April 2013: English, Color (PDF 3.3 MB) - The Foursquare Church

Angelus Temple: 90 Years and Counting2013 marks 90 years since Aimee Semple McPherson opened the doors of Angelus Temple in the Echo Park area ofLos Angeles. Take a quick look back through some of the highlights of our founding church.“Anyone visiting the church will notice that bells and angels predominate in the decorations within. There is a friezework with bells on the front of each balcony. And angels are painted at the top of the walls, standing wing to wing.”— Aimee Semple McPhersonLaunching aWorldwideEvangelisticCenterFoursquare Founder Aimee SempleMcPherson personally broke ground onAngelus Temple Feb. 1921 and openedthe doors less than two years later on NewYear’s Day 1923. The church was set up tobe an evangelistic center where travelingministers could spread the gospel.19235,300ANGELUSTEMPLEORIGINALLYSAT 5,30012Illustrated Sermons1925 Sister Aimee debuted her magnificentillustrated sermons with “Weighed in theBalance,” but perhaps her most famous was“Arrested for Speeding,” which opened at7 p.m. on March 15, 1925. Today, AngelusTemple Pastor Matthew Barnett continuesthe tradition with such illustrated sermons as“The Golden Ticket.”FOURSQUARE leader20023,700IT NOW SEATS3,700 AFTERFINISHING UPRENOVATIONS