Английская Википедия:Angelus Temple
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Angelus Temple is a Pentecostal megachurch in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded by Aimee Semple McPherson in 1923, it is affiliated with the Foursquare Church. The senior pastor is Matthew Barnett. In 2015, the weekly attendance was 8,975 persons.
History
The church was founded in 1923 by Aimee Semple McPherson.[1] She chose Los Angeles as the location of the Temple after receiving a vision of the California dream, "a little home in Los Angeles," as she prayed beside her ill daughter, Roberta. When McPherson found the lot near Echo Lake, she paused silently and then said, "This is the place God would have us build."[2]
McPherson hired Brook Hawkins from Winter Construction Company,[3] the architect of the Culver Hotel, the Grauman's Metropolitan Theatre and the Pasadena Playhouse.
The Angelus Temple building, seating 5,300 people, was opened in Echo Park on January 1, 1923.[4] On opening day, McPherson told a reporter, "Today is the happiest day of my entire life. I can hardly believe that this great temple has been built for me!"[5] She managed to raise $250,000 from wealthy followers to finance the construction. The temple is considered to be the first megachurch built in the United States, and its 125-foot-wide dome was the largest in North America.[6] Attendance in McPherson's day reached as much as 10,000 people.[7]
In 1927, it opened a food bank and soup kitchen near the church distributing food, clothing and blankets.[8]
According to church records, Angelus Temple received 40 million visitors within the first seven years.[9] At first, McPherson preached every service, often in a dramatic scene she put together to attract audiences.
In 1972, the temple was renovated with a $500,000 budget.[6]
In November 2001, Matthew Barnett became the senior pastor.[10]
In 2015, the weekly attendance is 8,975 persons.[11]
Social programs
The former Queen of Angels Hospital is the base of operations for the Dream Center, an organization who offers a food bank, clothing and assistance programs for disaster victims, victims of domestic violence, drug addiction and trafficking in human beings and prisoners.[12][13] In 2001, Pastor Matthew Barnett and the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel united the Dream Center with Angelus Temple.[14]
Buildings
Angelus Temple was dedicated on January 1, 1923.[15] The cornerstone of the building bears the inscription "Dedicated unto the cause of inter-denominational and worldwide evangelism".[16]
The temple, located opposite Echo Park Lake, had an original seating capacity of 5,300. In 2002, a renovation left the temple with a capacity of 3,500. According to the United States Department of Labor's Consumer Price Index, Angelus Temple's construction would cost $3,245,964 in 2014.[17]
Angelus Temple was the largest construction of its time in North America, rising "125 feet from the main floor". A panorama of clouds, the work of artist Anne Henneke, adorns the ceiling, and the temple has eight stained glass windows depicting the life of Jesus Christ, created by artist George Haskins. The building underwent renovations in 1972, while still retaining its original interior and exterior appearance.[18] The lighted cross atop the temple's dome is a longstanding landmark. The entire temple was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992.[19]
The temple was a Class "A" fireproof building constructed of concrete and steel designed by Brook Hawkins. The structure's main architectural feature is its large, unsupported concrete dome coated with a mixture of ground abalone shells. The dome's interior was painted azure blue, with fleecy clouds, a reminder to "work while it's day" and "to look for His coming". McPherson insisted on a bright, joyous setting, avoiding any reminder of sin from either artwork or motto. In back of the pulpit was her theme verse from Hebrews 13:8: "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today and forever." She later said that she loved "every stone in Angelus Temple,...I love to touch its walls, its altar,...I look to its high vaulted dome...."[20] but no part of the church pleased her more than the magnificent Kimball pipe organ which always soothed her and brought her peace of mind.[21]
After the temple's dedication in 1923, the 5,300-seat auditorium was filled three times each day, seven days a week.Шаблон:Cn
L.I.F.E. Bible College was founded in a building adjacent to Angelus Temple. This building is currently the home of the Angelus Temple Hispanic Church.
McPherson lived in the parsonage adjacent to the Temple; it is currently open to visitors.Шаблон:Cn
See also
- List of Registered Historic Places in Los Angeles
- List of the largest churches in the USA
- List of the largest evangelical churches
- List of the largest evangelical church auditoriums
- Worship service (evangelicalism)
References
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Image of Roy Waktins, of the Angelus Temple, and David Hutton, husband of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, California, 1932. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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- ↑ Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer, Aimee Semple McPherson: everybody's sister, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 1993, page 246-247
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 1471
- ↑ "Great Temple Is Dedicated— Tabernacle Built by Woman Officially Opened", The Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1923, p.II-2, archived on newspapers.com
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Thomas, Lately Storming Heaven: The Lives and Turmoils of Minnie Kennedy and Aimee Semple McPherson, Ballantine Books, USA, 1970 page 32
- ↑ Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer, Edith L. Blumhofer, Aimee Semple McPherson: Everybody's Sister, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, USA, 1993, p. 345
- ↑ Bridal Call (Foursquare Publications, 1100 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles.) October 1929, p. 27
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Hartford Institute, Database of megachurches in the US, Official website, USA, Retrieved September 11, 2016
- ↑ Dream Center, Outreach Programs, dreamcenter.org, USA, retrieved September 19, 2020
- ↑ Scott Thumma, Dave Travis, Beyond Megachurch Myths: What We Can Learn from America's Largest Churches, John Wiley & Sons, USA, 2007, p. 84
- ↑ Kurt Streeter, Angelus Temple Will Keep Historic Interior, latimes.com, USA, October 15, 2001
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Payne, Leah. Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism: Making a Female Ministry in the Early Twentieth Century, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal and Шаблон:NHLS url Шаблон:Small
- ↑ Blumhofer, p. 239
- ↑ Blumhofer, pp. 246–247
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