William Howard Durham

William Durham (* 1873 in Kentucky ; † 1912 ) was an American Pentecostal pastor , theologian and the editor of a magazine.

Life

Durham grew up in a Baptist home in Kentucky. During a visit to Minnesota in 1898, he was introduced to the thoughts and ideas of Pentecostalism and eventually joined a Pentecostal ward. He became the pastor of the North Avenue Mission in Chicago . Intrigued by reports of the Azusa Street Revival , Durham went to Los Angeles in 1907 and was baptized with the Holy Spirit .

Durham returned to Chicago and became the editor of the Pentecostal Testimony , a monthly magazine for promoting Pentecostal doctrines. The North Avenue Mission ward grew under his leadership, with ten daughter wards.

theology

Durham held a theology that differed from the Pentecostal doctrine of Azusa. So he developed the doctrine of the Finished Work of Calvary . According to this, all people experience redemption and sanctification, conditioned by the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on Golgotha .

Individual evidence

↑ Randall Herbert Balmer: Durham, William (1873-1912) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 219 (English, "..., Durham expirienced * BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT on March 2, 1907.").

personal data
SURNAME	Durham, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American pastor, Pentecostal theologian, magazine editor
DATE OF BIRTH	1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	1912

[EoE-1] Randall Herbert Balmer: Durham, William (1873-1912) . In: Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism . Baylor University Press, Waco 2004, ISBN 1-932792-04-X , pp. 219 (English, "..., Durham expirienced * BAPTISM OF THE HOLY SPIRIT on March 2, 1907.").