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History: Reverend Willam Pendleton & Frank Ewart
from January/February 2022 ~ The Christian Outlook
by The Pentecostal Assembles of The World - The Christian Outlook
HISTORY A TIME IN HISTORY
The PAW 2006 Azusa Centennial: Celebrating The History of Pentecost
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REVEREND WILLIAM PENDLETON
Reverend William Pendleton, the first chief officer of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World was selected Chairman, according to meeting notes from a 1907 session in Los Angeles attended by several Azusa Street alums.
Reverend Pendleton was pastor of the Eighth and Maple Mission, started by Frank Bartleman when he decided to turn the church over to Pendleton who led the congregation for many years. In 1910, the name changed to the Pentecostal Assembly. In 1923 it relocated to 1162 E. 43rd Street, and in 1914 the address was 749 Kohler. In 1916, Frank Ewart apparently became co-pator. William Pendelton died January 3, 1917 and was succeeded by Frank J. Ewart.
FRANK J. EWART
“Ewart was considered one of the lending Pentecostals on the West Coast in the early 1900’s.
Ewart was known as a fearless Baptist preacher, and in 1908, he accepted the Pentecostal message in Portland. After this acceptance, and defying the Baptist theology, he was summarily excommunicted. It was then that he made his way to Los Angeles and became a disciple of William H. Durham. As time past he became Durham’s assistant at his world renowned church located at Seventh and Los Angeles streets.
When Durham died, He assumed Pastoral duties at the church. When the “Jesus Name issue” emerged in 1913-1914 he was considered one of the leading Pentecostals on the West Coast.
References: The Azusa Street Mission and Revival: The Birth of the Global Pentecostal People Who Shaped The Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Volume 1 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 1916-2015 100th Convention Celebration Souvenir Book
