Aime Semple Mcpherson

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary

Aimee Semple McPherson:

Salvation Army Daughter- Everybody’s Sister

A Paper

Submitted to Dr. Ken Cleaver

In Partial Fulfillment

Of the Requirements for the Course

American Christianity

CHHI 692-B01

By

Judi Fall

July 9, 2010

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Chapter One: Aimee Semple McPherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Chapter Two: The International Foursquare Gospel Church. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter Three: Writings Produced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter Four: But Who Was Aimee, Really? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter Five: Famous Members of the International Foursquare Gospel Church . . . . . . .8

Outline of Aimee Semple McPherson’s Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9

APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Foursquare Declaration of Faith

BIBLIOGRAPHY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

CHAPTER 1

AIMEE SEMPLE McPHERSON

It has said throughout history that women do not belong in the pulpit. It has been said that women belong in the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant, raising the children and cooking the dinner. One woman did not listen to the traditional roles presented to her and because she followed her heart, the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel was born. Aimee Semple McPherson was born October 9, 1890 to a Methodist father, James Morgan Kennedy and a...