Azusa Street Revival

Introduction: A Movement is Birthed
Databases
Links		 Library Materials:
Online Catalog Search
Newspapers
Eyewitness Accounts
Biography
Doctrinal Statements & Sermons
Other Books
Videos
The guide below attempts to give researchers starting points for locating information on topics, primary resources, and a few secondary resources of importance to the Azusa Street Revival. For further assistance in locating information, please contact the Dixon Pentecostal Research Center (423) 614-8576 or email dixon_research@leeuniversity.edu.
 
Introduction: A Movement is Birthed
Los Angeles, California, was a popular destination at the turn of the twentieth century for many Americans dreaming of fulfilling the American dream. By 1906, this city was quickly becoming a major hub of activity. In April 1906 two events attracted the world’s attention on Los Angeles: The city was impacted by an earthquake that devastated San Francisco, and services conducted in a small holiness mission on Azusa Street birthed a global spiritual renewal. Thousands of individuals converged on the city to attend the revival at Azusa Street’s mission. Here they found a renewed since of purpose by being saved, sanctified, or filled with the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues.  Almost a century later, the activities of the renowned Azusa Street outpouring in Los Angeles are hailed as one of the greatest events in Christian history. Today, Pentecostal and Charismatic believers throughout the world reflect on the significance of Azusa Street in their spiritual heritage and development.
 

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Databases

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Links

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Online Catalog Search
To locate library books covering the Azusa Street revival in the online catalog:, conduct a basic “keyword search” on the word “Azusa” or conduct a basic “subject search” on any of the following subject headings.
AZUSA STREET MISSION
LOS ANGELES (CALIF.)
– CHURCH HISTORY
REVIVALS
– CALIFORNIA
PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES
– CALIFORNIA
– MISSIONS 		 PENTECOSTALISM
– HISTORY
– UNITED STATES – HISTORY
BARTLEMAN, FRANK, 1871-1935
PARHAM, CHARLES F.
SEYMOUR, WILLIAM JOSEPH, 1870-1922
VALDEZ, A. C.

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Newspapers

Apostolic Faith (Los Angeles, Calif.: 1906). Official publication of the Azusa Street Mission. Editor: W.J. Seymour.
Nov. 1906 – Jan. 1907 published: Los Angeles: Pacific Apostolic Faith Movement
Feb./Mar. 1907– May 1908 published: Los Angeles: Pacific Faith Mission.
Reprint title page title: Azusa Street Papers. Foley, AL: Together with the Harvest Publications, 1997.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX6914 .A7 1997

The Apostolic Faith Scripture Index

Like As of Fire: Newspapers from the Azusa Street World Wide Revival. Washington, D.C.: Middle Atlantic Regional Press, 1994.
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Sept. 1906) – vol. 1, no. 2 (Oct. 1906) published by Apostolic Faith Movement of Los Angeles; vol. 1, no. 3 (Nov. 1906) – vol. 1, no. 5 (Jan. 1907) by Pacific Apostolic Faith Movement; vol. 1, no. 6 (Feb./Mar. 1907) vol. 1, no. 12 (Jan. 1908) and vol. 2, no. 13 (May 1908) by Apostolic Faith Mission.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762 .L54 1994
 

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Eyewitness Accounts

Bartleman, Frank. Another Wave Rolls In. Monroeville, PA: Whitaker Books, 1971.
(Formerly: What Really Happened at “Azusa Street”?)
Squires Library – Circulating – BV652.1 .D63 2003

Azusa Street. Plainfield, N.J.: Logos International, 1980.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762.Z8 B373;
Squires Library – Circulating – BX8762.Z8 B373

Davis, Clara. Azusa Street Revival. Springdale, Pa.: Whitaker House, 1993.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644.5.U6 D39 1993

---. Azusa Street Till Now: Eyewitness Accounts of the Move of God. Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1989.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644 .D38 1989

