Jennie Evans Moore Seymour

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Jennie Evans Moore Seymour (March 10, 1874-July 2, 1936), was an African-American Holiness leader in the Azusa Street Revival. [1] She was one of the first seven persons to experience the phenomenon of speaking in tongues after meeting in a house where they prayed together on Bonnie Brae Street. [2] She was married to William J. Seymour on May 13, 1908. [3] After the height of the Azusa Street Revival waned, she co-pastored the church with her husband. After suffering from two heart attacks, her husband William J. Seymour died in her arms on September 28, 1922. [4] Jennie Seymour died almost 14 years later on July 2, 1936, and was buried next to her husband in Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. [5]

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  1. ↑ "iFPHC.org | Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center". archives.ifphc.org. January 19, 2018. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  2. ↑ Miller, Denzil R. (2015). The Women of Azusa Street Booklet. Springfield, MO: AIA Publications. pp. 15–16.
  3. ↑ Robeck, Cecil M. (2006). The Azusa Street Mission and revival : the birth of the global Pentecostal movement. Nashville: Nelson Reference & Electronic. ISBN   1-4185-0624-9. OCLC   62393055.
  4. ↑ William J. Seymour and the origins of global Pentecostalism : a biography and documentary history. Gastón Espinosa. Durham. 2014. ISBN   978-0-8223-7687-3. OCLC   873034992.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ↑ "iFPHC.org | Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center". archives.ifphc.org. Retrieved 2022-02-14.


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