A History of Christian Doctrine #3 - Online Christian Library

The Jesus Name Controversy
who had previously been baptized using the titles
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
The Spread of the Jesus Name Message
A great revival broke out under Ewart and Cook in the
Los Angeles area. Ewart reported: 70
All kinds of incurable diseases were healed in the
Name of Jesus, and people were filled with the Holy
Ghost, speaking in other tongues.
One of the greatest, most startling characteristics
of that great revival was that the vast majority of the
new converts were filled with the Holy Ghost after
coming up out of the water. They would leave the tank
speaking in other tongues. Many were healed when
they were baptized.
Many missionaries and preachers came to the meetings
and were rebaptized in Jesus’ name. Even more significantly,
Ewart’s periodical, Meat in Due Season,
carried the Jesus Name message and reports of the
revival far and wide. Many more people were touched and
converted by the paper than by the revival itself.
Missionaries to China, Japan, and India were soon baptized
in Jesus’ name.
During this revival, Ewart endured much opposition
from local church people as well as from a gang of
hoodlums. The latter threatened him and his wife on
numerous occasions, planted “stink bombs” in the services,
and even burned down the tent. The town constable
did nothing to protect them, but the persecution
ended when the gang leader was converted. Ewart had to
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