American Decades
Mcpherson, Aimee Semple 1890-1944
PREACHER
Early Life.
Sister Aimee, as the followers of Aimee Semple McPherson called her, was one of the few women in the United States to form her own denomination—although that was in the process of what she considered her true calling, saving souls. Born Beth Kennedy in Canada into a family dominated by her mother's commitment to the Salvation Army, in 1907 Aimee, as she by then called herself, attended a Pentecostal tent meeting and was converted. She soon married revivalist Robert Semple and went on the revival trail with him. While she was never ordained, she took naturally to preaching, which was sufficient for her and those she brought to the altar. In 1910 the couple went into the missionary field in China, where her daughter was born and her husband died.
Finding a Place.
Distraught, the young widow returned to the United States and two years later married Harold S. McPherson. Family life was...
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1920's Religion
