Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (died 1944)

Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson, also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian-born American Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and '30s, famous for founding the Foursquare Church. McPherson pioneered the use of broadcast mass media for wider dissemination of both religious services and appeals for donations, using radio to draw both audience and revenue with the growing appeal of popular entertainment and incorporating stage techniques into her weekly sermons at Angelus Temple, an early megachurch.

Born

1890

October 9

Died

1944

Era

1890s

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Aimee, in brief

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1944 Died

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The world in 1944

When Aimee departed

april 1 World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
april 10 Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
april 16 World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.
april 17 Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.

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Agnes Macphail 1890–1954 Canadian educator and politician (born 1890) Charles de Gaulle 1890–1970 French general and politician, President of France (died 1970) Conrad Richter 1890–1968 American journalist and novelist (died 1968) Harry Pollitt 1890–1960 British politician and Secretary General of the Communist Party of Great Britain (born 1890) Marjorie Main 1890–1975 American actress (born 1890) Marjory Stoneman Douglas 1890–1998 American journalist and activist (died 1998) Max Immelmann 1890–1916 German lieutenant and pilot (born 1890) Norman Bethune 1890–1939 Canadian soldier and physician (died 1939) Ronald Fisher 1890–1962 English-Australian statistician, biologist, and geneticist (died 1962)

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