Maria Woodworth-Etter

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Maria Woodworth-Etter (18441924) was a famous evangelist in the founding years of the Assemblies of God. She was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, born-again in 1857 and married John (P.H.) Woodworth.

When disease took five of her six children, Maria (pronounced Ma-ri-ah) had a vision which led her to dedicate her life to the ministry.

In 1902, she married Samuel Etter.

After spending over 40 years of her life preaching thousands of sermons across America, Woodworth-Etter built her Tabernacle in Indianapolis Indiana Dedicated on May 19th, 1918, her Tabernacle (now the Lakeview Church) drew many of future leaders of the revival, including Aimee Semple McPherson.

Maria Woodworth-Etter died six years after the dedication of her Tabernacle, at the age of eighty.

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"A Diary of Signs and Wonders", Maria Woodworth-Etter, Harrison House, 1916.

"God's Generals", Roberts Liardon, Whitaker House, 1996.

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