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Smith Wigglesworth

Early life Smith Wigglesworth was born on 8 June 1859 in Menston, Yorkshire , England, to an impoverished family. As a small child, he worked in the fields pulling turnips alongside his mother; he also worked in factories. During his childhood he was illiterate . Nominally a Methodist , he became a born again Christian at the age of eight. His grandmother was a devout Methodist; his parents, John and Martha took young Smith to Methodist and Anglican churches on regular occasions. He was confirmed by a Bishop in the Church of England, baptized by immersion in the Baptist Church and had the grounding in Bible teaching in the Plymouth Brethren while learning the plumbing trade as an apprentice from a man in the Brethren movement. Wigglesworth married Polly Featherstone on 2 May 1882. At the time of their marriage, she was a preacher with the Salvation Army and had come to the attention of General William Booth . They ...

John G. Lake

John Graham Lake (March 18, 1870 – September 16, 1935), usually known as John G. Lake , was a Canadian-American leader in the Pentecostal movement that began in the early 20th century, and is known as a faith healer , missionary , and with Thomas Hezmalhalch , co-founder of the Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa . Through his 1908–13 African missionary work, Lake played a decisive role in the spread of Pentecostalism in South Africa , the most successful southern African religious movement of the 20th century. After completing his missionary work in Africa, Lake evangelized for 20 years, primarily along the west coast of the United States setting up "healing rooms" and healing campaigns, and establishing churches. Lake was influenced by the healing ministry of John Alexander Dowie and the ministry of Charles Parham . Early life and career Lake wa...

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