There is many people that do not know the history of the Azusa Street Revival and how it ended. The last day of the Azusa Street …
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This is such a biased interpretation. These events happened in early 1900's. William Seymour was made to sit outside of the seminary school during his time of education because he was black. Parham was a well know racist and was upset with Azusa being mixed with all races. Seymore welcomed all. Maybe a broader understanding of the attitudes of key players towards Seymour would get a more balanced and realistic explanation of why he did what he did later. Also, the timeframe the revival was most know for was before Seymour's death. There are definitely things as Christians we should be learning from the negative events and division that took place on Azusa Street but glossing over major issues and focusing on the last few years misses much. I agree on the point that division was a major issue and still is.
The Azusa Street revival ended because of Charles Parham's racism. He believed the whites should rule over other races and was pro-segregation. William Seymour was foolish to invite Parham to the revival. Unlike Parham, Seymour believed blacks and whites could attend the same church but kept them out of leadership for the sake of peace. Parham was able to divide a congregation that had no problems with each other before he got there by appealing to racial animus and the lie superiority.
Love is a stronger indicator of salvation than tongues are.
This is such a biased interpretation. These events happened in early 1900's. William Seymour was made to sit outside of the seminary school during his time of education because he was black. Parham was a well know racist and was upset with Azusa being mixed with all races. Seymore welcomed all. Maybe a broader understanding of the attitudes of key players towards Seymour would get a more balanced and realistic explanation of why he did what he did later. Also, the timeframe the revival was most know for was before Seymour's death. There are definitely things as Christians we should be learning from the negative events and division that took place on Azusa Street but glossing over major issues and focusing on the last few years misses much. I agree on the point that division was a major issue and still is.
The Azusa Street revival ended because of Charles Parham's racism. He believed the whites should rule over other races and was pro-segregation. William Seymour was foolish to invite Parham to the revival. Unlike Parham, Seymour believed blacks and whites could attend the same church but kept them out of leadership for the sake of peace. Parham was able to divide a congregation that had no problems with each other before he got there by appealing to racial animus and the lie superiority.
Love is a stronger indicator of salvation than tongues are.