William J. Seymour

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William J. Seymour was an African American Holiness preacher whose leadership of the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles helped launch the modern Pentecostal movement worldwide.

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Label Occurrences
William J. Seymour canonical 8
William Joseph Seymour 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pastor ⓘ
Holiness preacher ⓘ
Pentecostal leader ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1922 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1905 ⓘ
advocated racial integration in worship services ⓘ
associatedWith The Apostolic Faith newspaper ⓘ
surface form: Apostolic Faith newspaper

Azusa Street Revival ⓘ
surface form: Azusa Street Mission
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles ⓘ
clergyType Protestant minister ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1870-05-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1922-09-28 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Seymour ⓘ
founded Azusa Street Revival ⓘ
surface form: Apostolic Faith Mission on Azusa Street
fullName William J. Seymour self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: William Joseph Seymour
givenName William ⓘ
hasDenomination Holiness-Pentecostal ⓘ
influenced Charismatic Christians ⓘ
surface form: Charismatic movement

global Pentecostal movement ⓘ
influencedBy Holiness teaching of Charles Fox Parham ⓘ
knownFor helping launch the modern Pentecostal movement worldwide ⓘ
leading the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
movement Holiness movement ⓘ
Pentecostal churches ⓘ
surface form: Pentecostalism
notableEvent Azusa Street Revival ⓘ
notableIdea emphasis on baptism in the Holy Spirit ⓘ
emphasis on speaking in tongues as evidence of Spirit baptism ⓘ
notableWork leadership of the Azusa Street Revival ⓘ
occupation pastor ⓘ
preacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Centerville, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
positionHeld pastor of the Apostolic Faith Mission on Azusa Street ⓘ
precededBy Charles F. Parham ⓘ
surface form: Charles Fox Parham
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Houston, Texas, United States ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Jennie Evans Moore ⓘ
startTimeOfActivity early 1900s ⓘ
workLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azusa Street Revival → ledBy → William J. Seymour ⓘ
Azusa Street Revival → hasKeyFigure → William J. Seymour ⓘ
Apostolic Faith Mission → leader → William J. Seymour ⓘ
Apostolic Faith Mission → founder → William J. Seymour ⓘ
Apostolic Faith Mission → associatedWith → William J. Seymour ⓘ
William J. Seymour → fullName → William J. Seymour self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Joseph Seymour
The Apostolic Faith newspaper → editor → William J. Seymour ⓘ
The Apostolic Faith newspaper → founder → William J. Seymour ⓘ
Charles F. Parham → influenced → William J. Seymour ⓘ