Aimee Semple McPherson
Many Hollywood stars were interested in what Aimee had to say.
Frequent attendees at the Temple were Mary Pickford, Jean Harlow, and Clara Bow. Charlie Chaplin was able to slip into a few of her services and would later become good friends with the evangelist. In fact, Chaplin would later help Aimee with the Temple’s staging for her illustrated sermons—and Aimee would show him the truth of life.
Also, Anthony Quinn played in Aimee’s band prior to his great debut as an actor. While Quinn was a teenager, Aimee took him along on a Spanish crusade to be her translator.
In February 1923, Aimee opened her school of ministry, which would eventually become known as L.I.F.E. (Lighthouse of International Foursquare Evangelism) Bible College. Aimee was an avid instructor.
At the school, “Sister,” as she was called, served as a teacher and openly revealed her weaknesses as well as her strengths to the student body. Her favorite Christian authors were Wesley, Booth, and a Canadian revivalist by the name of Albert Benjamin Simpson.
Aimee often quoted these men and taught from their writings.
Sometimes she would test the students by leaving early and ask them to remain and pray. Then she would hide in a hallway. As the students left, she would watch for those who left frivolously, and for those who were attentive enough to pick up a piece of trash she had planted there. The attentive ones would receive her praise because of her belief that attention to detail produced a valuable, sensitive minister.
In February 1924, Aimee opened Radio KFSG (Kali Four Square Gospel), with the first FCC license ever issued to a woman. It was also the first Christian radio station ever operated.
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