Martin, Larry. ed. Azusa Street: The True Believers, Part 1. Joplin, Mo.: Christian Life Books, 1999.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BV3775.A98 M37 1998

---. Azusa Street: The True Believers, Part 2. Martin. Joplin, Mo.: Christian Life Books, 1999.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BV3775.A98 A98 1999

Nickel, Thomas R. Azusa Street Outpouring: As Told to Me by Those Who Were There. Hanford, CA: Great Commission International, 1979.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX 6194.A73 N5
Squires Library Circulating – BX 6194.A73 N5

Parham, Charles F. The Sermons of Charles Fox Parham. Fourth Edition. Joplin, Mo.: Joplin Printing Co., 1944.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8766.Z66 P378 1985

Parham, Sarah, E. The Life of Charles F. Parham. Joplin, Mo.: Hunter Printing Co. 1930.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8766.Z8 P37

Valdez, A. C. and James F. Scheer. Fire on Azusa Street. Costa Mesa, CA: Gift Publications, 1980.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762.Z8 V348
 

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Biography

From Tragedy to Triumph: The William Seymour Story. Whittier, Calif.: CTL Productions, 1992. VIDEORECORDING.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. Media BR1644 .F76

Martin, Larry. The Life and Ministry of William J. Seymour: and A History of the Azusa Street Revival. Joplin, MO: Christian Life Books, 1999.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644.5.M55 S4 1999

Robeck, Cecil M. “William Joseph Seymour.” In The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, eds. Stanley M. Burgess and Eduard M. van der Maas, 1053-1058. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2002.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. Ref. BR 1644 .D53 2002;
Squires Library – Ref. BR 1644 .D53 2002

Seymour, William J. The Great Azusa Street Revival: The Life and Sermons of William Seymour. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: Wilmington Pub. Group, 2006.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8766 .Z8 S48 2006
 

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Doctrinal Statements and Sermons

Seymour, William J. Azusa Street Sermons. Joplin, Mo.: Christian Life Books, 2000.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762.Z6 S49 2000
Squires Library Circulating – BX8762.Z6 S49 2000

---. Doctrines and Discipline of the Azusa Street Apostolic Faith Mission of Los Angeles, California. [S.l. : s.n., 19--?].
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762.5.Z5 S4 1915

---. Doctrines and Discipline of the Azusa Street Apostolic Faith Mission of Los Angeles, California. Joplin, Mo.: Christian Life Books, 2000.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762.Z5 S49 2000
 

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Other Books

Azusa Street and Beyond: Pentecostal Missions and Church Growth in the Twentieth Century. South Plainfield, NJ: Bridge Publishing, 1986.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – BV2595.P3 M323 1986
Squires Library – Circulating – BV2595.P3 M323 1986

Azusa Street Revisited: Facets of the American Pentecostal Experience. Society for Pentecostal Studies. November 13-15, 1986. Southern California College, Costa Mesa, California. The Society, 1986.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762.A1 S67 1986

Azusa Street Revival and Its Legacy. eds. Harold D. Hunter and Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. Cleveland, Tenn.: Pathway Press, 2006
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Church BR1644 .A95 2006
Squires Library – Circulating – BR1644 .A95 2006

Bernard, David K. A History of Christian Doctrine: The Twentieth Century A.D. 100-1500, volume 1. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1995.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center - BT21.2 B45
Squires Library – Circulating – BT21.2 B45

---. A History of Christian Doctrine: The Twentieth Century A.D. 1500-1900, volume 2. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1996.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center - BT21.2 B45
Squires Library – Circulating – BT21.2 B45

---. A History of Christian Doctrine: The Twentieth Century A.D. 1900-2000, volume 3. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1999.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center - Pent. BT21.2 B425 1995
Squires Library – Circulating – BT21.2 B425 1995

---. In the Name of Jesus. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1992.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BT180.N2 B47 1992

---. The New Birth. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1984.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BT751.2 .B46 1984
Squires Library – Circulating – BT751.2 .B46 1995

