Frank Bartleman's How Pentecost Came to Los Angeles, self published in 1925, is a primary eyewitness memoir of the 1906 Azusa Street revival that is widely regarded as the founding event of modern global Pentecostalism, written by a participant who was present. Its authority is that of firsthand testimony from someone who was actually there, which is exactly why historians of Pentecostalism still consult it. It is a participant's own devotional memoir rather than independent historical scholarship, written to advance a particular spiritual reading of the events, so a claim needing historical distance benefits from checking against a modern scholarly history of the revival as well.
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Frank Bartleman's How Pentecost Came to Los Angeles, self published in 1925, the middle tier reflecting a primary eyewitness memoir of the 1906 Azusa Street revival written by a participant who was present, which is exactly why historians of Pentecostalism still consult it. It is a participant's own devotional memoir advancing a particular spiritual reading of events rather than independent historical scholarship, so a claim needing historical distance benefits from checking against a modern scholarly history of the revival as well. NotesFrank Bartleman's own eyewitness memoir of the Azusa Street Pentecostal revival in Los Angeles, 1925; a participant's account, not independent scholarly history.
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AuthorFrank Bartleman
PublisherSelf-published (Frank Bartleman)
The 1925 first printing was Bartleman's own self-published pamphlet, assembled from his revival-era journal and news clippings; professional reprints (Logos International 1980, Gospel Publishing House 2017) came decades later. Publication Year1925
Source TypePrimary document
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