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 ...
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.
