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Renowned Foursquare leader Jack Hayford with the Lord

Pastor Jack Hayford, former president of The Foursquare Church, went to be with the Lord today. The beloved leader leaves a legacy of international influence.

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The Foursquare Church celebrates its centennial in 2023

Angelus Temple, Foursquare’s founding church, opened its doors 100 years ago, Jan. 1, 1923, in Los Angeles. The movement that Aimee Semple McPherson started now spans the globe.

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21 Days of Prayer + Fasting 2023 – Church Action Kit

Equip your church for Foursquare's 21 Days of Prayer + Fasting, Jan. 9-29, 2023, with the Church Action Kit download.

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Order the 21 Days 2023 book

Order a 21 Days of Prayer + Fasting 2023 book to use during the Jan. 9-29, 2023 global prayer event.

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Rewatch Foursquare’s Centennial on Jan. 1

The Foursquare community joined together online for a special time of ministry and worship on the day Foursquare was founded.

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The Foursquare Church celebrates its centennial in 2023

Angelus Temple, Foursquare’s founding church, opened its doors 100 years ago, Jan. 1, 1923, in Los Angeles. The movement that Aimee Semple McPherson started now spans the globe.

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Foursquare Missionary Darlene Coombs recalls her 30-plus years of service

Darlene Coombs and her late husband, Edgar, served as missionaries in Venezuela, Panama and Zambia. She recalls highlights, including witnessing miracles, and shares how God gave comfort when Edgar died in an accident.

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How God provided a home for Sister Aimee and her children

Aimee Semple McPherson’s son, Rolf, shares how the Lord provided a house for their family in Los Angeles, a base of ministry that his mother could call home and that would be a refuge for her children from the stresses of itinerant ministry.

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Parents persecute their daughter after she accepts Christ

In October 1921, a young woman gave her life to Christ during Sister Aimee’s revival meetings in Canton, Ohio. Her parents reacted fiercely, even threatening to have her committed to an asylum, unless she recanted her confession.

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Rolf K. McPherson shares memories of his mother’s tent revivals

Years before Angelus Temple was built as her ministry base in Los Angeles, Aimee Semple McPherson traveled the country, holding tent revivals. Her son, Rolf, recalls what it was like as a kid to be a part of his mother’s evangelistic outreaches.

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100-year anniversary of ‘Stretcher Day’ healing service in Denver

When Aimee Semple McPherson held a special service during her 1921 Denver revival campaign, a crowd numbering 12,000 showed up, bringing scores of people on stretchers, cots and beds for healing.

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George Jameson recalls his child and teen years at Angelus Temple

Longtime minister George Jameson started attending Angelus Temple when he was 10. It was there that he came to Christ and was called into ministry. He shares a few significant moments from his growing-up years at the church.

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From cross-country tent revivals to founding Angelus Temple

Aimee Semple McPherson’s daughter, Roberta Semple Salter, recalls her mother’s cross-country evangelist outreaches and how her family finally came to settle in Los Angeles.

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My grandparents were Foursquare’s first missionaries to Europe

My grandparents were immigrants to the U.S. from Greece. Aimee Semple McPherson became their mentor, and they answered the call to be missionaries back home.

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100-year anniversary of Sister Aimee’s historic San Diego revival

Aimee Semple McPherson held an unprecedented series of revival meetings in San Diego 100 years ago this month. Here are some highlights of how this outreach brought salvation and healing to thousands.

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How Foursquare Disaster Relief became what it is today

What began as an outreach of Angelus Temple to the needy in Los Angeles in the 1920s eventually blossomed to the worldwide reach of today’s Foursquare Disaster Relief ministry.

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Pioneering missionary shares how Foursquare came to Venezuela

Darlene Coombs and her husband, Edgar, pioneered Foursquare’s work in Venezuela. She shares the remarkable story of planting a church and spreading the gospel even in the face of persecution.