William J. Seymour
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 102 years ago |
Date of birth | May 2,1870 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Centerville |
Louisiana | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 28,1922 |
Died | Los Angeles |
California | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States |
Job | Preacher |
Evangelist | |
Education | God's Bible School & College |
Spous | Jenny Evans Moore, 1906–1922, (his death) |
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ID | 429170 |
William J. Seymour Life story
William Joseph Seymour was an African-American holiness preacher who initiated the Azusa Street Revival, an influential event in the rise of the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. He was the second of eight children born to emancipated slaves and raised Catholic in extreme poverty in Louisiana.