Tommy Welchel

Azusa Street, Los Angeles, California, has for Pentecostal Churches a kind of special status. Many dream of having such an awakening in their neighbourhoods, or see it as a living proof of the miracle working God they serve. William J. Seymour, a one-eyed 34 year old son of former slave, led its initial stage, but many more young teenagers were actively participating in healing sick, raising deads and experiencing God’s glory in a kind of visible mist in their midst. Started in April 1906 the Azusa Street Revival lasted for 3.5 years, and impacted the lives of many. From 1960-1966, author Tommy Welchel lived as young adult among the then elderly people who eye witnessed Azusa Street miracles themselves. Tommy recorded first-hand accounts of the miracles and now published a second set of stories with co-author Michelle Griffith, as a sequel to They Told Me Their Stories. Only looking back would be a waste of time, testifies one eye witness. Though not always combined with a thick mist (labeled shekinah glory) God continued and continues intervening in lives, healing, liberating, curing and reparing. Welchel’s stories in the second part of this book are taken from different places and churches throughout the US and abroad.… (mehr)