By the mid 1920s, one of the biggest names in Los Angeles wasn’t a movie star but an evangelical Pentecostal preacher named Aimee Semple McPherson. In 1923, she started her Foursquare Church (drawing its name from Jesus Christ the Savior, Baptizer, Healer, Coming King) and quickly gathered a huge following by harnessing the a new technology called radio, which she used to broadcast her weekly sermons. This is a circa mid 1920s photo of her Angelus Temple, which could seat up to 5,300 eager followers. The building is still there and is currently the home of the Angelus Temple Hispanic Church.
By the mid 1920s, one of the biggest names in Los Angeles wasn’t a movie star but an evangelical Pentecostal preacher named Aimee Semple McPherson. In 1923, she started her Foursquare Church (drawing its name from Jesus Christ the Savior, Baptizer, Healer, Coming King) and quickly gathered a huge following by harnessing the a new technology called radio, which she used to broadcast her weekly sermons. This is a circa mid 1920s photo of her Angelus Temple, which could seat up to 5,300 eager followers. The building is still there and is currently the home of the Angelus Temple Hispanic Church.
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