At Charles Parham's Bethel Bible School in Topeka, Agnes Ozman speaks in tongues; Parham's teaching that tongues are the Bible evidence of Spirit baptism becomes the doctrinal seed of Pentecostalism, five years before Azusa Street.
Tagged: Revival Christian Pentecostal and Charismatic
The Event
- Date
- 1901 (exact)
- Era
- Contemporary; Standard ecumenical periodization
- Location
- Topeka; today Topeka, Kansas, USA
- Traditions
- Christianity
- Streams
- Pentecostal and Charismatic
- Key figures
- Charles Parham, Agnes Ozman
Primary Sources
- The Apostolic Faith (Topeka paper)
Secondary Sources
- González, The Story of Christianity, vols. 1–2 (Harper, 2010)
Provenance: HIST-0059; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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