---. Oneness and Trinity, A.D. 100-300: the Doctrine of God in Ancient Christian Writings. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1991.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BT98 .B39 1991
Squires Library – Circulating – BT98 .B39 1991

---. The Trinitarian Controversy in the Fourth Century. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1993.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BT109 .B47 1993
Squires Library – Circulating – BT109 .B47 1993

Dayton, Donald, ed. Witness to Pentecost: The Life of Frank Bartleman. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1985.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8762 .Z8 B374

---. Theological Roots of Pentecostalism. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Francis Asbury, 1987.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644 .D39 1987

Echols, B. E. Four Essentials Unto Salvation. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 2003.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BS680.S25 E32 2003

Graves, R. Brent. The God of Two Testaments. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 2000.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent BT102 .G7 2000

Hollenweger, Walter J. Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments Worldwide. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1997.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644 .H66 1997

Jacobsen, Douglas. Thinking in the Spirit: Theologies of the Early Pentecostal Movement. Bloomington, Ind.: University Press, 2003.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644.5.U6 J33 2003
Squires Library – Circulating – BR1644.5.U6 J33 2003

Kinzie, Fred. Salvation in the Book of Acts. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 2001.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BS2625.2 .K53 2001
Squires Library – Circulating – on order as of 10/19/06

Martin, Larry E., ed. Skeptics & Scoffers: The Religious World Looks at Azusa Street, 1906-1907. Pensacala, Fla.: Christian Life Books, 2004.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644.5.U6 M37 2004

McGee, Gary B. People of the Spirit: The Assemblies of God. Springfield, Mo.: Gospel Publishing House, 2004.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BX8765.5A45 M34 2004

Owens, Robert R. Speak to the Rock: The Azusa Street Revival: Its Roots and Its Message. Lanham: University Press of America, 2001.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644.5.U6 O94 2001
Squires Library – Circulating – BR1644.5.U6 O94 2001

Robeck, Cecil M. “Azusa Street Revival.” In The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements. eds. Stanley M. Burgess and Eduard M. van der Maas, 344-350. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2002.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. Ref. BR 1644 .D53 2002
Squires Library – Ref. BR 1644 .D53 2002

---. The Azusa Street Mission and Revival: The Birth of the Global Pentecostal Movement. Nashville: Nelson Reference & Electronic, 2006.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644 .R59 2006
Squires Library – Circulating – BR1644 .R59 2006

Segraves, Daniel L. Hair Length in the Bible. Hazelwood, MO: Word Aflame Press, 1989.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BS2675.6.H27 S45 1989
Squires Library – Circulating – BS2675.6 H27 S45

Shumway, Charles William. A Critical History of Glossolalia. Thesis (Ph.D.) Boston University, 1919.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BL54 .S557

Synan, Vinson, ed. Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, 1901-2001. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2001.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BR1644.5.U6 C46 2001
Squires Library – Circulating – BR1644.5.U6 C46

Wigglesworth, Smith, Tommy Hicks, and David Du Plesis. The Smith Wigglesworth Prophecy and the Greatest Revival of All Time. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.: Wilmington Group Publishers, 2005.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. BV5091 .R4 S64 2005
 

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Videos

The Azusa Street Project. Los Angeles, Calif.: Global Media Godworks Productions, 2006. VIDEORECORDING.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. Media BR1644.5 .U6 A98 2006
Squires Library – Media (Lower Level) – Media BR1644.5 .U6 A98 2006

From Tragedy to Triumph: The William Seymour Story. Whittier, Calif.: CTL Productions, 1992. VIDEORECORDING
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. Media BR1644 .F76
Three DVD set may be purchased at www.icfsr.org/resources.htm

God's Glorious Outpouring the Azusa Street Revival. Whittier, Calif.: CTL Productions, 1992. VIDEORECORDING.
Dixon Pentecostal Research Center – Pent. Media BR1644 .G6
Squires Library – Media (Lower Level) – Media BR1644 .G6
 

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