Aimée Semple McPherson Biography

Aimée Semple McPherson biography

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NAME: Aimée Semple McPherson
OCCUPATION: Evangelist
BIRTH DATE: October 09, 1890
DEATH DATE: September 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH: Ingersoll, Canada
PLACE OF DEATH: Oakland, California
Maiden Name: Aimee Elizabeth Kennedy

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Aimee Semple McPherson was a controversial Pentecostal evangelist whose International Church of the Foursquare Gospel had tens of thousands of followers.

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Aimee Semple McPherson was born October 9, 1890, near Ingersoll, Ontario. Her first official sermon occurred at Mount Forest, Ontario, in 1915. In 1918, she made her headquarters in L.A., where she preached in the Angelus Temple for almost 20 years. In 1923, the temple was dedicated as the Church of the Foursquare Gospel. By 1944, her movement had grown to include some 400 U.S. and Canadian branches.