1890-1944
Preacher

Early Life.

Finding a Place.

Local Fame.

Gossip.

A Colorful Story.

McPherson's Story.

Triumphal Entry.

Fame.

Later Ministry.

McPherson returned to Los Angeles and continued her ministry. Although she had no original intention to begin a new denomination, her central church developed new congregations in the spreading Pentecostal movement. She remained a celebrity, and crowds continued to pack her temple into the next decade. Some came to watch and were converted — which was what she intended.

Sources:

Edith Blumhofer, Aimee Semple McPherson Everybody's Sister (Grand Rapids, Mich Eerdmans, 1993),

Daniel M Epstein, Sister Aimee The Life of Aimee Semple McPherson (New York Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1993),

Amiee Semple McPherson, The Story of My Life, edited by Raymond W Becker (Hollywood, Cal International Correspondence Publishers, 1951)