Aimee Semple McPherson

Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson, 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. McPherson pioneered the use of broadcast mass media for wider dissemination of both religious services and appeals for donations, using radio to draw in both audience and revenue with the growing appeal of popular entertainment and incorporating stage techniques into her weekly sermons at Angelus Temple, an early megachurch.

9 October 1890

Born on the same birth day (9 October): Alan Nunnelee • Amjad Ali Khan • Craig Brackins • Ferdinand Verbiest • Guillermo del Toro • Hank Lauricella • Jody Williams • Kurt Neumann (musician) • Nicky Byrne • Starling Marte • Özlem Piltanoğlu

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