferred into the Compound. Will Webb and Booth weave everything together to somehow get Booth out so t hat together they confront the true conspirators? Reptilicom is a computerized snake creature that was created by the H-Bomb testing in Nevada.
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Governor Booth is placed in the compound before he can be cleared by his attorney friend, Webb. The only sign that it had once been a house of God was a single Gothic-style window over the main entrance. Discarded lumber and plaster littered the large, barn-like room on the ground floor. They held their first meeting on April 14, Some of the benches were simply planks put on top of empty nail kegs. Frank Bartleman , an early participant in the revival, recalled that "Brother Seymour generally sat behind two empty shoe boxes, one on top of the other.
He usually kept his head inside the top one during the meeting, in prayer. There was no pride there In that old building, with its low rafters and bare floors The second floor at the now-named Apostolic Faith Mission [15] housed an office and rooms for several residents including Seymour and his new wife, Jennie. It also had a large prayer room to handle the overflow from the altar services below.
The prayer room was furnished with chairs and benches made from California Redwood planks, laid end to end on backless chairs. By mid-May , anywhere from [6] to 1, people would attempt to fit into the building. Since horses had very recently been the residents of the building, flies constantly bothered the attendees. Worship at Azusa Street was frequent and spontaneous with services going almost around the clock.
Among those attracted to the revival were not only members of the Holiness Movement , but also Baptists , Mennonites , Quakers , and Presbyterians. No instruments of music are used. No choir- the angels have been heard by some in the spirit. No collections are taken. No bills have been posted to advertise the meetings. No church organization is back of it.
All who are in touch with God realize as soon as they enter the meetings that the Holy Ghost is the leader. The Los Angeles Times was not so kind in its description:. Meetings are held in a tumble-down shack on Azusa Street, and the devotees of the weird doctrine practice the most fanatical rites, preach the wildest theories and work themselves into a state of mad excitement in their peculiar zeal. Colored people and a sprinkling of whites compose the congregation, and night is made hideous in the neighborhood by the howlings of the worshippers, who spend hours swaying forth and back in a nerve racking attitude of prayer and supplication.
They claim to have the "gift of tongues" and be able to understand the babel. The first edition of the Apostolic Faith publication claimed a common reaction to the revival from visitors:.
Proud, well-dressed preachers came to "investigate". Soon their high looks were replaced with wonder, then conviction comes, and very often you will find them in a short time wallowing on the dirty floor, asking God to forgive them and make them as little children. Among first-hand accounts were reports of the blind having their sight restored, diseases cured instantly, and immigrants speaking in German, Yiddish , and Spanish all being spoken to in their native language by uneducated black members, who translated the languages into English by "supernatural ability".
Singing was sporadic and in a cappella or occasionally there would be singing in tongues. There were periods of extended silence. Attenders were occasionally slain in the Spirit. Visitors gave their testimony , and members read aloud testimonies that were sent to the mission by mail. There was prayer for the gift of tongues. There was prayer in tongues for the sick, for missionaries, and whatever requests were given by attenders or mailed in.
There was spontaneous preaching and altar calls for salvation , sanctification and baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Lawrence Catley, whose family attended the revival, said that in most services preaching consisted of Seymour opening a Bible and worshippers coming forward to preach or testify as they were led by the Holy Spirit. The members of the mission never took an offering , but there was a receptacle near the door for anyone who wanted to support the revival. The core membership of the Azusa Street Mission was never many more than 50—60 individuals, with hundreds if not thousands of people visiting or staying temporarily over the years.
By October , Charles Parham was invited to speak for a series of meetings at Azusa Street but was quickly un-invited. Parham had personality conflicts with Seymour and wanted to be the chief authority figure of the movement that was taking place, but the presiding leaders of the Apostolic Faith Mission were slow to make any changes to their methods or leadership. In a skeptical front-page story titled "Weird Babel of Tongues", [22] a Los Angeles Times reporter attempted to describe what would soon be known as the Azusa Street Revival.
They run, jump, shake all over, shout to the top of their voice, spin around in circles, fall out on the sawdust blanketed floor jerking, kicking and rolling all over it. Some of them pass out and do not move for hours as though they were dead. These people appear to be mad, mentally deranged or under a spell.
They claim to be filled with the spirit. They have a one eyed, illiterate, Negro as their preacher who stays on his knees much of the time with his head hidden between the wooden milk crates. He doesn't talk very much but at times he can be heard shouting, "Repent," and he's supposed to be running the thing They repeatedly sing the same song, "The Comforter Has Come.
Reports were published throughout the U. Christians from many traditions were critical, saying the movement was hyper-emotional, misused Scripture and lost focus on Christ by overemphasizing the Holy Spirit. Some called the police and tried to get the building shut down. Also starting in September was the publication of the revival's own newsletter, the Apostolic Faith. The Apostolic Faith was distributed without charge, and thousands of laypersons and ministers received copies worldwide.
Five thousand copies of the first edition were printed, and by the press run reached over 40, Its first issue's lead story was titled "Pentecost has Come". It contained a letter from Charles Parham, an article on Pentecost from Acts , and a series of anecdotes of people's experience within the revival.
He is baptizing by one spirit into one body and making up a people that will be ready to meet Him when He comes". By , the revival at Azusa Street had lost momentum, and most of the media attention and crowds had left by Seymour remained there with his wife, Jennie, for the rest of their lives as pastors of the small African American congregation, [20] though he often made short trips to help establish other smaller revivals later in life. After Seymour died of a heart attack [7] on September 28, , Jennie led the church until , when the congregation lost the building. As The Apostolic Faith and many secular reports advertised the events of the Azusa Street Revival internationally, thousands of individuals visited the mission in order to witness it firsthand.
At the same time, thousands of people were leaving Azusa Street with intentions of evangelizing abroad. Spooner visited the revival in and became one of the Pentecostal Holiness Church 's most effective missionaries in Africa, working among the Tswana people of Botswana. Garr and his wife were sent from Azusa Street as missionaries to Calcutta, India , where they managed to start a small revival.
Speaking in tongues in India did not enable them to speak the native language, Bengali. The Garrs later traveled to China where they arrived in Hong Kong and began to spread Pentecostalism in mainland China. They did this by working through other Protestant churches and organizations that had already been established. Missionary Bernt Bernsten traveled all the way from North China to investigate the happenings after hearing that the biblical prophecy of Acts 2: Other visitors left the revival to become missionaries in remote areas all over the world.
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Christian leaders visited from all over the world. These missions were largely composed of immigrant or ethnic groups.
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The Southeast United States was a particularly prolific area of growth for the movement, since Seymour's approach gave a useful explanation for a charismatic spiritual climate that had already been taking root in those areas. Other new missions were based on preachers who had charisma and energy.