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A History of Christian Doctrine
Holiness leader in Germany; and Lewi Pethrus, a Baptist
pastor in Stockholm, Sweden. Pethrus’s Filadelfia Church
in Stockholm became the largest Pentecostal church in
the world.
In Canada, the Pentecostal movement began in
Toronto, Ontario, when an independent Holiness evangelist
from England, Ellen Hebden, received the Holy
Ghost. Soon afterwards, her husband, James, also a
preacher, received the Spirit as well. They apparently had
no prior contact with Pentecostals. Ellen Hebden testified
that she received the Spirit while seeking God in prayer
but without any expectation of what would happen. She
began speaking in tongues, and then she sang in tongues
for three hours. The Hebdens soon learned of the Azusa
Street Mission and sent a report that was published in The
Apostolic Faith. While the influence of the Hebdens was
great initially, they did not believe in organization, so
other workers ultimately had a greater impact.
After the peak of the Azusa Street revival (1906-09),
the center for worldwide revival shifted to William
Durham’s work in Chicago. A. H. Argue received the Holy
Spirit there in 1907 and spread the Pentecostal message
in western Canada.
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (218,782)
was founded in 1919. (See chapter 4.) It briefly affiliated
with the Assemblies of God (1920-25) but soon chose to
become a separate organization. It suffered major losses
in 1947-48 due to the Latter Rain movement, which
began in its ranks. (See chapter 9.)
The Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland
(30,992) developed as a separate organization, for until
1949 Newfoundland was a separate dominion from
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