| Main Performers | Mrs Aimee Semple MacPherson - speaker |
| Set List | Concert of Four Square Gospel hymns (Choir)
Speakers,
Address (Semple McPherson),
Service, Prayers,
Address (Semple McPherson) |
| Performance Notes | "AMAZING SCENES AT ALBERT HALL.
RUSH TO HEAR MRS MCPHERSON.
CAMPAIGN OPENED.
THOUSANDS UNABLE TO GET IN.
Remarkable scenes marked the appearance at the Royal Albert Hall last night of Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson, the Los Angeles evangelist, who opened her six weeks' campaign in Britain.
For som ehours before the service was timed to begin crowds were waiting to gain admittance, and there was a rush when the doors were opened. There was for a time fear of panic, but police and attendants gained control.
All available space in the hall was quickly occupied, and long queues remained outside the building. Several thousands of people, it was estimated, had to be turned away, disappointed in their hope of hearing the woman evangelist."
(The Daily Telegraph, 8 October 1928)
The Elim Pentecostal Church is a movement of Christian congregations in the UK and Ireland, founded in 1915 by George Jeffreys (1889-1962). From 1915-1934, Jeffreys was extremely active as a revivalist, and preached to large crowds throughout the United Kingdom. His church was brought together, first as the Elim Evangelistic Band, but this was changed to Elim Foursquare Gospel Alliance when the Deed Poll was registered in April 1934. The name 'Elim' was taken from the account in the Book of Exodus, chapter 15, verse 27, where the Israelites, leaving the bondage of Egypt under the leadership of Moses, found an oasis called Elim: "Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees; so they camped there by the waters." This represented a place of refreshing and it was thought appropriate for a revival movement at that time.
Differences of opinion over Jeffreys' open espousal of British Israelism and disputes on church governance led Jeffreys to withdraw from the Elim Pentecostal Church in 1939 and to form the Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship. The presidency of Elim then passed to George Kingston, a wealthy businessman who had founded many of the Elim congregations in Essex.
The baptism of believers by immersion and Communion are held to be ordinances by the Church. Kensington Temple in London is the largest church in the denomination. Elim missions exist in 35 countries with hospitals, orphanages, and schools. The church operates Regents Theological College in Malvern, Worcestershire, where the movement's headquarters are also based. |