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Spirit Walk Project

Azusa Street Aerial view of the JACCC Noguchi Plaza and Azusa Street upper end of photo The Azusa Street SpiritWalk Project will become one of the greatest spiritual tourists destinations for Los Angeles, and Little Tokyo will be known as the “Spiritual Door to the World” for the City of the Angels. As the city grew from a little pueblo in the desert, churches were established around the civic center area. The Buddhists, Catholics, Protestants, Jewish, and Pentecostals were all part of the spiritual birth of this emerging young city and today, it is part of a megapolis with over 10 million people living and working in the “Jewel of the ...

Pentecostal Memorial is Poised for a Revival

Stalled project would honor the Little Tokyo birthplace of the religious movement. But some residents in the neighborhood oppose it. By K. Connie Kang, LA Times Staff Writer Feb 6, 2006 A group of religious and civic leaders is seeking public support for a long-stalled memorial in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo honoring the African American preacher who a century ago launched a multiracial mission there that grew into the worldwide Pentecostal movement. The project has been bogged down for nearly 10 years in part because the Japanese American Community and Cultural Center has refused to allow a mural on a wall it owns on the Azusa Street site ...

Pentecostals Praise God in Many Tongues

Believers worldwide gather in L.A. — singing, dancing and shouting — to mark the 100th anniversary of the Azusa Street Revival. By K. Connie Kang, Times Staff Writer Carrying banners and making music, about 3,000 exuberant Christians on Saturday kicked off a weeklong centennial celebration of the birthplace of modern Pentecostalism in Little Tokyo with a “Holy Spirit Procession” through downtown Los Angeles.Thousands of Christians worldwide are coming to Los Angeles this week to mark the 100th anniversary of what is called the Azusa Street Revival, considered the cradle of the global Pentecostal movement, the fastest growing branch of ...

Little Tokyo’s Pentecostal Miracle

The plaques and signs memorializing Azusa Street are understated, but the historic site could have fared much worse. By Mark Kendall, MARK KENDALL is a freelance writer based in Ontario. May 2, 2007. Los Angeles Times NEVER-LOOK-BACK Los Angeles managed to brick over one of the nation’s key religious historical sites without even realizing it. And somehow that turned out to be a good thing — maybe even a miracle. It was in downtown just over a century ago that the hands-raising, tongues-speaking form of Christian faith now known as Pentecostalism ignited into a global movement. From a bare-bones church on Azusa Street, a black preacher ...

Los Angeles: Birthplace of Multiculturalism

Coming Home to Azusa Street Mission A Hundred Years Later. A hundred years ago, a seed was planted by a son of former slaves to create a multicultural Los Angeles. In 1906, the establishment of a multiracial mission on Azusa Street by Pastor William Joseph Seymour turned everything upside down in Los Angeles. “All the major churches were trying to figure out how to relate to it,” according to Cecil M Robeck, Jr., professor of church history at Fuller Theological seminary and an authority on the Pentecostal Movement. Today, the seed that Pastor Seymour planted has created a multiracial movement throughout America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin ...

Mural Project Officially Opens

The next project is to develop a mural about the Azusa Street Revival on a wall which stands on the historic church site. A world renowned artist has been asked to create the mural. More information will be shared later.

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Looking to the Future

Since the beginning of the Azusa Street Mission in 1905, people have flocked to 312 Azusa Street in Los Angeles. Even after the building was demolished and the charisma continues to spread, the physical address has become a pilgrimage site. Each year, hundreds of people from around the world come to 312 Azusa Street for spiritual reflection and connection.

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Pentecostalism Today

As of 2014, there are 631 million Pentecostals, making Pentecostalism the largest group of Christians next to Catholism. Currently, 1 in 4 Christians identify as Pentecostal and the numbers continue to grow. This spark was ignited a little over 100 years ago at 312 Azusa Street, Los Angeles, California, and Pentecostalism has become the fastest-growing religion in the world!