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Article: Pentecostal movement started 100 years ago; Weeklong event planned in Los Angeles to mark religious anniversary.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- April 23, 2006
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Byline: GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - It was 1906 when William Seymour, the son of slaves, traveled to a small church to preach that speaking in tongues was the ultimate path to salvation. The congregation rejected his message and promptly kicked him out.
But that wasn't the end of the story.
Committed to his belief, Seymour started his own prayer group - first at a friend's house and then at an abandoned church in northeast Los Angeles. Within weeks, people of all races were streaming to the City of Angels to see the services where worshippers fell to the ground and uttered strange, unintelligible sounds.
The ...