Founder
Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson (née Kennedy; October 9,1890 – September 27,1944), also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian Pentecostal evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s,famous for founding the Foursquare Church.
Aimee Semple McPherson, an evangelist in the twentieth century, was a woman ahead of her time. She journeyed across the United States and worldwide with two tiny children at a period when women were not allowed to vote. When Sister Aimee opened the doors of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles in 1923, she began an enormous social ministry that served over 1.5 million people throughout the Great Depression. She distilled her message into four main points, which she named "the Foursquare Gospel":
Jesus is the Saviour.
Jesus is the Baptizer with the Holy Spirit.
Jesus is the Healer.
Jesus the soon coming King.
She founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Since Foursquare began, we’ve stayed true to our doctrine and founding statement of faith. Though ways of doing church may change with time, cultures and contexts, our message remains anchored in God’s Word.
Article of Faith