Azusa Street Outpouring PDF Download

The roots of the modern-day outpouring of the Spirit can be traced to a clapboard building during the turn-of-the-century in Los Angeles, California, Bishop Otis G. Clark became acquainted with Emma Mother of Azusa and Henry Cotton and lived in their home. Clark arrived in Los Angeles in 1921 after the Tulsa, Oklahoma race riot. Mother Emma Cotton mentored Clark. He was her personal driver, while Henry her husband was a porter on the train going from city to city. They tried to keep the Azusa churches open. They visited churches in California and other states where Azusa churches started.At Azusa, the long services were punctuated by fiery preaching, spontaneous singing and fervent praying. People were baptized with the Spirit, spoke in tongues, and fell under the power.Led by William J. Seymour, a Black Holiness preacher, Azusa attracted people of all colors and all walks of life. Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians together experienced the Spirit's manifest presence. Seymour, who had received teaching on the Holy Spirit while listening through the doorway of an all-white classroom, knew his experience was for all people.It's a fact, some twenty-six major denominations, including the Assemblies of God, Four Square, Church of God in Christ, Church of God -Cleveland Tennessee, Apostolic Faith, United Pentecostal Church, and Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, all trace their roots to the Azusa Street Revival; and 700 denominations, including independent denominations.Ambassadors Gwyneth Williams and Star Williams are blessed to have Bishop Otis G. Clark as father and grandfather. Seldom when a chronicle is written are the readers privileged to have "first-hand" information. Bishop Clark knew many of the original "saints" and now recalls the events in the pages of this book.Join with me as we recount the events of the Azusa Mission. They are excited to have this privilege to retrace the roots of this move as we endeavor to complete what God started in 1906. Let us through these pages find the true spirit of Azusa, the spirit of unity.